A plateau that is the treasure of the Calabrian Apennines: the Sila. And a lake, that of Ampollino, which in recent years has been rediscovering its potential as a tourist attraction, set as it is in a splendid landscape, between the sea and the mountains, at 1,200 metres of altitude.
We brought our electric boats to Villaggio Palumbo, a 6000-bed holiday resort located in front of the Cotronei beach and managed by Armando Scalise. The structure offers the possibility to practise a range of outdoor activities throughout the year: from Squad to trekking, going through ice skating and skiing. It also perfectly reflects GardaSolar‘s values: sustainable and affordable fun for everyone.
Getting to know Armando gave us the opportunity to identify a common goal to work on together. And today, customers visiting the plateau can navigate the 11 kilometres of lake aboard our 100% Italian electric boats, the 6-seater Gogo Boats. But our commitment does not end there. For the Palumbo Village, we are building the first model of E-Bus 1025, the 10-metre boat with a capacity of 30-40 people, which is GardaSolar’s big news for this year. It will be inaugurated right on Lake Ampollino and will be available from 2023.
‘Meeting GardaSolar and Alberto Pozzo,’ Armando Scalise tells us, ‘was a surprise. It is a nice project run by nice people, I believe in it and want to support it. I have always wanted to protect the identity of this place, the Sila, with sustainable and quality tourism and GardaSolar represents a point of reference in this sense. Our lake is managed by the Sila Park Authority, which immediately appreciated GardaSolar’s proposal, considering it suitable for this natural context. The boats are now in use and our guests are already enjoying them. For the first time, a revolutionary idea of mobility for mountain tourism is being realised on Lake Ampollino, on the Small Sila.”
Our innovativeness and our sustainability impressed Armando so much that he decided to become our sales representative in Calabria, helping us make our brand known in this part of Italy. Anyone who wants to experience GardaSolar technology up close now knows that Lake Ampollino and the Palumbo Village are the perfect destinations to do so.
A new partner who has chosen to grow with us and to whom our thanks go. Safeguarding and relaunching such a special place is an honour for us and confirmation that GardaSolar’s journey is getting bigger and more exciting.
