Our Vacation Stay in Old Abandoned Scalea Vecchia Calabria Italy

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  • @joycef2499
    @joycef2499 3 роки тому +9

    Just love hearing the children speaking Italian just love it, the town is magical.

    • @DauvO
      @DauvO  3 роки тому +2

      For me I feel the same if they speak English hah😂

  • @mrjke007
    @mrjke007 3 роки тому +11

    I’m seeing a wonderful pattern emerging, we have a model, a drone pilot, a photographer and a new camera girl, everyone getting in on the act. I thoroughly enjoyed this 👍🏾

    • @DauvO
      @DauvO  3 роки тому +1

      Haha 😄 makes me wonder what part the youngest will play.
      I have to admit, I am proud of my daughters camera girl 👧 skills. Pleasant surprise 😮

    • @mrjke007
      @mrjke007 3 роки тому +1

      @@DauvO I have a feeling your little one if not a presenter, I would guess on the tech side, editing, software etc. A family production👍🏾

    • @DauvO
      @DauvO  3 роки тому +2

      Right now, from my perspective he's more likely to become the muscle.. bouncer.. anger translator.... Let's just say he's going through a long phase 😡

    • @mrjke007
      @mrjke007 3 роки тому

      @@DauvO 😂😂🦾😤😡😂😂😂time will tell, good luck 😅

  • @susanryan3579
    @susanryan3579 3 роки тому +3

    It looks like a really atmospheric place. I really enjoyed seeing how your family reacted to the environment, especially the shell wall!

  • @domenicozagari2443
    @domenicozagari2443 3 роки тому +2

    Love those tiny waves 😃

  • @tnt8092
    @tnt8092 3 роки тому +3

    Wonderful, I love it all, I added this area to my list to see, thank you..you and your family are beautiful..🇨🇦💕🙏

    • @DauvO
      @DauvO  3 роки тому

      Thanks Terri! There's a ton of areas to explore nearby!

  • @SuperSavvyTravelersLLC
    @SuperSavvyTravelersLLC 3 роки тому +1

    This is gorgeous! beautiful photography! We so enjoyed you and your beautiful family! I hope you come often!

  • @moniqueoberholzer1282
    @moniqueoberholzer1282 3 роки тому +2

    You are so privilege too be in such a beautiful town, and the weather looks fantastic! Hope you enjoy the rest of the trip with Chris and her husband.

    • @DauvO
      @DauvO  3 роки тому

      Thanks Monique! Unfortunately we had to head back to Milano. Considered staying an extra week, but.... responsibilities... 😆

  • @NGP14
    @NGP14 3 роки тому

    How joyous to see this video of you and your family in such an exquisite place.Thank you for promoting the joy of living in Italy,and for all your advice and insight.Love your channel and wish you much success.Blessings to you keep up the great work.Saluti from 🇦🇺✌️hope to return soon when we can travel .🇦🇺🇮🇹🇮🇹

  • @bsilano
    @bsilano 3 роки тому +2

    Thats funny isn't someone selling real estate there and then watching how hard it is to walk around. Me personally, I love places with steps and the up and down its like a work out but, yeah not for really old people or if you have little kids. I think it's beautiful there.

  • @georgehoffmann
    @georgehoffmann 3 роки тому +1

    Great video... thank you! Very helpful... gives a great overview and feel for the place. My girlfriend and I are planning to visit italy this year... this was an added inspiration! 😊

    • @DauvO
      @DauvO  3 роки тому +1

      Great! I am sure that you will have a great time

  • @tracymcgrath9232
    @tracymcgrath9232 3 роки тому

    So beautiful! Thank you for sharing! From our home to yours.. have a lovely beautiful day!

  • @caldepen372
    @caldepen372 2 роки тому

    Tropeo is the standout for me and I enjoyed Pizzo immensely as well. My wife has family in Calabria (Nocera Terenese). Lovely area but perhaps a bit too remote for my liking and I found the sea a liitle exposed and rough the times we were there. Lovely vid, thx!

  • @PeteSobolev
    @PeteSobolev 3 роки тому

    Looks like your family all had lots of fun there. Plus you all got a great workout in the process!

  • @prakashmanandhar5172
    @prakashmanandhar5172 3 роки тому

    Wonderful and best information with videos

  • @mharrisona5526
    @mharrisona5526 3 роки тому +3

    The old town is so characterful and the area beaches beautiful! One thing that surprises me is how one doesn’t seem to hear as much about the area’s national parks. Pollino in this case. For me, that would be as big a draw as the beaches as I especially enjoy hiking. It seems that the assets of the area’s mountainous parks aren’t trumpeted very much. Maybe the park’s infrastructure doesn’t offer as much access as what I have in my mind? Autumn around there must be beautiful at the higher elevations. Seems should be much more than just a summer destination.
    You’ve a great family there and making those fun memories is a wonderful thing!

    • @DauvO
      @DauvO  3 роки тому +1

      A few people mentioned them on my trip. I definitely didn't focus on them myself, I think you are might be right about infrastructure (just a guess) thanks to UA-cam, fortunately has given my family many opportunities we wouldn't have had otherwise!

    • @tanner293
      @tanner293 3 роки тому +2

      Actually Scalea is in between two national parks (Calabria has 3 in total), but it's definitely closer to Pollino National Park and it's at the end of Lao river, the most important in south Italy for rafting. In recent years many many groups organising all sort of outdoor activities like horse riding, hiking, quad, snowshoeing all year long were born. There are plenty of hikes available, nowadays with apps like Komoot or Wikiloc you can see all of them and find all infos u need.

    • @DauvO
      @DauvO  3 роки тому +1

      Nice addition. I spoke with some locals about the rafting, they spoke highly of it

    • @tanner293
      @tanner293 3 роки тому +1

      @@DauvO the rafting there is very very nice, as well as the villages where they do it. One is Papasidero, the other one is Laino Borgo. Next to it there is Laino Castello which was abandoned in the 60s after a landslide. It has now been partially restored and transformed into an albergo diffuso. It's really a magical place. check it out

  • @belindamiller7808
    @belindamiller7808 3 роки тому +1

    That little boy of yours! Too cute! Beautiful city.

    • @DauvO
      @DauvO  3 роки тому

      Thanks Belinda. 😊thanks for always commenting!

  • @jackiemahan4643
    @jackiemahan4643 3 роки тому

    Absolutely Awesome... thank you for this uplifting experience!

  • @rosaliegalasso791
    @rosaliegalasso791 3 роки тому +1

    Cutest video ever! It really helps to see the sights. Should have been there in 2020...working on going!

    • @DauvO
      @DauvO  3 роки тому

      Nice! You will make it! Was a great experience

  • @misslu
    @misslu 3 роки тому

    I've been on the lungomare of Scalea but haven't been up into the town! After seeing this video I'm definitely going to visit the town as well! I'm a big fan of small vicoletti that you can explore! :)

  • @janetlombardi2314
    @janetlombardi2314 3 роки тому +2

    This looks old and authentic. Are there any good shopping areas?Your kids are beautiful. Thanks for sharing

    • @DauvO
      @DauvO  3 роки тому

      Thanks! Unfortunately, we didn't try for shopping and didn't see any obvious areas while driving around the city, but it did seem to have a lot of businesses, just not necessarily in any concentrated pedestrian area, but we might have just missed it

  • @DonatellaBardu
    @DonatellaBardu 10 місяців тому +1

    È bellissima quest anno ci vorrei venire in vacanza!!!😊

    • @DauvO
      @DauvO  10 місяців тому

      Dove vorresti andare?

    • @DonatellaBardu
      @DonatellaBardu 10 місяців тому

      A scalea oppure San Nicola arcella.

  • @SnookieGalore
    @SnookieGalore 3 роки тому +1

    More from the south please!

  • @leticiawhite2747
    @leticiawhite2747 3 роки тому

    You have a beautiful family!!

  • @ANRO7524
    @ANRO7524 3 роки тому

    The kids modeling for photographer mom was the cutest. The great advantage here, is that no model release forms were needed! 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🍕

  • @Myhappyplace65
    @Myhappyplace65 3 роки тому +1

    MR JKE said best!!! :) I am in 100% agreement. DAUVO!! I LOVE WHAT YOU DO MAN!!! but your family is taking over and I LOVE IT TOO!!!! :)

    • @DauvO
      @DauvO  3 роки тому

      Haha! Glad to hear it. It definitely makes for a more interesting video having them with me. They were even making video while I was getting something in the car! 😄

  • @floridastitcher1
    @floridastitcher1 3 роки тому

    I wonder how old the buildings are. Pretty incredible they are still habitable. Your babies are adorable.

  • @lindahamilton7098
    @lindahamilton7098 3 роки тому +1

    Ciao Dauvo, Your videos get better and better. It was lovely to see your wife and adorable kids in the video too. They added a whole new dimension. Well done. I am half Italian and I just love any videos like yours. I love to hear the spoken Italian to keep my practice up.
    Just a question, you are talking about Scalea vecchia, is that different to what Chris calls Santa Domenica Talao.? Or is it all the same. She seems to be a bit further up the hill than where you were today. I am also not sure how I would feel about staying next door to a noisy church. I hope the bell didn't sound all night..

    • @DauvO
      @DauvO  3 роки тому

      Scalea Vecchia is pretty much the city of Scalea's historical town center. It's very much different that Santa Domenica Talao. I just posted a few videos showing Santa Domenica which is set back off the coast about 10 minutes

  • @ManMartin
    @ManMartin 3 роки тому

    Wonderful family

  • @rainbowinthedark453
    @rainbowinthedark453 3 роки тому

    Calabria is where my grandmothers family came from. The Palettas. I wonder if there are any left there. Are the homes still reasonable yet? The ones I’m wondering about are the really old ones.

  • @rosanaamato1059
    @rosanaamato1059 3 роки тому

    The city is wonderful! Please, give me the address of B&B in Scalea! I intend to go there next year.

  • @marciadiasdeoliveira6464
    @marciadiasdeoliveira6464 3 роки тому

    Scalea meu amor! Grazie

  • @magickumquatproductions
    @magickumquatproductions 3 роки тому

    What a lovely video! What a beautiful family. We follow Super Savvy Travelers, and are interested in seeing video of Scalea. Is Scalea Vecchia the same as the centro storico of Scalea? Grazie! :)

  • @Arquitectos501
    @Arquitectos501 3 роки тому

    Seems like a very relaxing town. 🙂
    👋👋👋🇭🇳

  • @evadebiase4057
    @evadebiase4057 3 роки тому +1

    Abbito a scalea

  • @macorey54
    @macorey54 3 роки тому

    Such sweet munchkins! Did you fly there?

  • @clivekathrynbayton244
    @clivekathrynbayton244 3 роки тому +2

    My town is not abandoned, just visited by people who have no idea how this town works!

    • @DauvO
      @DauvO  3 роки тому

      You are right, there were plenty of people in Scalea. I guess I was referring more to Scalea vecchia. Your town was great.. but the historical center had definitely been left to history to a certain extent.

    • @clivekathrynbayton244
      @clivekathrynbayton244 3 роки тому +1

      @@DauvO I live in centro storico and have done for 13 years, it is not abandoned!

    • @DauvO
      @DauvO  3 роки тому +2

      @@clivekathrynbayton244 the word abandoned is relative. With respect, it was beautiful, but any area with structures that are on the edge of collapse has been abandoned to a certain degree. Sure there were a large number of houses with owners... whether living there full time or part time, (I was invited into many) but there are some serious cases of abandonment on the part of property owners who hold property with no intention of maintaining them.

  • @evadebiase4057
    @evadebiase4057 3 роки тому +1

    Mia madre e mia nonna e mio nonno cantano in quella chiesa mia mamma canta con mia nonna e mio nonno suona sono un maschio di 8 anni

  • @evadebiase4057
    @evadebiase4057 3 роки тому +1

    Italy

  • @alemassa6632
    @alemassa6632 3 роки тому +1

    Se continui a riprendere tua moglie e i tuoi figli noi veniamo rapiti dalla loro bellezza e non guardiamo più le case. ;-)

    • @DauvO
      @DauvO  3 роки тому

      Haha, me hai beccato! Sei troppo vigilante!

  • @evadebiase4057
    @evadebiase4057 3 роки тому +1

    Abbito l

  • @Seegie16
    @Seegie16 3 роки тому

    Please dont pronounce it as Cal-a-bria. Its Cal-ahh-bria