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🇮🇹Italy·Basilicata
Craco
Day-trip · 1 night · Best months Apr / May / Oct
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Quick verdict
An abandoned hill town rises above pale calanchi like a film set left to the wind.
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When to go
When to go
great okay avoid
Jan
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Dec
- Best
- Apr · May · Sep · Oct
- Okay
- Mar · Jun · Aug · Nov
- Caution
- Jan · Feb · Jul · Dec
Climate
10-year averages (2011-2020). Temperatures in °C.
Jan
11°
2°
7d rain
7.3h sun
Feb
12°
2°
10d rain
7.9h sun
Mar
15°
5°
11d rain
9.4h sun
Apr
18°
7°
7d rain
10.9h sun
May
22°
11°
8d rain
12.2h sun
Jun
28°
16°
6d rain
13.3h sun
Jul
32°
19°
3d rain
13.7h sun
Aug
32°
19°
5d rain
12.9h sun
Sep
27°
16°
5d rain
10.9h sun
Oct
21°
11°
8d rain
9.1h sun
Nov
16°
8°
9d rain
7.3h sun
Dec
12°
3°
5d rain
7.4h sun
Source: Open-Meteo (ERA5 reanalysis)
What it costs
Prices at a glance
Rates as of 2 Augest.
€74
Mid-range hotel
/ night
€30
Hostel dorm
/ night
€14
Cheap meal
€2
Cappuccino
€3
Transit day pass
€165
Airport transfer
€19
Short taxi
€1
Bottled water
€4
Local beer
€3
Tourist eSIM
/ 7 days
€14
Attraction ticket
€52
Car rental
/ day
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Must-sees to save
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Torre normanna
Biblioteca Comunale Anna Spera
Chiesa della Madonna della Stella
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Getting around
Arriving
none nearby. No transit serves the ghost town: arrive by car from Matera or the Ionian coast, and enter only on the guided visit.
Tickets · none (guided access only)
The landslide emptied Craco in 1963; hard hats and the guided walkway now thread the ruin the film industry loves
On foot
- ·The guided route climbs through collapsed palazzi to the tower's ridge; the badlands' calanchi ripple below like a dead sea
Taxis and driving
- ·The only way: the Matera and Pisticci roads meet below the ticket office's lot
Official sites: Ferrovie Appulo Lucane
Fares and details verified against official sources, July 2026. Prices can change; the official links above always have the latest.
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City guide updated July 2026
Photo: Maurizio Moro5153 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)