Basilicata is unquestionably a region of
strong contrasts so clear even in the nature of the different types of land. The
scenery is truly unique.
Mainly mountainous, it faces the Tyrrhenian Sea on the
south-west on the natural scenic beauty of the Gulf of Policastro.
To the
southeast, we have the Jonian Sea of the Gulf of Taranto.
Maratea is the
unchallenged jewel of the Tyrrhenian coast while Metaponto and Policoro,
important reference points as old as the Magna Graecia when the Ancient Greeks
founded colonies here, dominate the Jonian coast.
Today major attractions of Lucanian tourism, the three towns are focusing their efforts on even greater
achievements through the reappraisal of the natural environment and of their
ancient past.
