Has anyone been to Maratea?
Fellow traveler friends of ours spending a couple months in Italy right now found this little gem, the only town in the province of Basilicata that sits on the Tyrrhenian Sea, just less than 2 hours by train south of Salerno. Mountains to the east, water to the west. And the pictures they're sending me are absolutely fabulous.
Seems that Maratea dates back to the 14th century BC as a trade center, with a similar history to Sicily, being taken over at various points by everybody.
Just thought I'd mention this as there doesn't seem to be much information in the threads on this stretch of Italian coastline between Paestum and Reggio di Calabria before going over to Sicily.