Lamezia Terme is a city and comune in Calabria.

Understand

The 4th largest city in Calabria, Lamezia Terme has a history that can be traced back all the way back to ancient times. Lamezia Terme was created in 1968 by merging the former cities Nicastro, Sambiase, and Sant'Eufemia Lamezia into a single city. Despite being merged, each former city is treated as its own distinct area within the city. There are also multiple rural villages on the outskirts.

Get in

By plane

• 1 Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF  ^IATA). Regular flights from Milan, Rome, Turin, Bucharest and Warsaw plus numerous seasonal flights from other European cities. It's also possible to get a direct flight to and from Toronto. (updated Feb 2019)

Get around

Many parts of Lamezia (especially the more rural areas) are very difficult to get around without a car.

See

• 1 Castello normanno-svevo di Nicastro. Norman fortress  
• 2 Bastione di Malta (Bastion of Malta). watchtower built in 1550  

Do

• Swimming and hiking are both very popular pastimes in Lamezia.
• 1 Terme di Caronte (on the road leading to the village of Vallericardo), ☏ +39 0968 437 180. A spa that's also one of the oldest family businesses in the world. The accompanying hot springs are free to enter, and very popular because of its reputed health benefits, but there's a strong smell of sulfur that'll leave you smelling like eggs, well after you dry off. €7,50-29,50. 

Eat

Budget

All these are in the city centre:

• 1 TRIESTE, Via Giosuè Carducci, 16. (updated Aug 2022)
• 2 Rosticceria Federico, Piazza Mercato Vecchio, 14. (updated Aug 2022)
• 3 Burger e chips, Viale I Maggio, 34. (updated Aug 2022)
• 4 Spizzicando, Corso Giovanni Nicotera, 31. (updated Aug 2022)
• 5 Gusto Rotondo, Via Santa Bernardet. (updated Aug 2022)

Mid-range

• 6 Degustando, Piazza Ardito Pietro, 42. (updated Aug 2022)
• 7 Civico 22, Salita Fratelli Maruca, 22. (updated Aug 2022)
• 8 Merlo Rosso, Via S. Giovanni, 3. (updated Aug 2022)
• 9 Osteria Degli Artisti, Piazza Stocco, Via Garibaldi, 4. (updated Aug 2022)

Sleep

• Hotel Savant, Via Manfredi Capitano, 8, ☏ +39 096826161, info@hotelsavant.it. 
• Hotel San Carlo, Corso G. Nicotera, ☏ +39 096822858. 
• 1 b&b Magna Grecia, Contrada Maruca, 16, ☏ +39 3339772080, info@bbmagnagrecia.it. Check-in: 14:00, check-out: 10:30. 
• Grand Hotel Lamezia, Piazza Lamezia, ☏ +39 096853021, fax: +39 096853024, info@grandhotellamezia.it.