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Well, we are amazed! Recently, the New York Times has just announced its annual top 52 places to visit in the world and for 2018, #Basilicata has been listed as number 3! You can read all about it here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/travel/places-to-visit.html We're so happy about this as we believe that our wonderful region will finally start to get the attention that it deserves. It's quite amazing to think that only a little more than 50 years ago, the gem of #B

Happy New Year Everyone! Buon anno!! We hope you all had a lovely #Christmas all around the world and we wish you all the very best for 2018. When you think of #Christmas time travel destinations, perhaps Italy isn’t the first place you will think of. Italy is a place only for the Spring and Summer - right? Well, you’d be surprised. This #Christmas, we decided to try and document a little bit of what happens here in #Matera and #Basilicata during the festive season. It also g

Festa Della Bruna is #Matera's most important festival. In fact, for many Materans it is more important than even Christmas and New Year! But what is this beautiful, exciting and quite violent festival all about exactly? The festival seems to date back to sometime in the 14th Century when a bishop of #Matera, Bartolomeo Prignano, proposed the introduction of a festival of 'The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary', with the intention of achieving peace in the political and e

2 weeks ago, La Lucana was delighted to welcome four guests from Kuwait and Bahrain. They came in search of our special and authentic #Italian lifestyle and during the week we showed them some incredible things. After a day of exploring the ancient city of #Matera, we continued the week with our lessons in fresh #pasta, #cheese-making and cookery. It was a lot of fun and because of the beautiful weather, we could even do most things outside! One evening, our guests even offer