Ricadi

The municipality of Ricadi is located between the gulfs of Lamezia Terme and Gioia Tauro. Capo Vaticano lies between these two gulfs. The Tyrrhenian Sea touches Ricadi to the west. The municipality has about 12 kilometres (7 mi) of coasts.

The following winds blow along the coast of Ricadi:

• the Sirocco, a hot, dry wind originating in the Sahara desert (it blows from the South-East);
• the Libeccio, a humid westerly wind which frequently makes the sea rough and may form violent westerly squalls.
• the Mistral, a dry cold northerly wind which blows in winter.

• "Giuseppe Berto Literary Prize" (Italian: Premio Letterario Giuseppe Berto). The writer Giuseppe Berto was born in Mogliano Veneto, but made Capo Vaticano his second home. The Prize is awarded every June, in Ricadi and Mogliano Veneto on alternative years. The 2003 edition marked a turning point, since the prize was divided into two separate categories: the historical one to be awarded to an emerging writer, and a new category focusing on foreign fiction. The latter prize is awarded to a living author whose work has been published in Italian.
• "Capo Vaticano Sporting Prize" (Italian: Premio Sportivo Capo Vaticano), every year in September. Established in 1987, the Capo Vaticano Sporting Prize has the objective of recognizing and promoting the educational value of football, as well as uniting all those who are fond of Calabria. It is awarded to Italian referees, footballers and journalists of regional and national renown.
• "Red Onion Festival" (Italian: La Sagra della Cipolla Rossa), every year on 13 August. The festival starts in the mid-afternoon with a variety of games are played in Piazza Marconi, the main square of the village:

The traditional Pignàta Tournament in which the contestants are blindfolded and, helped by bystanders, use a long wooden stick to break one or more pignàtas, or terra-cotta pots, which are suspended from a string. Pignàtas are sometimes filled with water. The ""Bumbuleju" Race is for women of all ages. Contestants race from one end of the square to the other, carrying the terra-cotta pot on their heads without using their hands. Other games include the Egg Race, the Sack Race, the Mini-marathon, the Onion Race, the Cheese-rolling tournament; Typical onion-dish sampling starts at dinner time. At exactly midnight the Camejuzzu i Focu dance is performed. The traditional fireworks display closes the festival.

• "Ice-Cream Festival": each summer, in July.

• Religious Festivities are solemnized in honor of Saint Zaccaria (the Patron Saint – on 5 November); Saint Biagio (on 3 February), Saint Antonio from Padua (on 13 June); Saint Domenica (on 6 July); Virgin Mary of Graces (on 15 August).

Cipolla Rossa di Tropea, famous red onions from Tropea, are grown all along the coast. They are then processed and shipped throughout Italy, northern Europe, and elsewhere. In addition, vegetables, citruses (oranges, lemons, bergamots) and ‘nduja, a salami made from seasoned pork and red hot pepper, are produced;

Flatfish, tuna, bass, dentex, sea bream, conger, mullet, moray, polypus.

The three bays of Grotticelle ("little caves") are the most famous and most evocative bathing places of the municipality of Ricadi, in Calabria and they are linked with Capo Vaticano (Cape Vatican). Smaller, more remote and evocative beaches can be reached from Grotticelle.