Basilicata: a food trek southern Italian style

By Andrew Bain
Updated January 21 2017 - 1:23am, first published 12:15am
Hiking through mist in the beech forests of Pollino National Park. Photo: Andrew Bain
Hiking through mist in the beech forests of Pollino National Park. Photo: Andrew Bain

Inside the chestnut forest, the aromas are teasing me. Each step I take releases another scent – thyme, marjoram, mint, all growing wild underfoot across these limestone slopes of southern Italy. The hiking day has barely started and already I'm ravenous.