Basilicate, Italy · Europe
Bernalda works well as a base: 10 minutes from Marconia, 21km from Craco.
Bernalda is in Basilicate, Italy, with about 11,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Marconia, about 5 km away.
Bernalda (Metapontino: Vernàlle or Bernàlle) is a town and comune (municipality) in the Province of Matera in the region of Basilicata in Italy. It has 11,922 inhabitants.
The nearby village of Metaponto is the site of the ancient city of Metapontum.
Until the 15th century, it was called Camarda. It is home to aRead more
castle built in the 15th century during the Aragonese rule in the Kingdom of Naples.
The patron Saint of Bernalda is Saint Bernardino of Siena. The celebration of Saint Bernardino is on 20 May and on 23 August.
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Within an hour or so of Bernalda: Craco (21 km), Sassi di Matera (29 km), Matera (29 km), Matera (No Time to Die opening) (29 km).
Bernalda is in Basilicate, Italy, about 5 km from Marconia.
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ACI roadside assistance: 803 116. ZTL (limited traffic zones) in city centres are camera-enforced.
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ancient ruins
Ghost town abandoned in 1963 after a landslide, its Norman tower and gutted palazzi still crowning a clay ridge above the Basento badlands. Visitable on guided hard-hat tours; a favourite film set from The Passion of the Christ to 007.
21 km · about 25 min drive
ancient ruins
Two ancient cave-dwelling districts carved into the ravine of Matera, inhabited since the Paleolithic and now a UNESCO site.
29 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
An ancient city in Basilicata carved into limestone gorges, with cave dwellings (Sassi) continuously inhabited for over 9,000 years.
29 km · about 35 min drive
film location
The cave city's Piazza San Pietro Caveoso and the road above the Gravina ravine host the Aston Martin DB5 gun-turret sequence that opens No Time to Die.
29 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Village wedged into the jagged sandstone spires of the Dolomiti Lucane, linked to neighbouring Pietrapertosa by the Volo dell'Angelo zipline that flies 120 km/h across the gorge. The SP13 approach through the rock gateway is unforgettable.
56 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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