How to Get Around Reggio Calabria

Reggio is flat, linear and easy to walk.

The centre runs parallel to the sea in a regular grid, and the museum, the cathedral and the lungomare are all within ten minutes of each other on foot.

Buses cover the city and run out along the coast; service is adequate rather than good.

Two stations serve the city, Centrale and Lido, with Lido closer to the museum and the seafront.

The ferry terminal for Messina is by the port, a short walk from the centre, with frequent crossings.

The airport is about five kilometres south, with a bus link.

A car is unnecessary in the city and useful for the Aspromonte, the Greko villages and the Ionian coast — all of which involve mountain roads that take longer than they look.

Reggio is the end of the mainland and better connected than that suggests.

Trains run up both coasts and direct to Rome and Naples on the Tyrrhenian line; the journey to Rome is long but straightforward.

Ferries cross to Messina in about twenty minutes, several times an hour, for foot passengers and vehicles — the standard route into Sicily.

The airport, Reggio Calabria Tito Minniti, has a limited domestic schedule; Lamezia Terme, about ninety minutes north, is the region's main airport and has a far wider network.

Coaches run long-distance north, often overnight and cheaply.

Tropea is about two hours up the Tyrrhenian coast.

Coverage for mobile networks is good in the city and along the coast, poor in the Aspromonte.