Matera holidays
A stay in the Sassi

Matera holidays

Spend the night among Matera’s stone lanes. The viewpoints feel different early in the morning and after dinner, when the day visitors have gone and the lights come on across the ravine.

ExpertoItaly’s view

Stay long enough to see the Sassi twice

Walk the lanes of Sasso Barisano and Sasso Caveoso at different times of day. From the belvederes you can read the shape of the ravine, then descend into the neighbourhoods to see how churches, steps and homes fit into the rock.

Arrange arrival around the location of your cave hotel. Leave a clear morning for an introductory walk and another part of the day free for the upper town around Piazza Vittorio Veneto.

Accommodation

Choose your base

Matera · The Sassi

Corte San Pietro

Choose Corte San Pietro for a few nights among the stone lanes of Matera.

Matera · The Sassi

Aquatio Cave Luxury Hotel & Spa

Stay among the Sassi for Matera’s early mornings and illuminated evenings, with the spa as a quiet interval between walks.

Matera · Cave hotel

Locanda di San Martino

Sleep in a cave hotel among the Sassi, with time for the spa between walks.

Multi-centre holidays

How the route fits together

Matera, the Itria Valley & Salento

Matera and Puglia by car

Begin on foot in the Sassi, then use a hire car for the trulli country and the Salento coast.

Continue exploring

Other places to stay

Locorotondo & the trulli country

Holidays in the Itria Valley

Stay in Locorotondo for evening walks through the whitewashed centre, or choose a country masseria for a garden and pool between outings to Alberobello and Martina Franca.

Basilicata on the Tyrrhenian Sea

Maratea holidays

Choose a hotel beside the water for swimming and long afternoons, or stay in the old town for piazza life.

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