The best traffic-free bike rides around Stigliano

A broad view of the Sinni river valley offers breathtaking scenery that ranges from the Policoro marina to encompass Rotondella, Monte Coppola, Valsinni and Colobraro. This comprehensive overview captures the vastness and variety of the landscape, allowing you to appreciate the beauty of each location dotting the Sinni River valley. A visual experience that allows you to connect with the diversity and richness of this fascinating region.

Rabatana, a picturesque district of Tursi, presents itself as a fascinating succession of narrow streets and houses built in stone, preserving its authenticity and history intact. This ancient village, dominated by the Marchesale castle, is known for its traditional architecture and breathtaking views of the surrounding countryside.

Rabatana (fortified village, from Arabic) stands on the highest spur of Tursi, the "Timpa". It was the first inhabited area of the entire city: first by the Goths in the 5th century and then by the Arabs, who fortified it on suggestive ravines, "i jaramme"

A broad view of the Sinni River valley, which allows you to see from the Policoro marina, Rotondella, Monte Coppola, Valsinni and Colobraro.

The town is above all famous for hosting Carlo Levi during his confinement in the south during the Fascist era. Levi was in fact an opponent of Mussolini's regime and in these places he wrote his famous novel "Christ Stopped at Eboli". Aliano is the place where the novel is set even if in the book it is called Gagliano.

Town on the sea along the Ionian coast. Worthy of a visit is the Palazzo Baronale, a feudal type building which today houses offices and cultural events.

View of Montalbano Jonico and its characteristic gullies, clayey rock formations that change after the passage of rainwater that digs their profiles.

Scanzano Jonico is located in a flat area along the Ionian coast less than 1 km from the sea in the south-western part of the region; the municipal area is at a height ranging from 0 to 106 m a.s.l., with an average of 21 m a.s.l.; however most of the municipal area, including the main town, is located a few meters above sea level. It borders to the north with the municipality of Pisticci (28 km), to the east with the Ionian Sea (1 km), to the south with the territories of Policoro (6 km) and Tursi (26 km) and to the west with the municipality of Montalbano Jonico (19 km). Arriving in Scanzano Jonico it is possible to visit, almost at the entrance to the town, the Baronial Palace with an adjoining chapel. It is a square-plan feudal building with an internal courtyard and a crenellated tower. Currently the structure houses some municipal offices and also cultural activities are carried out inside. The small chapel of the Théotokos (Mother of God) was recently reconsecrated, on whose portal stands a bas-relief of the Annunciation dating back to the year 1000. Inside a wooden crucifix and a silver crown of SS. Maria Annunziata of the eighteenth century. The period of construction dates back to the year 1000, and has been remodeled several times. The current structure dates back to the sixteenth century. Restored in the late nineties. Originally the center was under the control of the Basilian monks of Sant'Elia di Carbone and later passed to the domain of Pedro de Toledo, who had the baronial palace built. A consolidation project was necessary, planned in 1998 and implemented starting from 2001. Once the works were completed, the Baronial Palace became the seat of the Technical Office of the Municipality of Scanzano Jonico (Matera), Basilicata. Scanzano Jonico was a fraction of the Municipality of Montalbano Jonico then in 1974 that agglomeration of houses expanded, increased and became an autonomous municipality.