This excellent museum focuses on the historical, cultural and natural heritage of the park. Highlights include the use of interactive video screens to tell the story of the park's different ethnic groups and a thrilling display of taxidermied birds and animals including Pollino's Italian wolf and the rare golden eagle. Definitely visit this museum before heading off into the park.
L'Ecomuseo del Pollino
Top choice in Calabria
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
3.3 MILES
Italy’s largest national park, the Pollino National Park, straddles Basilicata and Calabria. It acts like a rocky curtain separating the region from the…
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Museo Archeologico Nazionale delle Sibaritide
28.17 MILES
Founded around 730 BC and destroyed by the Krotons in 510 BC, Sybaris was rebuilt twice: once as Thurii by the Greeks in 444 BC, and again in 194 BC by…
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Parco Archeologico di Grumentum
24.76 MILES
The Parco Archeologico di Grumentum – sometimes known as Basilicata's 'Little Pompeii' – contains remains of a theatre, an amphitheatre, Roman baths, a…
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17.53 MILES
The ruins of the original settlement of Maratea, supposedly founded by the Greeks, are situated at a higher elevation than the current village on a rocky…
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8.15 MILES
Those interested in the ecosystem and wildlife of the Pollino National Park should check out this 'diffuse museum' in the medieval hilltown of Morano…
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17.57 MILES
The symbol of Maratea, visible from multiple vantage points along the coast, this 22m-high statue of Christ faces inland towards the Basilica di San…
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14.86 MILES
Visible from the Praia a Mare seafront is an intriguing rocky chunk off the coast, the Isola di Dino. The tourist office has information on the island's…
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Museo Nazionale dell’Alta Val d’Agri
24.59 MILES
This modestly interesting museum charts the history of the high valley of Agri, and the nearby Roman town of Grumentum in particular. Artefacts including…
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3.3 MILES
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8.15 MILES
Those interested in the ecosystem and wildlife of the Pollino National Park should check out this 'diffuse museum' in the medieval hilltown of Morano…
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