Journey to the heart of life in Ripacandida

Ripacandida is a small and suggestive village located in the heart of the Vulture, in Basilicata which, despite being outside the great circuits of the cities of art, preserves a cultural heritage of authentic beauty.

Ripacandida is a splendid treasure chest that has jealously guarded, in an atmosphere suspended between myth and reality, truly unique treasures that allow those who visit it to experience the magic of a real spell in an epiphany of beauty

Here it is still possible to hear the Sound of Silence and the Magical Voice of Nature, able to gild with Pure poetry the Time’s Flow and caress the deepest chords of the Soul, to turn dreams into reality and instants into pearls of Eternity

All this makes Ripacandida a locus amoenus, the ideal place to meet the Divinity, where the authenticity of the Emotions makes one enthusiastic (from ‘en theos’ = inspired in God) whoever has the opportunity to know him, ...

... allowing him to understand, more easily, the authentic values of existence, essential for being able to "Live a Life that is Worth" and make of Life a Work of Art.

The feeling of wonder and surprise that comes with visiting Ripacandida awakens the sense of Wonder thanks to a unique Cultural Heritage, rich in ancient history and culture ...

... who in his humility speaks the universal language of Humanity.

This is why Ripacandida appears as the ideal Town / Crib for an Emotional journey to the Heart of Life also and above all thanks to its friendly and hospitable People, who constitute the most beautiful Soul that has been able to transform Humility into its most precious Nobility

In fact, having preserved millenary traditions and customs, still today the Ripacandidesi manage to revive the beneficial spirit of arcane times...

...both with rituals and feasts of very ancient origins, an expression of the religious pietas and pathos of the Lucanians and with a very tasty food and wine tradition, offering a kaleidoscope of authentic, savory and genuine flavors and ...

... giving emotions and pleasures so intense as to remain etched, forever, in the heart of the Contemporary Traveler ...

... who has the good fortune to visit this "laughing corner", this garden of God, this strip of Paradise fallen from Heaven which is Ripacandida.