I came here by flying to Lamezia from Turin for €10. My flight back was from Naples for €15. This time of the year the town felt empty.

Mountain view

Beach

Cables

The last vacationer

The sea was just as nice.

Don't jump don't jump don't jump

Intricate Italian knot

While walking the paths I saw a secret beach. Not a single path led to it: you can only get there from the sea. Naturally, I swam there. While I was swimming along the cliffs, it turned out that the shortest way was through a grotto (cave). But I didn’t like the atmosphere there: it was dark with colder water and echoes as if I was swimming into to the den of some large sea predator. Being without fins, I decided to swim around the rocks instead.

Secret

I liked the beach and swimming there. Unfortunately no photos from the beach itself because I swam there without my phone.

Don't tell anyone about this place

At this time of the year I grasped how small Scalea actually is.

Fall

This closed store was named temporary

Most things that happen in Scalea are holy.

Current affairs

The old town remains old.

Centro storico

Drying

Holy

View of Torre Talao

I have a very personal connection to this mountain among other things. Often attachment can be found in nature ignoring national borders.

My very familiar and dear mountain

Cacti and old town

Calm, calm, alert

Obnoxious frog

Evening

Holy

While searching for info on the secret beach, I found a local Russian telegram chat and discovered a fun fact: a couple of the street shrines in Scalea were installed by the Russian diaspora trying to stop trash being dumped on the street.

После долгих раздумий мы придумали вот что: мы сами ночью вывезли кучу мусора и поставили на это место статую Мадонны. Больше мусор туда никто не складывал. Эту операцию мы повторили ещё в двух местах, эффект тот же. Итальянцы начали украшать статуи, приносят свечки, цветочки и т.д. Вот так, “с Божьей помощью”, практически дословно, мы и решили проблему точечно.

Shrines installed by Russians