Apartment to let in the center of the beautiful and charming town of Serra San Bruno.
Close by is the famous Carthusian monastery, Serra San Bruno Charterhouse (Certosa di Santo Stefano di Serra San Bruno). The town is named after Saint Bruno of Cologne, who founded the Carthusian Order in 1053 and the Grande Chartreuse, that is the mother house of the Carthusians, near Grenoble in France. Saint Bruno built the Charterhouse of Serra San Bruno in 1095.Serra is located at an elevation of 870 mt and is surrounded by beautiful forests, with small rivers.
Serra San Bruno offers a unique calm, an intense relaxing holiday time with the possibility to make hikes in the beautiful neighboring forests.You will get in Serra a lot of fresh air, especially in the hot summer, good food, nice people.
Serra San Bruno is the perfect place to fully regenerate your spirit and rediscover yourself in a nice slow passing of the time, far from the city stress. It is still a genuine little town.
The forest around Serra is fantastic. There are recent trails being created to enjoy the nature around the town and in the "Parco Nazionale Delle Serre". Here one can find the majestic and beautiful "Abies alba" in the "Bosco Archifòro" with the biggest "Abies alba" in Europe, it is 55 m tall and 5.5m large.
Not far from Serra one can visit the beautiful Hermit of Santa Maria della Stella.
The south Italian "Stonehenge" is also not far from Serra San Bruno. It is in the "Comune of Nardodipage". Very mystic place to visit in the middle of beautiful forests and big granite stones.
The "Cascata di Marmarico" the highest cascade in Calabria can be reached in two hours hike from Ferdinandea (a historic place that is 13 km far from Serra).
Ferdinandea is an area of 3600 hectare in "Serre Calabresi". Ferdinandea is entirely covered by fir and beech woods. The name originates from King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies. He used the area for hunting after 1832. Later on, he turned it into a metal industry center, building here a foundry, ironworks, residential and administrative buildings and stables.
In addition to the forests, one of the biggest canyons in Europe are in the " Valli cupe di Sersale" that are about 89 Km far from Serra San Bruno.
From Serra, it is possible to reach the town of Reggio Calabria (110 Km from Serra) and there visit the Museo Archeologico Nazionale with the Riace Bronzes. The fascinating "Parco Archeologico di Scolatium" is 52 Km from Serra, and many other archaeological sites are also close by.
Serra San Bruno is only about 37 km far from the Ionian sea with its beautiful beaches and clear sea water.
It is 60 km far from the cute town with beautiful beaches of Tropea and Vibo Valentia on the Tyrrhenian sea from there one can reach the Aeolian Islands.
In the hot summer, it is the perfect place to be, surrounded by mountains, fresh air, but not far from beautiful beaches. The airport of Lamezia Terme is 60 km from Serra.
The apartment has been renovated. It is on the second floor of an independent old house. It has one main bedroom with a big bed and a smaller bedroom with extra two single-beds. There is one bathroom with shower and window, a small equipped kitchen with fridge, dishwasher, and washing machine; a living-room and a dining-room with the fireplace, two balconies (one facing north and the other facing south). The apartment itself is full of light.
The apartment is located in the very central old part (Centro Storico) of this little, cute town of Serra San Bruno, nearby there are shops, banks, pharmacies etc. Note that the apartments can accommodate up to 5 people.