Reggio di Calabria Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

Most buses terminate at Piazza Garibaldi, in front of the Stazione Centrale. Several different companies operate to towns in Calabria and beyond. ATAM (800 43 33 10; www.atam-rc.it) serves the Aspromonte Massif, with bus 127 to Gambarie (€2, 1½ hours, five daily). Costaviola (0965 75 15 86; www.costaviolabus.it) serves Scilla (€2, 45 minutes, six daily). Lirosi (0966 5 79 01) serves Rome (€50, eight hours, three daily).

Car & motorcycle

The A3 ends at Reggio. If you are continuing south, the SS106 hugs the coast round the ‘toe’, then heads north along the Ionian Sea. Reggio has a weirdly complex parking system – buy a parking permit (€0.50 per hour) from newspaper kiosks or from a parking representative, if you can find one.

Train

Trains stop at Stazione Centrale (0965 89 20 21) and less frequently at Stazione Lido, near the museum. Reggio is the terminus for trains to Milan (1st/2nd €73/67, 16½ to 17½ hours), Rome (€73/50, 6½ to eight hours) and Naples (€57/39, 4½ to 5½ hours). There are also services for Turin, Florence and Venice but for a wider choice change at Paola (€28/21, two hours, five daily). Regional services run along the coast to Scilla and Tropea (more convenient than the bus), and also to Catanzaro and less frequently to Cosenza and Bari.

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Boat

Boats for Messina (Sicily) leave from the port (just north of Stazione Lido). In high season there are up to 20 hydrofoils daily; in low season there are as few as two. Some boats continue to the Aeolian Islands.

Services are run by various companies including Meridiano (0965 81 04 14; www.meridianolines.it) and Ustica (0965 29568; www.usticalines.it). Prices for cars are €10 one way (passengers don’t pay extra), and for foot passengers €1.50 to €2.80.

Ferries for cars and foot passengers cross to Messina around the clock from Villa San Giovanni, 14km further north along the rail line. Both Caronte (800 627 414; www.carontetourist.it in Italian) and Tourist Shipping (0965 75 14 13) run regular year-round ferries. Foot passengers pay €1. A medium-sized car costs €23 return, or €40 for a 60-day return (passengers don’t pay extra). Motorcycles cost €6/10 one way/return, or €12 for a 60-day return. The crossing takes 25 minutes and departs every 20 minutes.

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Air

Reggio’s airport (Aeroporto Civile Minniti, REG; 0965 64 05 17) is at Ravagnese, about 5km south. Alitalia and/or Air One fly to and from Rome, Milan and Bergamo. Air Malta flies to Barcelona, Rome and Malta.

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