San Michele Golf Club
Represents one of the least told yet most intriguing sides of golf in southern Italy
San Michele Golf Club represents one of the least told yet most intriguing sides of golf in southern Italy. In Calabria, where golf remains the exception rather than the norm, the club's value lies as much in the experience as in its very presence: an address you actively seek out rather than accidentally encounter. The course offers straightforward but enjoyable golf that rewards attention and patience, within a setting that encourages you to think about the journey as a whole rather than just the scorecard. Perspective matters here. A round becomes part of a less obvious southern itinerary shaped by scenic drives, clear flavours, nearby sea and a form of hospitality that still feels spontaneous. This is not a club to judge against the great championship names of the north; it is better understood through the lens of discovery. For travellers extending the map of Italian golf, San Michele holds value well beyond the layout alone.
Giocalo se stai davvero costruendo un itinerario nel Sud e vuoi aggiungere una tappa fuori dai radar: il suo senso cresce quando lo inserisci dentro il territorio, non isolatamente.
Rarità geografica interessante per chi vuole ampliare la mappa del golf italiano
Atmosfera autentica e poco costruita, ideale per viaggiatori curiosi
Meno informazioni e meno infrastruttura rispetto ai club più consolidati
Non è una destinazione standalone per chi cerca resort golf di fascia alta
Exclusive Experiences
Secrets found in no guidebook, curated by our concierge.
Foresta della Sila: i Giganti di Calabria
The Sila National Park houses the Giants of Calabria: 14 larch pines of 350 years and 40 metres height in the Fallistro Natural Protected Area. They are Italy's largest and oldest trees. At dawn, with naturalist guide Marco Stellato, you access the Giants corridor before daily visitors — the Sila forest sounds in the morning include the lesser kestrel, peregrine falcon, and black woodpecker.
“Marco Stellato leads to pine number 7 — the oldest, 380 years — with the dendrometer: you literally hear the growth of annual rings through the ultrasound sensor. Each ring contains the climate history of one year — 1640, 1783, 1900.”
Ippolito 1845: Cirò Rosso Verticale
Cirò is Calabria's oldest wine: the Krimisa of Greek Olympic athletes from 480 BC, made with Gaglioppo grapes on the stony soils of Ionian Calabria. Ippolito 1845 is Calabria's oldest winery: the private vertical of Cirò Classico Superiore from 1960 shows that Gaglioppo on Ionian sand develops dried rose, clove, and pomegranate notes that no other Southern Italian grape has.
“Vincenzo Ippolito opens the 1958 Cirò — the bottle from the World Cup when Italy finished third — only for those who bring a 1990s Cirò bottle to compare: he wants to prove that Gaglioppo ages better than Tuscan Sangiovese.”
Grand Hotel Terme di Pizzo: il Fangoterapia Jonico
The Terme di Pizzo exploit the Ionian Sea oligomineral waters with a magnesium and potassium concentration higher than Northern Italy's marine spas. The thermal centre, built on the Pizzo promontory overlooking the Gulf of Sant'Eufemia, offers baths in Ionian algae — collected every morning from the local marine spring — with documented toning effects on musculature.
“The Fango d'Argilla Jonica treatment — blue clay extracted from 30 metres depth in the Ionian seabed and matured 45 days — is available only July-August when marine conditions allow collection. Documented arthritic effects surpass any Alpine mud.”