Carved directly into the rock, the town of Matera is one of Italy's most iconic destinations. With its unique architecture, ...

The first inhabited zone dates from the Palaeolithic, while later settlements illustrate a number of significant stages in human history. Matera is in the southern region of Basilicata.

In 1950, Italy’s prime minister instituted an ... My first impression from inside one of Matera’s cave dwellings, aside from the 30-second period of blindness I experience while my eyes ...

Matera is in the southern ... monasteries and hermitages built into the natural caves of the Murgia. Covering an area of 1,016 ha this remarkable and intact troglodyte settlement contains more than a ...

Like a quaint Cappadocia, hilltop Matera offers its visitors the rare opportunity to sleep in cave dwellings, many of which have been inhabited for more than 9,000 years.

eying the sassi (Matera's spooky cave-pocked landscape), the Gravina gorge and the river below, this hotel exploits its mix of ancient tufa homes and prehistoric cave dwellings for a well-heeled ...