Matera, Italy

About 2 weeks ago I went away with Gianluca and Manuela to their hometown - Matera which is in the South of Italy. It took us 5 hours by train to get to Bari (an Italian Port), and then we met Phillipo one of Gianluca and Manuela's friends, who drove us ...

... . 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 one of ...

... . Sharing the small dark church with a group of Italian teens on a school trip not my favorite so far. Apparently the Matera housing authority has no problem with black mold, the place would be covered with "Mold Remediation Professionals" in the USA. ...

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 dwellings ...