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, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning writer/podcaster, I've been to 100+ countries. Matera, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, has been ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the world’s best hotels, restaurants and wine. You may well have a sense of déjà-vu when you enter Matera, a place that ...

A Matera il 19 febbraio la prima Italy Edition dell’anno di Travel Hashtag. A Casa Cava confronto su turismo culturale, innovazione e nuovi segmenti di mercato.

Il format itinerante mette in dialogo territori, istituzioni e professionisti del turismo per esaminare le nuove traiettorie dell’industria culturale italiana ...

Fifty years after Italy's Matera was a national embarrassment because of its extreme poverty, the city is rescuing its dignity, baroque palaces and cave churches to become a European Capital of ...

In southern Italy's Basilicata region, caves snake through the hillside town of Matera – the remains of neolithic villages that date back more than 6,000 years. Correspondent Seth Doane visits a town ...

Long overlooked by tourists, the Italian cave town of Matera is having a moment, spurred by its selection as the 2019 European Capital of Culture, its recent designation as a UNESCO World Heritage ...

A view of the Sassi di Matera, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993. Paul Jebara It’s hard to believe that a little more than 50 years ago, Matera was the “shame of Italy,” its cave-dwelling ...