Art & culture · Basilicata
Art & Culture Food Tours in Basilicata
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Basilicata rewards travellers who want to make something with their hands, not just look at it. In Matera's Sassi, artisans open their workshops to visitors, and you can join them at the Matera: Tufa Stone Carving Workshop with a Local Craftsman, learning to shape the same soft stone the city is built from, or spend an afternoon with the Matera: Paper Mache Workshop with Bruna Float Artisans, where the papier-mâché tradition behind the city's festival floats is still practised. These are slow, hands-on encounters with local makers, and they pair naturally with the region's rustic, earthy food
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These are working sessions with local makers rather than sightseeing walks. In Matera you sit at the bench of a craftsman and shape tufa stone, papier-mâché, polymer clay jewellery, sewn textiles or quilled paper. You leave with something you made and a direct sense of a living craft tradition tied to the city's Sassi.
