How to Get to Maratea: a Practical Transport Guide
Train, car, plane or coach: everything you need to know to reach Maratea, the pearl of the Lucanian Tyrrhenian coast, with journey times, frequencies and approximate costs.
Travel guide to Maratea
Everything you need to visit Maratea: accommodation, itineraries, food and transport.
Practical guides
Two Days in Maratea: the Redeemer, hidden coves, and Italy's forgotten Tyrrhenian gem
Maratea rewards those who stay two full days: ancient alleyways, a hilltop Redeemer, sea caves and black-sand beaches on Basilicata's secret Tyrrhenian shore.
Where to Stay in Maratea: Sleeping Between the Ancient Hilltop and the Secret Coves of Basilicata's Tyrrhenian Coast
A guide to staying in Maratea, Basilicata's hidden Tyrrhenian gem: from the medieval hilltop borgo to coastal hamlets, finding the perfect retreat far from the crowds.
Where to Eat in Maratea: A Coast Where the Mountains Season the Sea
Maratea's cuisine is a rare meeting of sea and Apennine mountain: fresh blue fish, cruschi peppers, lagane pasta with chickpeas, podolico cheese. Authentic Lucanian gastronomy, still largely undiscovered.
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Maratea, the Christ and the sea: Basilicata's secret coast
The only Tyrrhenian coastline in Basilicata: thirty-two kilometres of rocky shore, villages clinging to the mountainside…
Maratea: the Christ Redeemer and Basilicata's Secret Tyrrhenian Coast
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Basilicata without a car in 3 days: Matera, the Murgia and the Lucanian Dolomites
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An alternative to Matera: 7 cities of stone and sassi in the South to discover
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Civita di Maratea: The Ancient Heart Above the Sea of Basilicata
Civita di Maratea, a village of lanes and churches above the sea, offers the Tyrrhenian coast of Basilicata without the …