Five years ago I spent a three days in the Basilicata town called of Matera, called “la città sotterranea” ("the underground city"), a slightly eerie place where many of hillside cave dwellings dating ...

Ever heard of a city older than Rome that’s still very much alive? Welcome to Matera. Look down. Those glowing stone homes carved into the cliffs. People have lived here for over 9,000 years. At night ...

My first attempt to explore Matera, one of Italy’s most ancient towns, was an exercise in picturesque frustration. I drove around rocky cliffs and limestone grottos and never found the city center, ...

Matera: Hauntingly beautiful. Photo: Sandy Thurmond In the southern region of Basilicata lies Matera, a town nestled in a small canyon where humans have lived for millennia in cave dwellings. Writer ...

Detail of a painting in the Crypt of the Original Sin, in Basilicata, Matera, Italy. I first saw the cave wall in the Crypt of the Original Sin in my family province of Matera, in Southern Italy, in ...

I've visited Italy's Amalfi Coast three times. It's beautiful, but I don't like the crowds or the prices. I prefer other Italian destinations such as Cefalù, a small city in Sicily with great food and ...

Detour Discotheque will take over the iconic southern Italian city of Matera (one of the ‘New Wonders of the World’) for a glittering 70s-themed weekend in September ...