Craco, ghost town – Craco Ghost Town loop from Trattoria Birreria Il Tenente

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Craco, ghost town – Craco Ghost Town loop from Trattoria Birreria Il Tenente

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Craco, ghost town – Craco Ghost Town loop from Trattoria Birreria Il Tenente

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82.5km

1,290m

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Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces.

Last updated: August 14, 2026

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31.4 km

Craco, ghost town

Highlight • Historical Site

About 50 kilometers from Matera, in Basilicata, is Craco, a suggestive when ghostly Italian ghost town. In 1963 a landslide that forced its inhabitants to take refuge in the new …

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32.2 km

Craco today is considered a ghost town, today it is the destination of many curious tourists.
This country was devastated by a landslide in 1963, later all its citizens moved to the new municipality, Craco Peschiera.

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69.1 km

Aliano, the village featured in Christ Stopped at Eboli

Highlight • Settlement

Gagliano, the current Aliano described by Levi in his Christ Stopped at Eboli is still recognizable in the author's description.
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69.4 km

View of the Badlands

Highlight • Viewpoint

A great village with spectacular views of the Calanchi.

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69.5 km

Viewpoint over the Bersagliere Ravine

Highlight • Viewpoint

Belvedere on the Fosso del Bersagliere in Aliano. The places described by Carlo Levi in his Christ Stopped at Eboli.
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69.7 km

Murals

Highlight • Monument

Aliano celebrates Carlo Levi with several murals on the main street of the town.
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73.0 km

Road Through the Calanchi of Aliano

Highlight (Segment) • Gorge

Beautiful stretch of road that connects Vituri to Alianello Nuovo. There is a viewpoint from which you can admire the gullies of Aliano.

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74.7 km

Alianello Vecchia

Highlight • Settlement

Various everyday objects left there, almost in a hurry, occupy the heart. Arranged but practical and functional construction styles ask for movement for the mind.
In the end the silence, …

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