Things to do in Matera
A city carved into a ravine and lived in for nine thousand years, abandoned within living memory and now extraordinary again. Unlike anywhere else in Italy, and worth the detour south it takes to reach.
Matera at a glance
- Best for
- Cave dwellings · stone city
- Places to stay
- 11
- From Rome Fiumicino Airport
- 4 hr by road
- Things worth seeing
- 4
11 experiences in Matera
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