| Belmonte Calabro, on a hilltop overlooking the Tyrrhenian coast. Photograph: J Wildman/Getty Images | 
The fourth place that Carolyn and I discovered in our drive down the Apennines in late June this year was the lovely little town of Belmonte Calabro, which is perched on a hill overlooking the northern coast of Calabria two hundred and sixty metres above sea level.
 
 


 
 
 
