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Genuine, silent, clean, great food, great sceneries
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It is hard to get to Matera by yourself
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Unique place where life just goes on as always
Maria81 Says: Where? Although you can't really see it when you're on top of the Cathedral hill, it would have been to your left - opposite the Sasso Barisano - if you were looking from the observation spot by the Cathedral itself. What? The other of the great ravines is filled by Sasso...
Maria81 Says: Where?In one of the 2 valleys - and right below you, if you're looking down from the Cathedral square - along Via Fiorentini. What?The larger - and the better restored - of two sassi, with many cave houses now converted into museums, shops and restaurants. Our own hotel -...
xaver Says: The Church of San Domenico is a religious place, extremely changed by time and works of renovation, which could not conceal its Romanic features on the façade. The church combines Romanesque and baroque elements and contains works of art of the 16 century.I must admitt this...
xaver Says: My favourite thing about Matera is that city definitly offers to you much more than you expect.It's in the deep south of Italy usually known as the less safe area of the country and you find an incredibly safe and quiet town, it's incredibly clean for the southern Italy...
xaver Says: This is the main square of the city, in the area only resident can use cars so it's easy to walk around and cross streets without any problem and you can enjoy an icecream sitting outside without breathing the car gas.From this square you also have a great look on sasso...
xaver Says: This is the smaller "sasso", the origin of its name is not sure but it probably derives from the fact that this area is oriented to the city of Bari.It lays on north west of civita but you can have a look on it from Piazza Vittorio Veneto even if you will get the best...
xaver Says: Gravina is a deep ravine, a canyon some kilometrs long passed through by a river.Matera developed all along the cliffs of the Gravina creating the wide urban area of sassi and civita.During the medioevo many rock churches have been built all along the Gravina some still...
xaver Says: The casa grotta which literelally means home cave is one of the best way to have an idea of how people lived in this town untill 1950 when the sassi got abandoned for healthy reasons.The casa Grotta I am talking about is the one of Casalnuovo(there are 2 and this is the one...
1 Review and 99 Opinions The Sant'Angelo is a hotel that exited my expectation by far The cave rooms are spacious classy .....
2 Reviews and 90 Opinions The selling point for this hotel is its location. We looked at all the other hotels in the Sassi and...
Cantina della Bruna: The best food I got in Matera
xaver Says: This restaurant was reccomended to me by the owner of the B&B where I stayed at.I was a bit diffident as usually hotel owners reccomend restaurants thet give them something in return but it was the first evening, I was tired for the trip and I decided to try it out.It was...
Cantina della Bruna: What a Wonderful Experience
baruchp Says: We had the unique experience of visiting Matera in the Off-Season (week before Christmas). there were three of us, and one other table. we stayed last and towards the end of the evening Michael the Chef and Proprietor of the cantina came to talk to us.We found him and his...
iconechinoise Says: this restaurant is located in a sasso which is a typical house of matera. They cook an amazing pasta with sweet dry pepper and grilled bread which is not spicy at all. very good restaurant pasta with dry pepper and bread
antica trattoria lucana 1900: Da gigi
iconechinoise Says: A really nice staff and traditional (and rich) italian food. Here they don't joke with food and cooking. Dishes are excellent but sometimes too copious and you must finish your plate or you will hurt the staff. A lot of italian families meet there for lunch so the atmosphere...
piccolina Says: It's not easy to arrive in Matera.There is not a railstation, so you must go there by car or bus.I took a S.I.T.A.bus from Taranto, € 4.39, and he need about 2 hours to make 60km!!!....I't's not so bad, as the bus go trough few little charming village...
xaver Says: Matera is not reached by the national railway net, so if you are coming by train, you are supposed to arrive in Bari and then take the regional "Apulo Lucane ferrovie".From Bari it's 1 hour and half long trip.Once you arrive in Bari station go out at the northern exit then,...
L'Arturo enogastronomia: Wine and local cheese
xaver Says: This is a nice food and wone shop that you will find in Piazza sedile, at the first look I thought it was a supermarket and entered to buy some water to take to my B&B.Once inside i found out there was a great selection of red wines(do not come if you need a white wine) and...
Maria81 Says: Matera, being in the south of Italy, in general is more religious than, say, Rome or Milan, or even a smaller town up north. For somebody living in the UK, it was fascinating to see families - of all generations - going for church services on Sunday morning, dressed in (by...
xaver Says: This is what you find written in some street signals there show the way to visit some particular sites in the town.Rari turisti means that in that place you should not find many tourists you should not find lines, nor groups.This is the first time in my life that I see a...
Maria81 Says: Daytime is hot, so shorts, skirts, tees are all ok, as a summer dresses and should definitely be packed. Keep in mind that you should have something less revealing in your suitcase for visiting churches - it can get quite strict. The evenings were a bit on the chilly side,...
xaver Says: This Castle, which was erected starting from the early XVI century for the will of Earl Giancarlo Tramontano, was not completed for his murder in 1515.Its original goal was to protect the town against enemies along its more exposed side. It is constituted by a city wall that...
Montescaglioso : See another hilltown
hquittner Says: If you have time (and a car) you could visit this town with a fine view and some interesting churches. We did not get the opportunity. The picture was taken from the tour-bus window when we were enroute to visit Metaponto. We are driving along the Brandano River valleey when...
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The castle sits on the highest point in Matera and it peeps out at you from many vantage points. We saw it best when we climbed the street from our hotel on via...
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Q: I am going to Sorrento and then want to go onto Matera - are there regular buses to matera or trains to near Matera?? Most of the...
A: have travelled the whole west coast of Italy including much of Sicily and Sardinia.i noticed Matera on google earth. some friends have that surname.They have 3 top...
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This is a city that definitly did not leave me indifferent, it’s hard to arrive, even tougher to be visited around. Many corners, tons of steps you go up and down, you pass from the bright to the dark...
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From Shameful Slum to UNESCO Seal of Approval
Matera (55K pop) sits at the top of a ravine carved in its limestone outcrop by a narrow river (Gravina di Matera). Aside from its (in)famous Sassi it has a couple of 3* modern hotels, restaurants, an...
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The houses of Matera are the unique sassis, which are houses carved into the rock of the valley where the town is situated. The place is now a Unesco World Heritage Site and the sassis are now trendy...
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You cant really describe Matera. You need to see it for yourself. A town built onto the sides of a double S shaped cliff, abandoned in the 1950s and now being restored.
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I first met Matera watching the movie of Mel Gibson, "la passion du christ". I heard about this small place lost in Basilicata. So, during a stay in Napoli, i decided to visit. This place is an...
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