Slow Foot, Slow Food (5 days - 4 nights)

Day 1 - arrival

Arrival in Matera and accommodation in a hotel. Light lunch with tasting of local cheeses and salami from the mountains of Matera. Afternoon visit to the Sassi: from the Baroque to the Neolithic Period (duration 3 hours). Dinner in a typical restaurant in the Sassi. Overnight stay.


Day 2 – Bread from Matera

Bread workshop in the morning, in an old wood-burning bakery, where the traditional bread from Matera is made. A short walk on the Murgia plateau in search of the archaeological treasures of the Rock Church Park. Lunch on a farm surrounded by golden hills. A walk on the hills and return to Matera. Dinner and overnight stay.


Day 3 – Venosa and Aglianico Wine

Journey to Venosa (75 min.), an old Roman town where the Latin poet Horatio (Carpe Diem) was born. Tour of the town and wine tasting in a cellar. Light lunch and journey to Trivigno, accommodation in an agritourism in the mountains (at a height of 1000 metres) where you can go for walks surrounded by the green prairies of the Southern Apennine, with a wonderful view of the Lucanian Dolomites. Dinner and overnight stay.


Day 4 - Bandit Menu (cookery course)

The cookery course with the Bandit Menu, which starts after breakfast, after relaxing in the pool for a while, will allow you to discover the traditional tastes of cooking in Lucania in 1870. Have lunch with the Bandits!!! Afternoon walk to Pietrapertosa, on the Lucanian Dolomites. Back to Trivigno for dinner and overnight stay.


Day 5

Breakfast and end of services.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Individual or small groups tour (minimum 2 participants)

Fee per person: € 710.00


The fee includes:

  • 4 nights in a double room

  • 4 lunches and 4 dinners excluding drinks

  • All transfers and excursions

  • road book and information

  • cooking course

Characteristics:

4 days on foot and eating out; courses from 2 to 5 km to be covered in 1 to 4 hours throughout the whole day.


Hotels: 2 nights in a 4* hotel, 2 nights in an agritourism

Meals included: breakfast every day, 4 lunches and 4 dinners

Climate: pleasant in spring and autumn, hot in summer.


Date 2009:  all year round

Supplements:

  • single: € 100.00

  • transfer from Bari airport to Matera: € 70,00 (2 pax)

Excluding:

  • Luggage/medical insuranceDrinksEntrance feesTipsPersonal extrasEverything, which does not come under the heading “the fee includes”