A SHORT BREAK IN BASILICATA:

 walking in the Pollino Park

The Pollino Park is the biggest national park in Italy, spreading over more than 200.000 hectares in areas of absolute wilderness and cultural landscapes in Southern Italy. Founded to preserve the last individuals worldwide of “Loricato” Pine (Bosnian Pine-Pinus Leucodermis) resistant to freezing cold, snow and hard wind, the park is still its last refuge against the human destruction, where the so-called civilization didn’t protect the Earth most endangered and precious natural environments. Unlike other holiday destinations where tourism dominates, this park is the ideal location for a break, whether you’re looking for a brisk walk on the highest tops of South Italy, where the view extends to two seas (Ionian and Tyrrhenian Sea) and until Sicily, a demanding trekking, a daredevil ride in canyons down the mountains or just a relaxing break in a natural unspoilt scenery

Flora: Bosnian pine, turkey oak, chestnut trees, beach trees, aromatic herbs, blackberry bushes, hollies, wild pear, mushrooms, musk, peonies, orchids, wild violets, thistles, brooms, gentians, hawthorns, mistletoe and red lilies

Fauna:roe deer, golden eagle, Apennine wolf, raven, eagle owl, peregrine, black woodpecker and the Orsomarso

Included services:

• 3 overnight stays in a double/twin room in  *** stars accommodation  

• 3 dinners  

• maps and road book

• information material

• insurance

Not included:

• luggage and medical insurance 

• lunches and drinks during dinner  

• entrance fees   

• everything else which does not come under the heading “ included services”