Matera Travel Guide

🏰 UNESCO World Heritage Wonder The Sassi di Matera Unique Feature: One of the world's oldest continuously inhabited settlements (since Paleolithic times) 🏔️Must-See: ✓ Cave dwellings carved into limestone cliffs ✓ Rupestrian churches with Byzantine frescoes ✓ Palombaro Lungo - an enormous underground cistern 🌄 Breathtaking Views Best Vantage Points Belvedere di Murgia Timone - Panoramic view of the entire Sassi district Piazza Vittorio Veneto - Perfect sunset spot overlooking the canyon 🎉 Convento di Sant'Agostino terrace - Iconic postcard view ⛪ Extraordinary Churches Rock-Cut Spiritual Sites🛣️ Chiesa di Santa Maria de Idris (carved into a rocky pinnacle) Cattedrale della Madonna della Bruna (13th-century Romanesque cathedral) Cripta del Peccato Originale (Cave of Original Sin) with 9th-century frescoes 🛏️ Unique Stays Sleep Like Ancient Troglodytes Cave hotels with modern comforts in 2000-year-old dwellings Airbnb options with original rock walls and vaulted ceilings🎬 Luxury cave suites featuring private grotto spas #CaveCity #SassiDiMatera