At dusk, when the warm orange Mediterranean sun begins to dip closer to the aquamarine Tyrrhenian Sea, there is an hour or two when the coastline of Calabria glows violet. Along with the Costa degli Dei and the Riviera dei Cedri, the Costa Viola, or Violet Coast, is part of a 155-mile shoreline that is one of Italy's least celebrated and yet most spectacular, a sight easily the equal of the Ligurian or Amalfi coasts.

Here, between stretches of abandoned construction and acres of bergamot orchards, isolated fishing villages and ancient fortified towns still cling to the foreboding Aspromonte, mountains that seem to plunge into the Mediterranean.

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