Take a seat in one of the small restaurants in San Ferdinando and have fried “surici” prepared or a plate of spaghetti with freshly caught fish accompanied by “ninnata” omelette or ricotta meatballs with mint and wild fennel or grilled aubergine “parmigiana” or from a tomato salad with the exquisite red onion of Tropea or from fried anchovies and prawns or from stewed bonitos or from stockfish with olives or from courgette flower fritters. Don’t miss visiting one of the many local dairies to taste the “hot” mozzarella, that is freshly made, and various types of fresh and aged cheeses made with milk that comes from Monte Poro. If you then have the opportunity to be invited to lunch by a local, you can taste triumphs of vegetables (tomatoes, peppers, chillies, aubergines) 100% self-produced, salami and wine. Always present at the end the bitters packaged by the landlady: licorice, almond, limoncello, mandarinetto, bergamot. You will be able to tell us!
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Why St. Ferdinand
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San Ferdinando is in a strategic position to discover Calabria. Lying on the Tyrrhenian coast and full of potential, with a recent but intense history, small but with great challenges ahead, it is the mirror of a true and welcoming south, capable of always renewing itself and in spite of everything.
12 reasons, among others, why it is worth knowing.
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