Matera: an insider’s guide to the city
Why visit Matera? Well, Matera is unique as it is one of the few places to have entirely retained its authenticity.
Since the prehistoric times, the inhabitants used caves, quarries, ravines of the rocks of the Murgia – soft and golden stone – to dig their homes.
Houses and stables, churches and palaces have been built in the walls of the gullies and connected to each other by stairs, roads, alleys, ascents and descents.
It’s a world that seems to grow in the stone and from the stone to expand into an exterior so unique that it has been selected as a location for about 20 movies – only to mention the latest: No time to die by James Bond.
From sleeping in renovated caves, savouring a meal on a terrace overlooking the ancient landscapes and walking off-the-beaten-track to discover the heritage of Matera – these reasons alone are enough to book your trip to this destination.
But in this guide we will give you a few more…
