Though it wasn’t all that long ago that the prehistoric caverns served as homes for many thousands ... the first cave hotels started to open in Matera, with renovation oversight by conservation ...

On the northern edge of this famed UNESCO city, 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 ...

wedged between the city's ancient cave dwellings and classical medieval churches and honey-stone houses. Like a quaint Cappadocia, hilltop Matera offers its visitors the rare opportunity to sleep ...

In Matera, Italy, a village known for having dwellings, churches and palaces carved into the volcanic hillside, you'll find Sextantio Le Grotte della Civita. This boutique cave hotel comprises 18 ...

Located in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera comprises a complex of houses, churches, monasteries and hermitages built into the ...