B&B Palazzo Mascambruno Cariati (CS) - Residenza d'Epoca - Luxury

Distance 80 km south from Cariati: A few miles from Isola Capo Rizzuto is the village of Le Castella, an important tourist center, famous for its clear sea waters and the picturesque Aragonese Castle, together with the coast by a narrow strip of land. Built in the second half of the thirteenth century, the fortress played an important role in the course of time. The Natural Marine Reserve of Capo Rizzuto was established in 1991 to promote and protect the stretch of sea between Cape Donato and Barco Vercillo. To encourage the repopulation of the sea waters through natural rhythms, the marine reserve is one of the most 'beautiful parts of the Ionian coast. It varies in structure  the seabed: long stretches of sand that alternate with rocks often covered with sea grass and coral, whilst  striking submerged dry rocks create suggestive shallows. In the marine protected area; there’s a guided tour service on board of transparent bottom ships .