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Rende, which is really a part of the long thin city of Cosenza, is not a pretty place. Cosenza, as I have said many times before, suffers from large amounts of rubbish strewn everywhere, from paper, bottles and cans, to broken baby carriages, old bicycles, broken glass and split-open rubbish sacks containing.....(I'll leave it to your imagination!). The best thing to do, and my tactics always, is to find a nice hotel or lodging and then stay in it till it's time to leave tomorrow after breakfast.

Rende, and Cosenza in general, is not a tourist magnet. It has recently become cleaner (there was a LOT of room for this!), but it is definitely not a place to visit for pleasure. I stay there regularly on my way to and from my home in Malta.

We really enjoy staying in the area around rende in October, was also quite hot during the day. We stayed near the university but visited Rende old town in the evening, it was very special and magical, with all the valley below it and the lights, the old buildings. We really appreciated the type of historical houses with the special rendering made with mortar and little grey stones. We also visited Marano Marchesato, was a pleasant afternoon walk. We had dinner in a pizzeria and restaurant in Rende, everything was so pleasant and good. The area is lovely with all the valleys and hills and the air smells so fresh and pure, places are quite clean and tidy.

There is no need to come to Cosenza or Rende, really. It's a convenient staging post between Salerno and Reggio di Calabria (I stay regularly when on the way home to Malta by car from Northern Europe).