Mejores spots de baño pet-friendly cerca de Matera

A 10 km golden-sand bay on the Ionian coast at the mouth of the Bradano river, in front of the 6th-century BC Magna Graecia archaeological site of Metapontum (Pythagoras school, Tavole Palatine Doric temple). Several designated free public dog beaches (Lido di Metaponto south end and Lido di Bernalda north end) welcome leashed dogs year-round, with central paid lidos restricting pets June-September. SS407 Basentana fast road direct from Matera in 50 min.

A 7 km golden-sand bay on the southern Ionian Basilicata coast behind the Bosco Pantano di Policoro WWF Nature Reserve, a 550 hectare protected wetland with rare loggerhead turtle nesting and a Mediterranean pine and oak forest. Free public dog-friendly stretches at Lido di Policoro and Marina di Policoro south end welcome leashed dogs year-round; the central paid lidos restrict pets June-September. SS407 Basentana then SS106 Jonica direct from Matera in 1h10.

Two volcanic crater lakes (Lago Grande and Lago Piccolo) at the foot of Monte Vulture extinct volcano in the WWF Vulture-Melfese protected reserve, with a Mediterranean beech and oak forest around the rims, a 12th-century Abbazia di San Michele Arcangelo monastery built into the cliff above Lago Piccolo, and the source springs of the Aglianico del Vulture DOCG wine country. Free public access year-round, no formal beach, gravel-and-grass swim entry on the south rim of Lago Grande. Leashed dogs welcome year-round on the rim path and at the swim entry; the monastery interior admits only assistance dogs.