How to get to Matera Bari-Palese (BRI) is the closest and the most convenient international airport to Matera (60 km). From Bari Palese, it is necessary to take a bus, use shuttle service or rent a car and take the State Road 96 to Altamura and then Matera. We organize, upon request, a collective shuttle service from the airport of Bari for a cost about EUR 40,00 (return ticket) Please note the price can change and will be updated closer to the event. To use a bus from/to Matera/Bari Airport, please see Puglia Air Bus website for timetable and online booking. You can also see the timetable in pdf. version  From Rome and Naples there is train service to Ferrandina (on the Taranto line), with a connecting bus which arrives directly in Matera. From Bari there is a private train line, the Ferrovie Apulo-Lucane (FAL) which operates many trains and buses daily. For national and international train connections, please check with Trenitalia  From Naples, take the highway for Salerno, and then follow the A3 highway in the direction of Reggio Calabria. Turn off Sicignano for Potenza, where you follow State Road 407 until the turn off for Matera near Ferrandina Scalo. Proceed on this road another 20 minutes to arrive directly in Matera. From Bari, follow State Road 96 for Altamura and then Matera. |