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Best Cave Hotels in Matera

ByRenata Coti Updated onJanuary 22, 2025

Ditch the Glitz and embrace the Grit in style! Forget the cookie-cutter luxury of five-star chains. In Matera’s historic Sassi district, you’re in for a unique treat—an immersive stay in a genuine cave dwelling. But with so many cave hotels to choose from, how do you pick the best one for you? I’m here to…

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Discovering Matera: An Insider’s Look at Italy’s city of sassi

ByRenata Coti Updated onJanuary 22, 2025

I was initially apprehensive about my first visit to Matera. After all, Matera wasn’t exactly a popular vacation spot in the not-so-distant past. But since being designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993, a European Capital of Culture in 2019 and serving as the filming location for the 2021 James Bond film No…