03/07/2026
Matera is one of the most memorable places we send clients in Italy, especially when they stay somewhere like this.
Vetera Matera is set directly inside the Sassi, a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Some of the caves you’re sleeping in were carved thousands of years ago. This isn’t a hotel near the history, it is the history.
One of our favorite experiences: early mornings in the Sassi before day visitors arrive, when the streets are at their quietest. That’s when we recommend heading out with a private guide who can bring real context to what you’re seeing.
Evenings can include dinner reservations in cave restaurants like Regiacorte or Vitantonio Lombardo, local Aglianico in your glass, and views across the ravine toward the illuminated cave dwellings of the Sassi Barisano.
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