San Nicola Arcella, located in the Gulf of Policastro, is a small Calabrian town that in recent years has become an appreciated and well-known seaside resort located on a sloop of 110 m. a.l.m., at the foot of which there is a bay enclosed by a rocky arm that gives it the shape of a natural port.

The Ancient Saracen Tower is known as Torre Crawford. It is named after the last owner of the tower: Lord Francis Marion Crawford, an American writer who fell in love with the bay of San Nicola Arcella while exploring Italy aboard a small boat accompanied by his wife and a sailor. Crawford used to stay in the Tower, where he got his inspiration for his stories, some set in the small Calabrian centre.

The Prince's Palace built at the end of the eighteenth century, represented the summer residence of the lords of Scalea, the Spinelli family ,in addition to being famous militarily, is also known for the literary works of Prince Francesco Maria Spinelli the son of Antonio and Beatrice Carafa. Prince Antonio Spinelli, who lived at the time of the Inquisition, expanded his fiefdom by purchasing that of Aieta in 1768.