Flights to Pollino & Basilicata
Italy's largest national park, with Albanian-speaking villages settled 500 years ago, plus a coastline on two seas.
Things to do
Tourism hasn't reached it yet. Here is exactly how to, and how long that's likely to last.
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59 airports have scheduled nonstop service to SUF (Lamezia Terme Airport). From there: drive ~144 km from SUF.
All 59 nonstop origins
| From | Airport | Airlines | Flight time |
|---|---|---|---|
| BrindisiItaly | BDS | TUI Airlines Belgium | ~54m |
| MaltaMalta | MLA | Ryanair | ~1h 4m |
| TiranaAlbania | TIA | Ryanair | ~1h 6m |
| RomeItaly | FCO | ITA Airways | ~1h 11m |
| PerugiaItaly | PEG | Fly Air41 Airways | ~1h 18m |
| CagliariItaly | CAG | Fly Air41 Airways | ~1h 23m |
| PisaItaly | PSA | Ryanair | ~1h 31m |
| SofiaBulgaria | SOF | Ryanair, Wizz Air | ~1h 32m |
| BolognaItaly | BLQ | Ryanair | ~1h 33m |
| Ronchi De LegionariItaly | TRS | Ryanair | ~1h 37m |
| VeniceItaly | VCE | Ryanair | ~1h 37m |
| VillafrancaItaly | VRN | Neos, Ryanair | ~1h 40m |
| GenoaItaly | GOA | Ryanair | ~1h 42m |
| BergamoItaly | BGY | Ryanair | ~1h 46m |
| MilanItaly | LIN | ITA Airways | ~1h 46m |
| BolzanoItaly | BZO | SkyAlps SRL | ~1h 47m |
| BudapestHungary | BUD | Ryanair, Wizz Air | ~1h 50m |
| MilanoItaly | MXP | Neos, Ryanair, easyJet UK | ~1h 50m |
| TorinoItaly | TRN | Ryanair | ~1h 52m |
| InnsbruckAustria | INN | Eurowings | ~1h 53m |
| BratislavaSlovakia | BTS | Ryanair, Wizz Air | ~1h 54m |
| BucharestRomania | OTP | Ryanair | ~1h 54m |
| SalzburgAustria | SZG | Eurowings | ~1h 54m |
| ViennaAustria | VIE | Austrian Airlines, Ryanair | ~1h 54m |
| MunichGermany | MUC | Condor Flugdienst, Lufthansa | ~2h |
| MemmingenGermany | FMM | Ryanair | ~2h 1m |
| ZurichSwitzerland | ZRH | Edelweiss Air | ~2h 2m |
| BrnoCzech Republic | BRQ | SmartWings | ~2h 3m |
| GenevaSwitzerland | GVA | easyJet UK | ~2h 4m |
| MulhouseFrance | BSL | easyJet UK | ~2h 7m |
| OstravaCzech Republic | OSR | SmartWings | ~2h 8m |
| StuttgartGermany | STR | Eurowings | ~2h 9m |
| PardubiceCzech Republic | PED | SmartWings | ~2h 10m |
| PragueCzech Republic | PRG | African Safari Airways | ~2h 12m |
| Karlsruhe/Baden-BadenGermany | FKB | Ryanair | ~2h 13m |
| KrakowPoland | KRK | Ryanair | ~2h 13m |
| KatowicePoland | KTW | Ryanair, Wizz Air | ~2h 15m |
| SaarbrueckenGermany | SCN | Ryanair | ~2h 19m |
| WroclawPoland | WRO | Ryanair | ~2h 19m |
| FrankfurtGermany | FRA | Condor Flugdienst, Lufthansa | ~2h 21m |
| HahnGermany | HHN | Ryanair | ~2h 24m |
| LuxemburgLuxembourg | LUX | Luxair | ~2h 25m |
| ValenciaSpain | VLC | Ryanair | ~2h 26m |
| CologneGermany | CGN | Eurowings | ~2h 31m |
| WarsawPoland | WAW | Wizz Air | ~2h 32m |
| WarsawPoland | WMI | Ryanair | ~2h 34m |
| DuesseldorfGermany | DUS | Condor Flugdienst, Eurowings | ~2h 35m |
| ParisFrance | ORY | easyJet UK | ~2h 35m |
| CharleroiBelgium | CRL | Ryanair | ~2h 37m |
| HannoverGermany | HAJ | Eurowings | ~2h 37m |
| BrusselsBelgium | BRU | TUI Airlines Belgium | ~2h 40m |
| HamburgGermany | HAM | Neos | ~2h 46m |
| MadridSpain | MAD | Ryanair | ~2h 46m |
| CopenhagenDenmark | CPH | Adria Airways, Airseven | ~2h 59m |
| LondonUnited Kingdom | STN | Ryanair | ~3h 1m |
| ManchesterUnited Kingdom | MAN | TUI Airways | ~3h 19m |
| StockholmSweden | ARN | TUI fly Nordic | ~3h 33m |
| OsloNorway | OSL | Norwegian Air Shuttle | ~3h 39m |
| TorontoCanada | YYZ | Air Transat | ~10h 16m |
Routings from major airports
| From | Stops | Via | Door to door |
|---|---|---|---|
Dallas-Fort WorthDFW
| 1 stop | YYZ | ~15h 57m |
New YorkJFK
| 1 stop | FCO | ~13h 12m |
Los AngelesLAX
| 1 stop | ORY | ~17h 29m |
MiamiMIA
| 1 stop | FCO | ~15h 5m |
ChicagoORD
| 1 stop | FCO | ~14h 20m |
LondonLHR
| 1 stop | MXP | ~6h 15m |
TorontoYYZ
| nonstop | — | ~12h 54m |
Why it's still quiet
Italy's largest national park, with Albanian-speaking villages settled 500 years ago, plus a coastline on two seas. Matera is an hour away and packed; this is not.
The friction
Matera is the cautionary tale of what a film location does to a place.
Background
Pollino National Park is an Italian national park in the southern Italian Peninsula, in the provinces of Cosenza, Matera and Potenza. Its named from the homonymous mountain massif Pollino. The park is home of the oldest European tree, a Heldreich's pine estimated 1,230 years old and the symbol of the park is the rare Bosnian pine tree. Since November 2015, with the inclusion in the global list of geoparks by UNESCO, the Pollino Park is considered a World Heritage Site. Encompassing a total of 88,650 ha in the Lucanian side and 103,915 in the Calabrian one is the largest park in the country covering 1,925.65 square kilometers and among the 50 largest in the world. The common beech is the park's most prevalent tree and the park is also home to a variety of important medicinal herbs.
Questions
- Is there a nonstop flight to Pollino & Basilicata?
- Yes — 59 airports fly nonstop to SUF (Lamezia Terme Airport), including Stockholm, Brindisi, Bergamo, Bologna, Brno.
- Which airport do you fly into for Pollino & Basilicata?
- SUF — Lamezia Terme Airport.
- When is the best time to visit Pollino & Basilicata?
- May–Oct. Matera is the cautionary tale of what a film location does to a place.
- What does Pollino & Basilicata cost per day?
- Varies by season.
- Why is Pollino & Basilicata still quiet?
- Italy's largest national park, with Albanian-speaking villages settled 500 years ago, plus a coastline on two seas. Matera is an hour away and packed; this is not.