When planning your perfect Italian honeymoon, don’t forget a tour of Lucania. However little dimensioned, and mostly mountainous, its heart conceals the heritage of Arab, Byzantine and French influences thus showing pure jewels of art within the territory of towns and villages. Evidence of clear Neapolitan influence is visible all over the area. Matera, the chief town, and its typical, peculiarly designed and settled houses and churches, called Sassi- meaning Stones-, all dug in the “tufa” crag, deserve a special mention as they embody an unparalleled, weird vision. On the short coastline, the fascinating Maratea, in the Gulf of Policastro, displays elegant shores and provides appealing exclusive facilities that entertain thousands of tourists.