Policoro - Italian comune

Policoro is in Basilicata, Italy

Get in

There is a bus from Matera (1 hr, €4), and a train from Sibari (1 hr, €3.50). From the railway station, it is 1 km to the beach.

Get around

Understand

There are ruins in Policoro and a museum.

See

• National Museum of Siritide Information on the Greek settlement of Heraclea, the ruins of which are just outside the town and can be visited for a small fee.

Do

• Oasi WWF Policoro Herakleia, Piazza Siris, 1, +39 0835 182 5157. World Wildlife Fund turtle sanctuary on the coast. 2021-08-08

Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

• Apricot B&B, +39 0835 972472, bbapricot@infinito.it. Via Ricciardulli 5. A beautiful organic farm 5 minutes from the sea.

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