basilicata

There are a few restaurants and caffes in town.

View from parking area.

Park on the edge of town.

The town is built into the rocks near the top of a mountain.

This travel note was written in 2005. We have updated it and checked all hotels and restaurants (February 2018). Puglia is a region in southern Italy, at the "heel" of the boot. Puglia is sometimes called "Apulia". We visited Puglia in the last half of January 2005. The region is very large and...

TASTES The region’s most iconic foods – Bread. The bread is made with semola flour, often cooked in a wood oven. Crunchy on the outside, firm but tender on the inside and delectable, it’s what bread ought to be! Peperoni Cruschi. Long, thin sweet peppers that are dried in the sun then fried...

One of the things I find fascinating about Europe and especially Italy are the castles. Real Castles! I take every opportunity in our travels to visit them whenever possible. Our small mountain village does not have a castle but that does not mean you will not find them in our home region of...

A little change of the current travel subjects...why has Matera dropped off the travel radar so quickly? For the last two years Matera, European Cultural Capital 2019, has been a focal point of travel articles and visitors from Italy and beyond. We were in Matera in January and February, well...

I'm cute

Pauline knitted this toy for me :)

You know you are in Italy when...You are in a bar with a carabinieri marshal and an engineer for an aperitivo and the only topic of conversation is the best location to find wild mushrooms and wild asparagus. :p

This article from ANSA shows how the south is becoming the place to visit. In particular Matera and Naples.

By Valerie from New Mexico, Spring 2003 Prelude to a Trip: My Geneaology Search My quest began a few years ago as I began exploring my family history, wondering where exactly my great-grandparents were from, when they arrived in the US, and how on earth did they end up in small-town Ohio. My...

Valerie and I have done this fantastic zip-line in Basilicata and I see Anne also ventured in 2015. Who else has been daring?

Earlier this month I flew into FCO in the afternoon and took the Leonardo Express to Termini. I then took the new Freccairossa 1000 (#9541) that goes from Milano to Taranto (and back) once a day. My destination was Potenza and the nice thing is I got on the train at Termini and did not have to...

Remains of the Abbey of the Holy Trinity (Abbey of the Santissima Trinità), beside the Roman ruins. Parts date back to the 8th century.

Remains of the Roman city from 291BC. Mosaic floors.

Town center.