Holidays in Basilicata

Basilicata

Destination

4 days

Duration

Ita-Eng+

Language

People

Holidays in Basilicata

Holidays in Basilicata dedicated to local flavours, sport and culture. Visit local farms. Discover enchanting towns such as Matera or small villages in the Lucanian Dolomites and stay at the organic farm.

What you’ll do

Walk among pistachio trees
Taste organic pistachios
Have lunch at the pistachio farm
Visit renowned local farms
Taste local specialities
Visit the medieval village of San Mauro Forte
Enjoy the dinner at the restaurant (first day)
Stay 4 nights at the organic farm

Price per person: € 480

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Day 1

We will reach with off-road vehicles the plantation and we will take a short walk in the plantation. We will taste our organic pistachio specialities. Lunch at the farm and, afterwards, visit to local farms producing truffle, snails and cheese. You can visit, independently or with a guide, places of interest such as the medieval village of San Mauro Forte.

Day 2

You will be able to visit, independently or with a guide, Matera, the city included among UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993.

Day 3

The small Lucanian Dolomites with the villages of Pietrapetrosa and Castelmezzano.

Day 4

Craco, the ghost town where Mel Gibson shot the film “The Passion“.

Where

San Mauro Forte, Matera – 40 min from Matera, 70 min from Bari

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When

From the 1^st of April to the 31^st of October

Duration 4 days

Start time

Flexible start time, by agreement

Language

Italian, English, German

What’s included

Tour among the trees	Farm tour
Pistachio tasting	Lunch
Local farms tour & tasting	Cultural itinerary
Dinner (1^st day)	Farm stay – 4 nights

What’s not included

Admission to museums & places of interest

Important information

It is possibile to reach the plantation through a path among ancient sheep tracks (5 km one way or 10 km round trip)
The four-night stay is in the holiday home inside the farm, with a double bed, two single beds, bathroom, kitchenette.
It is possible to customise your holidays with professional guide and shuttle service from Bari airport.

Price per person: € 480

Italia Delight allows you to book tailor-made food and wine experiences and foodie holidays with top Italian Food Experts.

Create your own customised tour with this food experience.

The Food Expert:

Driven by the enthusiasm of an elderly producer, the pioneer of pistachio in Basilicata, in 2005 I decided to bet on pistachio cultivation. So I left with my father for Greece, where we bought the first 1,200 trees.

Our farm boasts about being one of the very few, if not the only Italian farm, to grow organic pistachio. We are waiting for you for a seaside holiday in Basilicata and beyond!

Cancellation policy: all bookings can be cancelled within 3 days from the start date of the experience. Read the Terms and Conditions.

To these first trees of the Aeginis variety, one of the best pistachios in the world, we have added over the years two famous varieties: the Kerman and the Neapolitan variety, which is the same grown in Bronte. Currently we take care of about 4,000 trees on an area of almost 16 hectares and the farm boasts about being one of the very few, if not the only Italian farm, to grow organic pistachio.

Today our farm grows precious pistachio in a plantation among the hills of Basilicata, in San Mauro Forte in the province of Matera: a village rich in history with 32 baronial palaces, medieval churches, the Norman tower with a multimedia museum and a museum of rural life.

In the area you can visit Matera, famous for its “Sassi” – stone houses carved out of caves and cliffs –, Craco, the ghost town where Mel Gibson shot the film “The Passion” and the small Lucanian Dolomites, where you can admire two of the most beautiful villages in Italy, Pietrapetrosa and Castelmezzano.