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Travel guides to Basilicata, including Matera, Maratea, the Lucanian Dolomites, Vulture towns, food and regional itineraries.
Discover places to visit, practical travel guides and ideas for your next trip.
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Tursi and the Rabatana: Medieval Lanes and Anglona
Read more: Tursi and the Rabatana: Medieval Lanes and AnglonaTursi is an excellent destination for travelers who want to see Basilicata’s quieter hill towns while exploring the Ionian side of the region. Its…
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Rotonda and Pollino National Park: Trails, Culture and Food
Read more: Rotonda and Pollino National Park: Trails, Culture and FoodRotonda is one of the most useful gateways to the Pollino National Park on the Basilicata side of the mountains. It combines a historic…
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Craco Ghost Town: Guided Visits, History and Safety
Read more: Craco Ghost Town: Guided Visits, History and SafetyCraco is one of Basilicata’s most haunting landscapes: an abandoned hilltop settlement rising above fragile clay hills, its empty buildings revealing the aftermath of…
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Potenza Travel Guide: Old Town, Museums and Practical Tips
Read more: Potenza Travel Guide: Old Town, Museums and Practical TipsPotenza is often passed over by travelers who head straight from the airport toward Matera or the sea, yet Basilicata’s hilltop regional capital offers…
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Venosa: Roman Ruins, Horace and the Unfinished Abbey
Read more: Venosa: Roman Ruins, Horace and the Unfinished AbbeyVenosa is one of the most rewarding places in northern Basilicata for visitors who enjoy understanding how different periods of history meet in a…
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Pietrapertosa: Arabata, Castle Trails and Mountain Views
Read more: Pietrapertosa: Arabata, Castle Trails and Mountain ViewsPietrapertosa is one of the most dramatic villages of the Lucanian Dolomites, perched among jagged sandstone formations high above the surrounding landscape. Many travelers…
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Castelmezzano: A Village Guide to the Lucanian Dolomites
Read more: Castelmezzano: A Village Guide to the Lucanian DolomitesCastelmezzano appears at first to be a handful of stone houses impossibly tucked beneath giant sandstone teeth. The village is in Basilicata’s Lucanian Dolomites,…
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Maratea Travel Guide: Beaches, Harbor and Cristo Redentore
Read more: Maratea Travel Guide: Beaches, Harbor and Cristo RedentoreMaratea offers a different Basilicata from the stone city of Matera. The western edge of the region drops toward the Tyrrhenian Sea in a…
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Matera Sassi: Cave Churches, Viewpoints and How to Visit
Read more: Matera Sassi: Cave Churches, Viewpoints and How to VisitMatera is not simply a town of cave hotels and scenic stairways. Its Sassi preserve a striking relationship between rock, architecture, water storage and…
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Seven Days in Basilicata: A Realistic Matera-to-Vulture Road Trip
Read more: Seven Days in Basilicata: A Realistic Matera-to-Vulture Road TripA seven-day Basilicata road trip is most satisfying when it accepts that Matera, the Lucanian Dolomites and the northern Vulture are separate travel experiences.…
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Where to Stay in Basilicata: Best Bases for Every Type of Trip
Read more: Where to Stay in Basilicata: Best Bases for Every Type of TripWhere to stay in Basilicata is not a question with a single correct town as its answer. Matera is the outstanding base for cave…
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Best Things to Do in Basilicata: 20 Places Worth Your Time
Read more: Best Things to Do in Basilicata: 20 Places Worth Your TimeThe best things to do in Basilicata depend less on finding a single famous sight than on understanding the region’s contrasts. The Sassi of…