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Pisticci

Basilicate, Italy · Europe

About Pisticci

Pisticci is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Craco-Sant'Angelo, 10km from Craco.

Pisticci is in Basilicate, Italy, with about 6,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Craco-Sant'Angelo, about 10 km away.

Pisticci (Metapontino: Pestìzze; Latin: Pesticium) is a town comune in the province of Matera, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. Pisticci is the fourth most populous town in the region and the most populous in the province after Matera. It is known for being the production site of Amaro Lucano, a renowned

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Within an hour or so of Pisticci: Craco (10 km), Sassi di Matera (31 km), Matera (31 km), Matera (No Time to Die opening) (31 km).

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Pisticci is in Basilicate, Italy, about 10 km from Craco-Sant'Angelo.

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Quick Information

Population
6,019
Continent
Europe
Country
Italy
Region
Basilicate
Timezone
Europe/Rome
Coordinates
40.3902, 16.5592

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Italy

Police
113
Ambulance
118
Fire
115
All emergencies
112
Driving side
right

ACI roadside assistance: 803 116. ZTL (limited traffic zones) in city centres are camera-enforced.

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Worth the detour from Pisticci

5 notable places within an hour's drive.

ancient ruins

Craco

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.

10 km · about 20 min drive

ancient ruins

Sassi di Matera

Two ancient cave-dwelling districts carved into the ravine of Matera, inhabited since the Paleolithic and now a UNESCO site.

31 km · about 35 min drive

landmark

Matera

An ancient city in Basilicata carved into limestone gorges, with cave dwellings (Sassi) continuously inhabited for over 9,000 years.

31 km · about 35 min drive

film location

Matera (No Time to Die opening)

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.

31 km · about 35 min drive

landmark

Castelmezzano

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.

46 km · about 55 min drive

Driving in Italy

Drives on
the right
Petrol
~€1.82/litre
Motorway tolls
~€8.50/100km

When to drive here

April to October

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