Pizzo is a charming town of about 9000 inhabitants, with a beautiful sun and sea and an enchanting location, perched on a cliff overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea.

According to tradition, it was built on the ruins of ancient Napitia, founded by a colony of Phocians, who escaped the massacre of Troy and settled there, attracted by these pleasant places, on which Magna Grecia flourished.

And from Napitium, commander of the expedition, the new city took its name, which - founded about 1500 years before the coming of Christ - had to make itself known for its armed acts, for the value of its people, for the beauty of the places, for the richness of the vegetation, and whose life was prosperous and happy in all fields : it is wanted that he received the true faith from the very preaching of the Prince of the Apostles, who came from ancient Vibona, during his journey from Jerusalem to Rome.

According to tradition, Odysseus stayed here and Cicero stayed there.

But the raids of the Pirates, the repeated and brutal attacks of the Saracens ended up winning the resistance of the city, which, about the year 300 d. C., was attacked and reduced to a pile of rubble. The inhabitants fled and only a few survivors remained, taking refuge towards the east side of the destroyed city, where later, around 903, they formed the new town, which took the name of Pizzo, probably for the characteristic and picturesque appearance that his position gave him.

Around 1070, Roger the Norman built a magnificent palace that - in 1221 - hosted Saint Anthony of Padua, passing by on his return from a trip to Africa.

In 1363 the Basilian monks built a large monastery of the Greek rite, while the Amalfi coral fishermen built the Church of the Graces, which later became the Church of Carmel.

radually the inhabited nucleus grew and - for defense - it was equipped with walls and towers on the sides and protected and fortified by a moat and a washing bridge. New churches and convents were built, trade of spices, silks, salted fish, oil, wine began, and tuna fishing and the art of coral increased.  Pizzo underwent - over the centuries -the Norman, Swabian, Angevin and Aragonese dominations.

In the 2nd half of the 15th century, Ferdinand I of Aragon built the Castle, where Joachim Murat, King of Naples, was imprisoned and shot on 13 October 1815, then buried in the Matrix Church of St. George the Martyr.

Today, Pizzo is a modern town, popular for its beaches, picturesque coves full of rocks, for its clear sea, its blue sky, its picturesque Old Town, with houses kissed by the sun, the narrow streets and the characteristic square with its view like the bow of a ship, lying like a waterfall on the tuff rock mirrored on the sea.

Surrounded by fragrant peanuts, which in spring spread in the air the heady scent of orange blossom, is known for the production of "zibibbo", white grapes sweet, of exceptional taste and flavor. The ancient tuna fishery has developed a flourishing canning industry, which makes the "tuna in oil" of Pizzo known and appreciated everywhere.

Excellent cuisine, based on local fish and traditional Calabrian dishes.

Finally, famous are the homemade ice creams, which, referring to a long tradition, with their exquisite taste and great variety of choice, make particularly "sweet" to visitors and tourists stay and holiday in Pizzo.