Granite headlands drop into pale coves with Stromboli on the evening horizon.
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10-year averages (2011-2020). Temperatures in °C.
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none nearby. A frazione of Ricadi: the Tropea to Rosarno railway's Ricadi halt and summer shuttles serve the cape's scattered beaches.
Not a town but a cape of coves: Grotticelle's arcs and the lighthouse belvedere over the Aeolians' silhouettes
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