Brace your taste buds for Calabria’s chilli festival: five days of food, fun and fiery spice each September in the pretty seaside town of Diamante. The old town and waterfront are thronged with stalls selling chillies in every conceivable incarnation. peperoncinofestival.org marthah
The village of Spílinga, south of Tropea, is a great place to be in August, for the Sagra della ’Nduja, celebrating the spicy Calabrian sausage. Street theatre, dance and music climax in a fantastic firework display over an ancient monastery. gonca
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