Basilicata is shaped by its mountains. The east is drier and opens to the Ionian Sea; the north is volcanic and wine-growing; the south-west is a land of high peaks and a short, steep Tyrrhenian coast. We have grouped the destinations so you can link them into a route.
Basilicata destinations
Nine places across the region, each with its own six-page guide.
Matera & the Ionian side
Matera, the badlands and the Greek coast of the Ionian Sea.
Matera & the Ionian side 
Matera & the Ionian side 
Matera & the Ionian side Metaponto & Policoro
Greek temples, two archaeological museums and long sandy beaches on Basilicata’s Ionian coast.
Potenza, the mountains & Vulture
The regional capital, the peaks of the Dolomiti Lucane and the volcanic Vulture.
Potenza, the mountains & Vulture 
Potenza, the mountains & Vulture Castelmezzano & Pietrapertosa
Two stone villages wedged among jagged sandstone peaks, linked by the Flight of the Angel, a steel cable you ride across the valley.
Potenza, the mountains & Vulture Venosa & Melfi (Vulture)
Norman and Aragonese castles, the unfinished abbey of Venosa, crater lakes and the vineyards of Aglianico del Vulture.
Pollino, Maratea & the south
Italy’s largest national park, the Tyrrhenian coast and the Agri valley.
Pollino, Maratea & the south 
Pollino, Maratea & the south Pollino National Park
Italy’s largest national park: high limestone ridges, ancient loricato pines, beech forests, gorges and Albanian-speaking villages.
Pollino, Maratea & the south Aliano & Val d’Agri
Carlo Levi’s village of exile above a moonscape of clay badlands, and the Roman town of Grumentum in the green Agri valley.
Not sure where to start?
Our itineraries link these destinations into realistic routes, and getting there explains the roads, trains and buses between them.
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