An invitation to discover another side of Basilicata—beyond Matera, yet equally authentic. A journey to be experienced either on foot or by bicycle.
Our guests will be able to retrace the community's history through unusual perspectives and, above all, through miles of rolling greenery or sun-scorched earth, nestled among hills and countryside.
The great absentee here is man: human presence, in fact, is evoked through the marks left upon the landscape, from the unpredictable geometries of plow furrows to the far more impactful rural churches.

Rural churches and chapels represent an important testament to the deep religiosity and popular peasant devotion of past centuries. These small, simple places of worship, sometimes embellished with architectural decorative elements, were predominantly erected to allow agricultural laborers and their families to participate in religious rites without straying too far from their workplaces. Usually, however, these rural churches were set apart from the main farm buildings, or at least on the outer edges, so as to prevent anyone who did not reside there from entering the farm courtyard.
From evocative trails through untouched nature to the discovery of small hidden treasures that tell the story of life in times past.

From Borgo San Gaetano, take Corso Umberto I toward the Demanio Campagnolo provincial road. After about 6 km, turn right and continue along the entire route that leads first back to Bernalda Scalo and then to the town of Bernalda.