Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Maratea on the west coast has remained off most foreign visitors’ radars, although it has been the ...
[+] glamorous getaway of Italians in the know for decades. After a dizzying series of switchbacks, I pull the car up below Maratea’s most famous statue. With arms outstretched, this white figure of Christ that surveys the Tyrrhenian sea from its mountain vantage point is Italy’s answer to Rio’s Redeemer.
Beside his feet, the viewpoint affords a lofty panorama over a coastline of half-hidden bays, a pretty port town and plunging cliffs blooming with Mediterranean scrub. It could almost be the Amalfi Coast, except that there are far fewer visitors. Basilicata is a region in the south of Italy that rarely makes it onto tourist itineraries.
Only Matera, its ancient cave city that formed the backdrop of a James Bond car chase, has gained fame. Maratea on the west coast has remained off most foreign visitors’ radars, although it has been the glamorous getaway of Italians in the know for decades. Maratea Is A Cheaper, Crowd-Free Alternative To The Amalfi Coast Maratea on the Tyrrhenian coast is divided into two localities.
On the shore, Porto di Maratea is a pocket-sized harbor backed by a short promenade of seafood restaurants and boutiques. Houses rise up on the low cliffs behind wound through with little alleys. At Cala Jannita, the cobalt water laps at silvery black sand.
Taking the serpentine road up the hillside, .