Italy is a land of endless wonder, where history, art, and nature come together in a stunning display of beauty and culture.

Filmmakers have long been enamored with the UNESCO World Heritage-listed limestone tufa cave houses of Matera, which have ...

Aquatio Cave Luxury Hotel & Spa in Matera. Aquatio Cave Luxury Hotel & Spa leans into the region’s understandable adoration of its caves.

UNESCO named Matera a World Heritage Site in 1993, and then came the alberghi diffusi – hotels made of rehabbed dwellings scattered throughout the city. Ancient cave homes were cleaned ...

Once known for their squalid living conditions, the prehistoric limestone warrens have been repurposed as lodgings, bars, and artist workshops. Would staying there feel extraordinary or tasteless?

Carved into a remote ravine in the Basilicata countryside, in the instep of Italy’s boot, Matera was once dubbed ‘the shame of Italy’ for its caves that housed the city’s poor and ...

A must-visit location, Matera is a unique town in southern Italy surrounded by mystery and chilling history. Its breathtaking landscape, made up of cave homes carved in stone, will leave you in ...

In the most ancient part of the city of Matera, there’s the dramatic Sextantio Le Grotte della Civita, a cluster of 18 caves that the Italian hotelier and preservationist Daniele Kihlgren, along ...

MATERA, Italy (AP) — Matera, in the south of Italy, is known as the “City of Stones” for its architecture. For the next season of “The Chosen,” it’ll be known by another name: Jerusalem.