Casa Grotta del Casalnuovo — Attraction in Matera

This is old cave house converted into museum. They have commentary guide in Italian language and for English they give printed information. The information is pretty illustrated but one need to read it and then understand the exhibits. The cave house display is quite good and gives an impression of lifestyle of those days. The museum has 3 rooms/parts. The house and the church are pretty impressive. It is worth of the...

A larger cave dwelling furnished with early and mid XX century items, showing a pretty good view on how life worked when people were living here. (Unsanitary conditions and diseases not shown.) There is a good audioguide in English (from speakers, not headphones) and a toilet as well. Well worth the 2€ price.

Also for an additional 1€ you can check out the neighbouring cistern and cloister with the same high...

For 3€ (student price, full price was 5€) you are able to see a fully furnished cave as it was left when it was abandoned around 1950. Along the living cave you are also able to see the little cave church and the “ice cave”. English audio guide is included in the ticket price. You might have to wait around 15 minutes, as they are letting in small groups. The whole visit takes up to 25minutes if you...