Tour of the Basilicata region

Arrival at Bari airport, pick up of the rented car and departure towards Matera. Free visit in the afternoon of the panorama of Sasso Caveoso from Piazza Pascoli, visit of a typical "neighborhood", rock churches of Santa Maria De Idris, a typical house of Sassi furnished with tools of peasant civilization, Basilica and panoramic view of Sasso Barisano. Return to the hotel, dinner and overnight.

After breakfast, departure for Montescaglioso, one of the major centers of the hill materana, for the free visit of the Benedictine Abbey of St.Michael Archangel with two beautiful Renaissance cloisters, the completely frescoed library, the Refectory and the small chapel of S.Maria in Platea with frescoes of the 500. Return to Matera and lunch in restaurant. In the afternoon free visit of the historic center of Matera, where you can admire the Crypt of the Holy Spirit (IX century), the Church of San Giovanni Battista (XIII century). There will be a walk in Sasso Barisano with a free visit to the rooms excavated in the tuff, formerly peasant houses, now used as workshops for the processing of terracotta. Dinner and overnight in Hotel.

After breakfast departure for Melfi, a place dear to one of the greatest kings that humanity has ever known: Frederick II, placed at the foot of the Vulture, was in the Middle Ages the capital of the Norman South before Palermo. To visit the Acropolis of the Daunian era and the "Archaeological Museum of Melfese" located in the Castle around which the urban history of Melfi is articulated. Lunch in the restaurant and departure for Venosa, birthplace of the greatest poet of Latinity, Quinto Orazio Flacco (65 BC). You can visit the Abbey of the SS.Trinità and numerous palaces, dating back to a period between 600 and 800, churches of the 500, the Jewish catacombs and finally the mighty Aragonese Castle. Return to Matera, dinner and overnight in Hotel.

After breakfast departure for the Dolomiti Lucane: Castelmezzano and Pietrapertosa. Free visit of one of the most beautiful villages in Italy, lying on a wall of spires and peaks, in a fantastic rock landscape. Possibility to make the famous "angel flight". Lunch in restaurant. In the afternoon departure for Miglionico and free visit of the Malconsiglio Castle, return to Matera for dinner and overnight in the Hotel.

After breakfast free visit of the Murgia Park and the Churches of Matera, in that area in front of the Sassi di Matera from which is separated from the local "small Grand Canyon": the ravine of Matera. Possibility to make a short trekking path, suitable for everyone, where you can cross a spectacular path. During the route you can discover the naturalistic and historical aspects of the Murgia and, through the free visit of three suggestive rock churches (San Falcione, San Vito alla Murgia and Madonna delle tre porte) will be revealed the reasons that pushed, in the early Middle Ages, small communities of monks to "build" over 150 rock churches. Duration: 2,5 hours. Continuation to Bari airport and delivery of the rented car. End of services.