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Our recommendations if you are planning a vacation or visit to Matera and the rest of Basilicata.
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This first half of this full two day guided tour by Experience Puglia is the same as the day tour to Matera with wine tasting. Based in Gioia del Colle throughout, the second full day begins with a trip to resort town of Polignano along the coast followed by lunch in a local restaurant overlooking ... -
This day trip to the Sassi of Matera in Basilicata really is a full day, as it combines two nights in a family run hotel in the center of Gioia del Colle where Experience Puglia is based. Once you have met your guide and settled into your accommodation your adventure starts the same evening with di...
BASILICATA TRAVEL INFORMATION AND TOURISM SUGGESTIONS
Also known as Lucania, Basilicata is most famous today for the stunning Sassi of Matera.
A region so often overlooked is suddenly finding itself with all the right pieces in place for the sustainable tourism of the future.
Firstly, the local dishes which barely kept people alive 150 years ago are now seen as authentic regional specialites to be rediscovered. The Aglianico wine is recognised as a doc of quality and not just for blending with other grape varieties across Italy.
The local festivals are as mysterious and profound for the visitor as anywhere in Italy.
The splendid Pollino National Park contains unique flora while much of the countryside is ideal for trekking along ancient paths. The relatively undeveloped coast near Maratea is a zone with more than a passing similarity to the Amalfi coast.
Not that Spartacus cared much when he made his last stand in the region.
And don't forget Metaponto. A splendid Greek colony before the rest of Italy had even been discovered. It was here Pythagoras lived and died.
Consult our latest Basilicata travel articles below, or access them from the links right divided by recipes, food, wine, itineraries, tours and trip suggestions.
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Madonna della Bruna, Matera
The Madonna Della Bruna refers to the Byzantine relic which is paraded every 2nd of July is the festival for this patron saint of Matera. The event begins at the crack of dawn when the local shepherds parade through the old quarters of the town. Originally, they would collect their fellow workers as they went and the procession acted as a kind of social wake up call. The evening sees the more significant pulling of the cart of the Madonna towards the cathedral. This procession whips up the crowd into genuine excitement and at its climax the cart becomes assaulted…Last modified on 06 June 2013
Trees and Paganism in Accettura
Traditional Food and Dishes of Matera
The Sassi of Matera
Big egg Easter omelette
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Aglianico del Vulture Wine
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Our articles about Basilicata below.
Basilicata Recipes
• traditional lamb recipe • cooked bread recipe • tortiglioni di maratea • lagane and chick pea pasta • anogornata • walnut liqueur recipe • ciambotta vegetarian recipe • spaghetti di maratea • big egg easter omelette • strascinati con luntruppc
Basilicata Food and Wine
• food in poverty • food dishes and products of potenza • peperone di senise • podolica rare breed cow • basilicata table wines • aglianico del vulture wine • lucanica salami
Basilicata Itineraries
• basilicata by bike • roman venosa • sassi of matera • san mauro forte • metaponto • trees and paganism • madonna della bruna • more to melfi • history of maratea • religious tourism in basilicata • potenza • lucania • murgia materana park matera • bernalda and the coppolas • saint biagio day
SPECIAL FEATURE: A Journey Coast to Coast in South Italy
A special first hand travel guide from Gargano in Puglia to Reggio Calabria in association with the Chambers of Commerce of Foggia, Matera, Potenza, Crotone, Cosenza and Reggio Calabria.