(Partly all of the above applies to rest in Pizzo)
Personally, I am flying from Leipzig almost at the height of the season, at the end of July, half board in a clean three-star hotel for 30 rooms, with a free parking lot, a swimming pool, the cortex, transfer and the Italian-German audience, purchased from the German tour operator, cost 508 in 14 days man. You can get to Leipzig from Prague or Berlin. Tickets for Lamecia Terme can "catch" and for 50 euros one way, although you can fly to Reggio Calabrio. It is no more expensive. Prices in Calabria on railway tickets are funny. Airberlin has an option - 20 euros on the day of departure or a day before it is a ticket to a high-speed train from any city in Germany. But all this in case you will not find a flight to one of these cities directly .. well, how is it easier to get to the Tropus, I will tell you about how to get there. We rented the car and united anywhere and ever, it was easier ...
True, we lived 10 km from the Tropie on Capo Vaticano. There is also nice, beautiful and enough civilized. The hotel has a choice between a trip to Grothelly Beach for free and in the trope for 10 euros. Beaches of Grotchelli (from my point of view) better, there is more shadow and more interesting coastline.
Hotel
Inexpensive separately arrived separately. However, espresso, juices and water are inexpensive. Coffee grinding can be for 1 euro. Espresso cup. "Normal" coffee, which they call the American to order does not make sense. It is done either by adding water to espresso, or you will be given hot water in a separate cup. Apparently, under the word American, they understand "for idiots." But cappuccino in Calabria is normal.
As usual, most of all earn on alcohol (10 euros per liter for wine worth 1 euro liter in super). Odanko Prohibition to bring food and alcohol is quite formal. The young wine at the winery we cost us 3 euros per liter. The rooms usually have refrigerators. Withstand the average quality wine (local) is slightly more expensive, but within 5 euro bottle. The most common CIRORO CABRIAN WINES. White are very banal (Thorbiano grapes are not the best grade for winemaking), but in a rose and in the red, the high proportion of some old grasty variety (forgotten the name) and they are very good.
In restaurants and cafes, the estimated price of the main dish is 15-20 euros, pasta and antipasti 10-15. You can do it with pits, fryer products, chicken grill. Only of course then will have to dump weight.
If you want to save, then half board is enough. And keep in mind that there will be a lot of baking for breakfast. And dinner is usually from two dishes the first of which paste. And prepare it wonderful. So with the type of power, the full board you just burst, and even with half board very limit your opportunities to try an interesting food in cafes and restaurants. In the path of them so much as half board is also not particularly needed.
Rent a car ordered in advance cost us for 7 days at 212 euros through the German website Billiger-Mietwagen.de. It is cheaper than directly in Calabria. But with the final calculation, 22% of foreign fees were negotiating! Feed the car to the hotel and pick up the hotel will cost another 20 euros. The class of the car was higher than ordered. There are no restrictions of kilomeraging, since there are no long distances. The main problem is a manner of driving in Calabria, complex roads and stupid notation. So it is better to ride with the navigator.
Car rental prices in Calabria directly.
Since the mountains are almost close to the sea, then there is a german descents everywhere, and parking is usually paid, although not everywhere, you can be parked near the port (below). Free parking in the trail and near the railway station (at the top). Perhaps there are others, but we left the car exactly there.
Choose a hotel or apartment is better as high as possible. There are not only cheaper, but it is better to breathe. Almost all local population shams higher. The most expensive houses near the Tropeus in Vibo Valentia.
The umbrella is easier to buy in super (10-14 euros) than renting 10 euros per day.
The lowest prices either in the markets or in large superes. However, the nearest large supens to the trail came across only in Vibo Valentia. As for the markets, they are mainly selling fruits, vegetables and inexpensive things. The choice of sausages and cheeses is completely small and worse than in stores. Peaches on the market cost 1 euro per kg, watermelons from 14 cents, tomatoes from 1 to 2, and a lot of varieties, a sweet cherry (it was the most expensive fruit on the market). Many herbs: huge beams of oregano and healing chamomile for 1 euro or a bunch of red peppers for the sun - cheap, angrily and svatite for a long time, self-made soap. And of course, the famous Calabrian lemons, the red onions of the Tropese (in practice it is not so sweet, Spanish I like more). Confiture from it easier to buy in a supermarket or shop. Sausages are better to buy in small specialized shops, they are better there at the ratio of price and quality. It is true for fish! We bought the best salami for 16 euros per kg. Cheeses are invited in stores and especially in large superes, as well as bread, sweets. In a large super, famous salty anchovies (Hamsa) cost 17 euros per kg, sardines alone on 7. Fresh fish is certainly cheaper .. However, the tuna and fish sword are not cheaper than the EU - 26 Euro kg on average. But a good choice of tuna conservitors in different categories of quality ...
The price difference between the market and the small shop and the huge super is not very critical, this is a question of quality and choice. The market schedule is in any hotel. They pass in different towns nearby usually in the morning, once a week.
Prices for excursions Exterminate at least 50 euros per person per excursion. One excursion per week will probably be enough. Locusing prices for the same excursions twice, although the names of firms are different trips to the eols of the island cheaper than just buying direct port. Tourphistrators and sellers of kiosks sell in fact the same thing, but more expensive. There are no special costs for souvenirs, although there is a lot of interesting things, but the weight of baggage will surely limit appetite. I will tell about souvenirs and shopping separately. The most interesting is ceramics, weighs just the most. With the import of food, there may be problems (but not to hide a couple of sticks of Salami would be sorry).