Today, Matera is a small, lively city with a university, and the sassi are a growing tourist attraction -- a must-see on any tour of Puglia. (Matera, historically part of Puglia and now just over ...

10:30 a.m.: We arrive in what we will soon understand to be "new" Matera—the part of the city erected after the Italian ...

In the remote southern Italian region of Basilicata is the unique and ancient cave-city of Matera, famous for its sassi, stone houses carved out of the caves and cliffs.

Matera, Italy, has become one of the world’s most fascinating destinations. Here’s how to experience the ancient cave city—and 2019’s European Capital of Culture—above and below the sur… ...

Exploring the Sassi di Matera, southern Italy's ancient cave dwellings. Published: 7 Mar, 2017 CET. Updated: Wed 16 May 2018 11:44 CET. Share. ... Entering a second chamber, you find the bed of the ...

The new cave restaurants in the Sassi offer modern takes on Matera’s (now fashionably simple) peasant cuisine: plump orecchiette, ear-shaped pasta, tossed with broccoli rabe, chili and ...

Sassi di Matera, which teeters on the edge of a steep ravine in Italy's south, dates back 9,000 years and is believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited cave city in the world.

Once known for their squalid living conditions, the prehistoric limestone warrens have been repurposed as lodgings, bars, and artist workshops. Would staying there feel extraordinary or tasteless?