Basilicata

Ancient land of giant loaves and crackling peppers: Lucania never disappoints.

• Peperoni cruschi

  Dried and fried peppers from Senise, crisp as crisps

• Strascinati con mollica

  Pasta with toasted breadcrumbs, the 'poor man's parmesan'

• Pane di Matera

  Huge loaves of durum wheat, crusty outside, yellow inside

• Lucanica

  The sausage the Romans already called by this name

• Baccala alla lucana

  Topped with crumbled peperoni cruschi, of course

• Aglianico del Vulture

  Born on an extinct volcano, austere and noble

• Matera Primitivo

  The warm red from the city of the Sassi

• Grottino di Roccanova

  A tiny appellation with a big character

• Tierra Osteria Contemporanea ★ 4.8

  Matera

• Osteria MateraMì ★ 4.6

  Matera

• La Lopa ★ 4.6

  Matera

• Trattoria del Caveoso ★ 4.5

  Matera

• Trattoria Lucana ★ 4.3

  Matera

Google ratings, July 2026