Matera is a 2019 European Capital of Culture. On this trip, you’ll see the vast collection of caves and houses carved into the hillsides of our New World Wonder, Sassi di Matera. You’ll also visit the ...

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?

A must-visit location, Matera is a unique town in southern Italy surrounded by mystery and chilling history. Its breathtaking landscape, made up of cave homes carved in stone, will leave you in ...

Long overlooked by tourists, the Italian cave town of Matera is having a moment, spurred by its selection as the 2019 European Capital of Culture, its recent designation as a UNESCO World Heritage ...

Fifty years after Italy's Matera was a national embarrassment because of its extreme poverty, the city is rescuing its dignity, baroque palaces and cave churches to become a European Capital of ...

The rare adventurers who did stumble upon Matera were mystified by the upside-down world of the Sassi, where, at their peak, 16,000 people lived one above the other, with palazzi and chapels mixed in ...

On any given summer day in southern Italy, the town of Matera can feel under siege from tourism. With its cave homes chipped into the bare slopes of a ravine along the Gravina River, the Basilicata ...

A view of the Sassi di Matera, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993. Paul Jebara It’s hard to believe that a little more than 50 years ago, Matera was the “shame of Italy,” its cave-dwelling ...

The editors of Travel + Leisure have teamed up with Black Tomato—a company known for securing insider experiences—on a series of one-of-a-kind journeys around the globe. Plus: the must-see experiences ...