ACCOMMODATION
Tomasso’s place in Caltavuturo is an excellent house - beautiful traditional style, very cosy with all the amenities you need, a few minutes walk from the best part of town (great restaurant, gelateria, bars and Tomasso’s shop). The town is not touristy at all so the vibe is very authentic and you really feel like you’re soaking up a traditional local culture.
ROCK CLIMBING
We chose caltavuturo for its climbing, and it was top notch. Tomasso wrote the guide book and has spent a lot of time at the crags around caltavuturo - very scenic and peaceful with impressive 100m+ limestone cliffs that span hundreds of metres - so many climbs and very well documented in Tomasso’s guidebook. Caltavuturo would make for an excellent summer of challenging projects, great food and top quality (and unbelievably affordable) wine.
The cliffs range in difficulty from 4c to 8a and potentially harder unclimbed stuff, with long single pitch climbs, 3 pitchers, and on the enormous 250m wall overlooking the town there are two long routes, the wall itself undoubtedly contains more spectacular unclimbed routes.
Tomasso was extremely helpful and rents everything you need, so no need, at least as far as sport climbing is concerned - ask him if you need a trad rack.
The most developed crag is Gazzara, a 15 min walk from town - it’s glorious in every way and we will definitely return for an extended period of time in the future.