Italy Panorama

What is an agriturismo?
If rolling hills, silent nights, and starry skies are your idea of the perfect vacation location, then an agriturismo is the place for you.  While “agriturismo” means farm-stay, it doesn’t mean you have to work the fields or slave for your supper.  It means you get to stay in bed-and-breakfast accommodations on [...]

Basilicata
Rocco Gallicchio is a soft-spoken man.  His eyes flit embarrassedly when paid a compliment and his hands seem to have permanently taken on the dusty-white hue of the clay that they are immersed in daily.
Rocco is the remaining artisan of ceramics in a town once brimming with them.  He ardently carries on, hoping to revive [...]

Acerenza is a pretty place. Set up on a massif high at the end of a squiggly road, its position above the Bradano River has been enviable and strategic since before the Roman age. Like many towns in this area, it was the Middle Ages that left the most lasting features on Acerenza, endowing it [...]

This tiny osteria is not for everyone, but if you like homey and casual with heaping helpings of good food, then try Il Vicinato.

The changes brought about by one man, and the town’s abiding gratitude.

Who has the best breads in Italy? The only DOP breads in the whole country are from Puglia and Basilicata.

Romance, action, dancing and pyrotechnics…La Storia Bandita tells the real story of il Mezzogiorno in spectacular fashion.

A unique gem in southern Basilicata, be sure to wander the “Dirupa” area of Pisticci.

Those who love caffé and a digestivo will enjoy this specialty liquore.

Dried and then fried in olive oil, peperoni cruschi are a Lucanian delicacy.