Carved directly into the rock, the town of Matera is one of Italy's most iconic destinations. With its unique architecture, ...
Discover five historical towns with breathtaking beauty, rich culture, and unforgettable experiences for your travels.
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.
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 ...
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 ...