Hotel deals in Matera, Italy

... . It is a beautiful area with rugged mountains and several national parks. We had heard about an interesting town there called Matera. Everything we read about it kept calling it “mysterious” and “haunting”. Apparently, it is ...

From Matera, Basilicata, Italy by johnandrich

Where to start! Martera and the Sassi are absolutley beautiful - definitley a must see when visiting Basilicata. Matera,the second largest town in Basilicata is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, thanks to its extraordinary labyrinth of caves, used as ...

From Matera, Basilicata, Italy by louise123

... ; 50% infant mortality also.  Now it is a tourist draw to see what it was like and see the old building.  Matera has be inhabited longer than anywhere in the world for the longest period of time.  There is sone age painting in caves ...

From Matera, Italy by kristinj

The next morning we left early and headed to Matera... As we were arriving in the city a man on a motorbike/vespa thing pulled up beside us and told us that for $10 he would show us where to park the car, and get the best pictures from, and also ...

From Matera, Italy by selvatix

... balls of chopped heart, liver and other unmentionables wrapped in intestine. There is a large table of Materani (as people from Matera are called) behind us being hosted by a candidate for the local council. They are noisy and in good cheer, and ...

From Matera, Basilicate, Italy by everardt

This town is an amazing UNESCO World Heritage Site, but then again aren't they all amazing? It has evidence of human inhabitation since the stone age, with the small areas of town actually made from in the caves on the side of the mountains. Many ...

From Matera, Italy by lizconnie