Despite its area of about 10,000 square kilometers and a population of only 545,130 inhabitants as of December 31, 2022, Basilicata is the third smallest region in Italy.

Among Italian regions, Basilicata is one of the least explored. Everyone knows Matera, but few are aware of the many beauties and places of interest hidden in the rest of the territory, which hosts the Tempa Rossa site, one of the most important onshore oil fields in Europe.

The area extends over both provinces of Basilicata, Potenza and Matera, involving a total of 13 municipalities: Accettura, Aliano, Anzi, Armento, Castelmezzano, Cirigliano, Corleto Perticara, Gorgoglione, Guardia Perticara, Laurenzana, Missanello, Pietrapertosa, and Stigliano, with a total population of about 15,000 inhabitants.

A territory untouched by mass tourism and still to be discovered.

Through a journey to discover ancient origins and ancestral traditions in the upper Sauro Valley, it is possible to appreciate valuable archaeological finds – testimonies of the Enotri – from Armento and Guardia Perticara, or traces of more recent history in which Corleto Perticara played a key role as a driving force in the Lucanian uprising against the Bourbons, leading to annexation to the Savoy Kingdom and the Unification of Italy. The artisan tradition excels in working Gorgoglione sandstone, referred to in literature as "flysch di Gorgoglione," known and exported throughout Italy.

Through a journey to discover ancient origins and ancestral traditions in the upper Sauro Valley, it is possible to appreciate valuable archaeological finds – testimonies of the Enotri – from Armento and Guardia Perticara, or traces of more recent history in which Corleto Perticara played a key role as a driving force in the Lucanian uprising against the Bourbons, leading to annexation to the Savoy Kingdom and the Unification of Italy. The artisan tradition excels in working Gorgoglione sandstone, referred to in literature as "flysch di Gorgoglione," known and exported throughout Italy.

With a remarkable environmental landscape, this area offers the most curious tourists multiple itineraries to discover ancestral traditions, including the Carnivals of Aliano and Cirigliano with their typical masks and the tree rite of the May of Accettura. Breathtaking peaks like the Little Lucanian Dolomites of Castelmezzano and Pietrapertosa reward the most adventurous explorers. Gaze into the infinity of the cosmos at Anzi, at the Planetary Astronomical Observatory, a highly technological structure that allows village visitors to move among the planets and celestial bodies. For tourists who love religious itineraries, the village of Laurenzana offers the Franciscan Convent, founded by the Observant Fathers in 1473, as well as the Cathedral of Santa Maria dell’Assunta, where the relics of Blessed Egidio, the miracle-working friar born in Laurenzana in 1443, are kept.

The agricultural tradition, which continues to thrive in its eternal and unchanging processes, is the origin of the vast expanses of olive groves in the town of Missanello, known as the "City of Oil," the amber-colored wheat fields, and the typical pistachio of Stigliano.