ABOUT US

WE ARE

ALESSANDRA AND PIETRO

We share a love and respect for Bova, Greek Calabria and Aspromonte

a beautiful area where it is possible to live peacefully and with dignity.

With conviction and enthusiasm we have tried to raise our daughters here

FOR INFORMATION AND RESERVATION

Kalòs Irtete stin chòra

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Code: 79.90.19 - TOURIST SERVICES WITH THE EXCLUSION OF AGENCY ACTIVITIES

Code: 55.20.51 EXTRAL HOTEL ACCOMMODATION ACTIVITIES - BED AND BREAKFAST

We speak English-Nous parlons Français - μιλάμε ελληνικά Καλαβρία λίγο

We live in Bova a delightful medieval hamlet in the province of Reggio Calabria perched on the slopes of the Aspromonte National Park (which entered the Unesco Global Geoparks Network in April 2021), 900 metres above sea level and 15 minutes from the Ionian Sea. Bova is part of the ‘Most Beautiful Villages of Italy’, is the ‘Jewel of Italy’ and for the TCI ‘Orange Flag’ and Borgo Americans friendly. The Borgo di Bova, one of the few villages in the Grecanica Area where the elderly still speak the Greek language of Calabria, is located on a natural panoramic terrace from which one can admire the Ionian Sea and Mount Etna in its majesty and grandeur.

The company, through MY EXPERIENCE, proposes ‘real’ and ‘authentic’ experiences, in a village where catering and accommodation are the best way to welcome and make guests feel at home, and nature and cultural excursions/walks in the Aspromonte National Park become unforgettable memories. We take care of organising tourist, cultural and food-and-wine experiences in the Greek Aspromonte, so as to make people love this strip of land that has a millenary history and that has remained ‘sincere’ and still in time, as when it was travelled in the 1800s by Grand Tour travellers including Edward Lear, who recounts it in his ‘Diary of a journey on foot’ where, together with his friend Proby, he travelled on foot and with a mule through the province of Reggio Calabria from 25 July to 5 September 1847. From this diary was born a path that retraces his footsteps and is called ‘The Englishman's Path’ https://sentierodellinglese.wordpress.com/

We also manage two BED & BREAKFAST and one TOURIST FURNISHED APARTMENT, three small extra-hotel structures that offer their guests the possibility of intensely experiencing this exceptional microcosm made up of nature, history, culture, art and food and wine, and of appreciating the Greek Calabrian hospitality and welcome, known as filoxenìa (love for the stranger).

B&B KALOS in family CIN IT080011C1GAAVWO54 - CIR 080011-BBF-00001

Open since 2010, it is located in the historic centre but accessible directly by car for loading and unloading luggage . The subject of a skilful conservative restoration, it offers four rooms ensuite, furnished in a modern and functional manner, each with its own private bathroom (shower), air conditioning/heating, mini fridge, hair dryer, WiFi, and a shared breakfast cabinet and terrace overlooking a unique panorama: the old houses of the Borgo, the Mediterranean maquis, as far as the Ionian Sea and in the background Pentedattilo and Etna Volcano.The B&B Kalòs was given the CETS certificate (European Charter of Sustainable Tourism) Phase 2 by the Aspromonte National Park Authority with Prot. 1198 of 28.02.2023.

B&B KALÒS EXPERIENCE CIN IT080011B4K45ALHPR- CIR 080011-BEI-00002

Open since 2025 following the increase in tourist demand in Bova, a tourist destination increasingly chosen by national and international cultural, naturalistic and experiential tourists, it is also located in the historic centre a few metres from the Kalòs B&B and is always directly accessible by car, for loading/unloading luggage. It is an old turret house, which has been skilfully restored and offers four rooms ensuite, furnished in a modern and functional way, each with its own private bathroom (shower), air conditioning/heating, mini fridge, hair dryer, WiFi . They share a breakfast cabinet and a covered veranda overlooking the Borgo, the Ionian Sea and the sometimes smoking, snow-capped Mount Etna.

PRETTY GRECANICA COTTAGE furnished tourist flat CIN IT080011C27XBMGW2JAl -CIR 080011-AAT-00001

Opened in 2024 to provide accommodation for families, small groups of friends, and researchers of Greek Calabria who want more space and privacy, the flat is located in an old renovated house, has its own entrance, and is spread over one floor. It consists of a double/twin bedroom, an open space with a double sofa bed, a full bathroom with shower, a kitchenette, a small covered veranda, air conditioning/heating, hair dryer and WiFi.

For the guests of our extra-hotel facilities, Pietro, who is an Official Guide of the Aspromonte National Park and an AIGAE Guide, organises spectacular and fascinating excursions on request, both challenging treks and peaceful walks suitable for all ages, in the Park which is also a Unesco Geopark. Experiences aimed at introducing the unique biodiversity and geology of Aspromonte and the cultural identity of the Greeks of Calabria.