DISCOVER BASILICATA. 5 DAYS TOUR.

  • 1st DAY: ROME - NAPLES or other location > MELFI "Castle of Federico II" - VENOSA "the city of Horace" - MATERA km.440

    departure from home - free lunch - in the afternoon guided visit to Melfi (Castle of Federico II) and Venosa (Abbey of the SS Trinità, with a splendid view of the Incompiuta) - in the evening accommodation in a hotel in Matera - dinner in the hotel - after dinner Matera by night, walk with guide - overnight stay.

  • 2nd DAY: MATERA “the City of Stones” 30 km

    breakfast in the hotel - whole day dedicated to a guided visit to Matera, the "City of the Sassi", ancient settlements now a UNESCO World Heritage Site (Piazza Vittorio Veneto, walk in the Sassi districts: Sasso Caveoso, Sasso Barisano, the Cathedral of the Madonna della Bruna, the Palombaro Lungo Cistern, Rock Church, Cave House in which to relive the daily life of our ancestors, in the Petrapenta area, 14 km from Matera, visit to the Crypt of Original Sin, called the "Sistine Chapel" of rock wall painting) - lunch in a restaurant typical - in the evening return to the hotel - dinner in the hotel - after dinner Matera by night, walk with guide - overnight stay.

  • 3rd DAY: THE LUCANIAN DOLOMITES - CASTELMEZZANO and PIETRAPERTOSA “l'Arabata” km.190

    breakfast in the hotel - daily excursion with guide - visit to the villages in the heart of the Lucanian Dolomites of Castelmezzano (every corner of the village preserves stories of peoples and events that passed through it, from the ruins of the Norman-Swabian castle, to the historic buildings of particular beauty and portals of exquisite workmanship, churches and small chapels, stairs that lead ever higher to the top of the town) and Pietrapertosa (its name means "perforated stone" and derives from the presence of a large collapsed cliff, in the highest part of the town find the Arabata, the oldest neighborhood which reveals its origins and shows itself in all its spectacular beauty) - lunch in a typical restaurant - in the evening return to the hotel - dinner in the hotel - after dinner Altamura by night, excursion with private bus and walk with companion - overnight stay.

  • 4th DAY: ANGLONA - TURSI “the city of Pierro” - ALIANO - CRACO “the ghost village” - Valle dei Calanchi km.200

    breakfast in the hotel - daily excursion with guide - visit to Anglona (ancient Sanctuary of Santa Maria Regina of Anglona), Tursi (historic buildings, the ancient Rabatana district, the Cathedral with crypt), Aliano (route dedicated to Carlo Levi), Craco, the ghost village (photo stop) - typical lunch in a farmhouse - in the evening return to the hotel - dinner in the hotel - free evening - guide available - overnight stay.

  • 5th DAY: MATERA - ACERENZA "the cathedral city" - NAPLES - ROME km.480

    breakfast in the hotel - departure for Acerenza - guided visit to one of the most beautiful villages in Italy (historic center with the Cathedral counted among the most important monuments of Basilicata) - free lunch - continuation to return to the headquarters - arrival in the evening .