Fenix Tours
The nearest airport is Bari Palese (60 km), from where you can get to Matera in the following ways:
by direct shuttle bus service: Bus Service of Aeroporti di Puglia;
by direct shuttle bus service by Cotrab;
by direct shuttle bus service by Grassani & Garofalo;
by train with the Nord Barese Railway Line, reaching the station of Bari Centrale.
After exiting the station, you are at Piazza Aldo Moro: now turn left to reach the Ferrovie Appulo Lucane (FAL)railway station, where several trains will take you to Matera in about 80 minutes.
WARNING: on public holidays there are no trains but only a few buses;
Naples Capodichino Airport is about 300 km from Matera. Once landed, you can take a bus line (see section “By Bus” for more information).
After arriving at Bari by the state railways (Trenitalia), once out of Bari Central Station, you will be at Piazza Aldo Moro. Take the sidewalk on your left and reach FAL train station, from where several trains get to Matera in about 80 minutes.
WARNING: on public holidays there are no trains but only a few buses.
From Ferrandina Railways Station (30 km from Matera) you can: take a FAL bus (connections, however, are not yet optimal)
Get information about the timetable because the number of buses that connects Ferrandina Scalo to Matera is limited.
From Metaponto train station (about 50 km from Matera) you can take the Sita buses (remember to select Basilicata)
Beware: the number of buses that connects Metaponto to Matera is limited.
The bus connections to and from Matera are in constant evolution, then please visit the bus companies websites for more information:
A good alternative, especially for those who must get to Matera from Bari Palese Airport and the Central Railway Station of Bari (or viceversa), is a transfer service.
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