Category: Basilicata Travel Guide

PotenzaCultureHistoryFood & WineThings To DoExplore PotenzaSample Packages Located in Southern Italy is the charming and ancient town of Potenza. Deep in the heart of the mostly rural province of Potenza located in the region of Basilicata, this town is near the rugged Apennine Mountains and its soft green valleys. This beautiful city on a hill [...] Read more »

MateraCultureHistoryFood & WineThings To DoExplore MateraSample Packages Perhaps one of the best kept secrets of Italy and the Basilicata region is the ancient and remote city of Matera. Considered to be one of the oldest continuously inhabited places on earth, this area is an enchanting blend of the old world customs and new world delights. [...] Read more »

MateraCultureHistoryFood & WineThings To DoExplore MateraSample Packages To visit the city of Matera is to have time stand gloriously still in Southern Italy. Whether you are traveling through modern Matera or wandering the ancient Sassi, the people and the land are loyal to their heritage and incorporate it still today in local cuisine and dining [...] Read more »

MateraCultureHistoryFood & WineThings To DoExplore MateraSample Packages Matera is a peculiar town in the Basilicata region, located on the western slope of the Murgia Plateau. Its picturesque position, on the edge of Gravina di Matera River that descends towards the Bradano River, has inspired travelers and artists throughout the centuries. But it also constituted a [...] Read more »

MateraCultureHistoryFood & WineThings To DoExplore MateraSample Packages The remote area of Matera located in Southern Italy in the region of Basilicata is home to ancient architecture and art history, coupled with a past and present in the field of cinematography. The rock city of Matera is quietly thriving with culture. The history and tradition of [...] Read more »

MateraCultureHistoryFood & WineThings To DoExplore MateraSample Packages In the heart of Southern Italy sits the city of Matera, an enchanting town in the Basilicata region that lights up the inky night sky with the romantic ambiance that Italy is known and loved for. The unique cave dwellings and majestic churches of the city cut into [...] Read more »

BasilicataCultureHistoryFood & WineThings To DoExplore BasilicataSample Packages Things to do in Basilicata Some say the joys of Italy are best found by wandering the streets of the most popular cities in the world, but in doing so one misses the romance and mysteries of the Italian countryside regions like Basilicata. Located at the southern end [...] Read more »

BasilicataCultureHistoryFood & WineThings To DoExplore BasilicataSample Packages Food and Wine Of Basilicata The region of Basilicata, positioned at the southern end of Italy, is charming and picturesque, with mountains, rolling hills, and scenic coastlines in both the east and the west. But perhaps the only thing more compelling than its generous people and breathtaking landscape [...] Read more »

BasilicataCultureHistoryFood & WineThings To DoExplore BasilicataSample Packages The History Of Basilicata Basilicata is one of the smallest regions in Italy, and until 1927 when the province of Matera was established, the region coincided only with the province of Potenza. Wedged between Apulia, Campania, and Calabria, Basilicata faces both the Ionian and the Tyrrhenian seas. However, [...] Read more »

BasilicataCultureHistoryFood & WineThings To DoExplore BasilicataSample Packages Basilicata - Culture The region of Basilicata, found at the southern base of Italy, is filled with rich culture that flows directly from its deep roots, tracing as far back as the Paleolithic age. Today, the region has a tight link to those roots, with many of its [...] Read more »

Basilicata Travel Guide Those hoping to tour the romantic and tradition-steeped lands of Italy need look no further than the grandiose sights of Basilicata, a…

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