10 Things to do in Matera, Italy Travel Guide
Join us as we visit Matera, Italy in this travel guide covering top attractions, things to do and food worth eating in la Città Sotterranea (the Subterranean City). As one of our favorite cities we visited from our trip to Europe and around Italy Matera is somewhere you go to get lost around every corner. As one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, you'll find yourself exploring caves, the historical center 'sassi' and UNESCO heritage churches along with eating delicious Italian food. An exciting announcement is that Matera was declared Italian host of European Capital of Culture for 2019.
1) Chiesa rupestre di San Pietro Barisano
2) Convent of Saint Agostino
3) Cathedral of Matera
4) Chiesa di Santa Maria di Idris
5) Murgia National Park
6) La Grotta nei Sassi Restaurant
7) Storica Casa Grotta di vico Solitario
8) Palombaro Lungo - Underground Matera Tour
9) Ristorante Nadi
10) Matera at Night
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Our visit Matera travel guide documentary covers some of the top attractions including a food guide to Italian cuisine, top sightseeing tourist attractions and the city by day and night including visiting churches, parks, the old town 'sassi', quirky neighborhoods, museums and caves. We also cover off-the-beaten-path outdoor activities you won't find in a typical Matera tourism brochure, Matera itinerary or Matera city tour also known as Matera, Italia.
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One destination that’s been at the very top of our travel bucket list for a while now is Matera, and on this trip to Italy, we were determined to make it happen!
Nicknamed “the stone city”, Matera has been quite literally dug out of the rock, and it’s a sight you won’t soon forget. Set on the slope of a rocky ravine, the landscape is dominated by cave dwellings, zigzagging staircases, and early churches that hold some incredible frescoes once you set foot inside.
During our visit, we stayed in the “sassi”, which is the ancient town, and in our opinion, the best way to soak in the vibe of this place.
Now in this video, we’re going to take you on a tour of the city and show you some of the things you can see, do and eat when you visit Matera.
Matera is well-known for its rupestrian churches, carved into the rock and covered in frescoes.
We first stopped by Chiesa Rupestre di San Pietro Barisano, which is the largest rock church in the city of Matera.
We wanted to show you the frescoes, so we continued to Convento di Sant’Agostino, a church and convent dating back to the late 16th Century. We started walking uphill via a series of staircases and winding streets, until we found ourselves in front of Matera Cathedral.
The rocky landscape we noticed is called Murgia (MoorJa) National Park and it’s an archaeological site with cliffs, gorges & caves.
Let’s take a quick break to introduce you to Materan cuisine. Like most of the establishments in Matera, this restaurant was set in a cave and we ate pasta, wine & dessert?
We spent a lot of time visiting cave churches, but for a look at how locals lived in these troglodyte dwellings, we visited Casa Grotta.
The Sassi District is a made up of a network of dwellings carved into the steep slopes of the valley walking into the Casa Grotta.
We visited Palombaro Lungo, a massive water cistern that sits directly under Matera’s main square.
After visiting Palombaro Lungo, we also found ourselves in front of the ruins of Chiesa del Santo Spirito. The church sits beneath Piazza Vittorio Veneto where you can make out frescoes on the walls.
Continuing our quest for Materan cuisine, we ended up at Ristorante Nadi - another cave restaurant that we stumbled upon by chance to see if we could get through a 4 course meal.
Our final recommendation for Matera would be to explore the city at night. Matera looks magical between sunset and blue hour and it was a pleasure to wander around with camera in hand.
And that’s a wrap for Matera! We hope you guys enjoyed discovering Italy’s famed Stone City, and we’ll see you soon with more videos from Italy.
This is part of our Travel in Italy video series showcasing Italian food, Italian culture and Italian cuisine.
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Andrew and Giorgio pay a visit to the region of Basilicata and the spectacular town of Matera, also known as Sassi after its caves have been inhabited since Palaeolithic times.
MATERA 2019 Angelo canta en italia Matera Basilicata
Basilicata es una región de bosques y montañas en el sur de Italia. Limita con las regiones de Calabria y Puglia, así como con los mares Tirreno y Jónico. La ciudad de Matera es conocida por su distrito de Sassi, un vasto complejo de viviendas en cuevas que se remonta a miles de años. El complejo forma parte del área de Murgia Matera, un desfiladero entre Matera y Montescaglioso que incluye alrededor de 150 iglesias excavadas en la roca.
Matera y el Patrimonio de la Humanidad. Matera es una de las ciudades más antiguas del mundo. En 2019, Matera es la versión italiana de la Capital Europea de la Cultura. Sassi y el Parque de las Iglesias Rupestres son Patrimonio de la Humanidad.
The European Capital of Culture is a year-long event that celebrates diversity and culture in Europe and aims to help people discover the richness of the continent.
In Matera the opening celebrations took place across two days between January 19 and 20. During the event, marching bands from many of the Basilicata’s municipalities gave extraordinary performances on the streets of the town, reviving old musical traditions on an impressive scale, with each band representing a European Capital of Culture.
Overall more than 2,000 musicians converged on the city, enjoying lunch with local residents and spectators before finishing their journey at sunset, surrounded by candelight.
Later in the evening musical performances from both national and international guests were conducted by Stefano Bollani and a greeting from the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella was followed by a firework display.
Matera es una ciudad en un afloramiento rocoso en la región de Basilicata, en el sur de Italia. Incluye el área de Sassi, un complejo de cuevas excavadas en la ladera de la montaña. Evacuado en 1952 debido a las malas condiciones de vida, el Sassi ahora alberga museos como la Casa Grotta di Vico Solitario, con muebles de época y herramientas artesanales. Las iglesias rocosas cercanas incluyen Santa Lucía alle Malve, con frescos del siglo XIII.
Matera is a city on a rocky outcrop in the region of Basilicata, in southern Italy. It includes the Sassi area, a complex of cave dwellings carved into the mountainside. Evacuated in 1952 due to poor living conditions, the Sassi now houses museums like the Casa Grotta di Vico Solitario, with period furniture and artisan tools. Nearby rock churches include St. Lucia alle Malve, with 13th-century frescoes.
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Matera and the Trulli House in Alberobello Italy
Randy and I had one of those weekends that are the entire reason we attempted this great adventure. We started out taking the train to Shoe Alley. It's an outdoor market that specializes in shoes, but has lots of other stuff as well. We could have driven to the market, except there was an air pollution warning issued that restricted travel in the city. No cars were to be used inside Naples from 7:30 AM until 5:30 PM. Apparently, we are the only ones that heeded that warning. So off on the train, and a good bit of a walk, to find the market. We started out with at least the streets we needed to follow, and then for some reason I suggested a right turn. I have no sense of direction here, but right it was. An extra 10 minutes on a 30 minute walk, and we found the market. It was a successful trip. Our friend found some boots, I got some fabric to cover a dining room chair that had gone threadbare, and Randy found shoes (made in Italy, even the box says so!!) and his murse. That's a male purse for you uninitiated. The saleslady even adjusted it on him.
Saturday after sleeping in (can't seem to get enough sleep here) and recovering our passports, we were off to Alberobello. It's a small town heading toward the heel of the boot. We stopped for lunch along the way and had a great lunch with some pointing and smiling, and hoping that there was no shellfish in what we ordered since Randy is allergic to shellfish. Alberobello is home to a village of Trulli houses. These are conical houses with stone roofs. Think of the Smurf's village. The story goes that they could easily be dismantled and moved in case the tax man was coming. We left there about dusk and travelled by GPS route, meaning back winding roads toward Matera. Matera has an ancient section, and medieval castle, and a modern town. The ancient Sassi section is comprised on homes built into a series of caves that have been occupied for about 9000 years. Yes - thousand. We had a great day walking around the town. Most were abandoned in the 1950's when the Italians started a campaign to alleviate the squalor. Since then, they have been taken over by many enterprising folks that turned portions into B&Bs, souvenir shops, and places to eat. It is still fascinating to see how the houses all fit together. According to the guide, it was used as the backdrop for Mel Gibson's Passion of the Christ movie because it looks like (at least Hollywood's interpretation) of ancient Palestine. My words can't do it justice, and Randy's pictures can't show the immensity of the dwellings on the face of the hill/mountain, but you get the gist of it.
We stopped for the night at the Palace Hotel. In the Dining Room the waiter asked if we spoke any Italian. I do my ususal un pocco -- pocco. Meaning very little. They always assume I am underestimating my talent (I'm not) and start rattling off the specials and what we would like. We do a lot more smiling and pointing, hoping for the best. Randy asked for fish. He got the whole thing, tail, head, bones. The only thing missing were the guts. Then the waiter offered to plate the fish for him. With two spoons he pulled the tail and head off, then managed to debone the entire thing with a couple of flourishes. It was delicious. I had a pasta dish with capers and raisins. I still don't know the word for either. It was interesting, but not something I will attempt to make again on my own.
The drive back was better in the day light. You could see the switchbacks coming at you, as you travelled along. A great weekend, good sites, good food, good company. It's why we're here. Wish you were too!
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Trip to several towns near Ostuni in Southern Puglia (Italy) and the incredible ancient town of Matera where the PAssion of Christ was filmed and then to the beaches in the dune park with windsurfing and Kite surf with underwater videos, finishing with a plate of spaghetti ai Ricci (sea urchins).
Digital Diary Basilicata 2012 | South Italy -- The Strength of Tradition
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The OLD PATAGONIAN EXPRESS: Epic STEAM TRAIN Ride in Patagonia, Argentina ????
All aboard the OLD PATAGONIAN EXPRESS! Today we take you one of the most epic train journeys in the world, made even more famous by Paul Theroux's 1979 account The Old Patagonian Express, where he sought to ride trains all the way from his hometown in Massachusetts all the way down to Argentina.
Today, the Old Patagonian Express may only be a fraction of what it once was, but it’s an exciting journey nevertheless, and we knew we had to ride it! This tourist steam train may cover only a short distance, but it’s a fun way to experience the nostalgia of early 20th-century train travel and it also allows you to soak in the magical landscapes of the Patagonian steppe.
To give you a bit more information, in Spanish, this steam train is known as La Trochita; this translates to ‘little gauge’ and it’s a nickname that refers to the train’s super narrow gauge of only 75 centimetres!
The Old Patagonian Express is a railway line was originally planned as part of a larger network that would connect all of Patagonia, however, the project was never completed due to ministerial changes and then the start of the First World War, which also affected Argentina’s economy.
Today the Old Patagonian Express operates on alternating locomotives; one is a Baldwin from the United States and the other a Henschel from Germany. The wooden wagons came from Belgium, and the heaters, well those were later installed in Argentina to make the journeys across Patagonia in winter a little more bearable.
You can take this journey from a few different stations. This one here is the journey from Esquel to Nahuel Pan. When you arrive in Nahuel Pan, you have 45 minutes to visit the artisanal fair, a small museum, and also buy food for a quick lunch. We went for the choripan (chorizo in a bun), alfajores and torta frita.
Overall, we really enjoyed riding aboard the Old Patagonian Express. As we've mentioned this is a classic train journey and if you enjoy train travel, it's well worth checking out!
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Hey guys! We are Samuel and Audrey, a travel vlogging couple from Canada. In this travel channel we share our travel and food vlogs while touring the world.
We had the privilege of traveling around Argentina for nearly 3 months from January- April 2019 on a trip covering a large section of the country.
We kicked things off with several days in Buenos Aires where we were joined by Audrey's parents eating and sightseeing around some of our favourite neighbourhoods in the city. We spent several days enjoying beaches and seafood before heading south to Patagonia to visit the province of Chubut.
Our time in Patagonia continued as we headed from east to west trading more barren landscapes for thick forests, impressive mountains and magnificent lakes. We spent significant time in both Esquel and El Bolson with day trips to visit Trevelin, Parque Nacional Los Alerces, Cholila and Lago Puelo. Highlights included sailing, hiking, riding vintage trains and partaking in the national asado festival.
We finished visiting Patagonia with time spent in Villa La Angostura, San Martin De Los Andes and Bariloche where we enjoyed more stunning scenery and hiking. On our way back to Buenos Aires, we took the Tren Patagonia to Las Grutas before meeting up with Audrey's dad again.
To finish off our trip in Argentina, we spent more time in the capital and later Mendoza where we got to experience wine tourism to its fullest extent. Overall, we had an amazing time travelling around Argentina having only scratched the surface of this vast and diverse country.
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Places to see in ( Ostuni - Italy )
Places to see in ( Ostuni - Italy )
( Ostuni - Italy ) is a city and comune, located about 8 km from the coast, in the province of Brindisi, region of Apulia, Italy. The town has a population of about 32,000 during the winter, but can swell to 100,000 inhabitants during summer.
The Old Town is Ostuni's citadel built on top of a hill and still fortified by the ancient walls. Ostuni is commonly referred to as the White Town (La Città Bianca in Italian) for its white walls and its typically white-painted architecture. Monuments in their own right, the town's largest buildings are the Ostuni Cathedral and the Bishop's Palace, together with a number of palazzi of local aristocratic families: Aurisicchio, Ayroldi, Bisantizzi, Falghieri, Ghionda, Giovine, Jurleo, Marseglia, Moro, Palmieri, Petrarolo, Siccoda, Urselli and Zaccaria.
( Ostuni - Italy ) is the fifth city in Italy by percentage of British residents and the first for sale of houses and villas. Starting from 2010, Ostuni and its nearest towns were characterized by so many arrivals from foreign countries, that some local and national newspapers coined a new term, salentoshire to describe this phenomena, taking the term from the useful chiantishire, taken for the similar phenomena that has characterized Tuscany some years ago.
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In Italy's southern-most province of Apulia (Puglia), there's an ancient, hill-top town known as The White City. Ostuni is the type of place that makes Italy's least-known tourist destination worth experiencing. It has great food, great people, and is one of the most beautiful settings you could imagine: Atop a hill looking across the Adriatic Sea to the coast of Albania, where you can often see the lights of Tirana on a clear night. Enjoy my Travel Channel.
CINQUE TERRE | ITALY | Hike amongst the vineyards and enjoy spectacular views!
Today we visit the magnificent Cinque Terre. These are five little seaside villages in the province of La Spezia in Northern Italy. The rugged coastline is dotted with pretty little pastel colored houses and vineyards. We purchased an excursion departing from Florence thru Florencetown Tours. Not only does the Cinque Terre offer hiking between towns with breathtaking vistas, but this region is also very well known for their delicious pesto and anchovies, as well as their regional wine called Sciacchetra.
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Places to see in ( Puglia - Italy )
Places to see in ( Puglia - Italy )
Puglia, a southern region forming the heel of Italy’s “boot,” is known for its whitewashed hill towns, centuries-old farmland and hundreds of kilometers of Mediterranean coastline. Capital Bari is a vibrant port and university town, while Lecce is known as “Florence of the South” for its baroque architecture. Alberobello and the Itria Valley are home to “trulli,” stone huts with distinctive conical roofs.
Puglia is Italy’s ascendant region, a place where savvy travellers bored or worn down by the crowds of Campania and Tuscany escape for something a bit less frenetic and manicured. Top of the list for prospective newcomers is the food. Puglia’s cucina povera is about as earthy as Italian cuisine gets without eating it straight out of the soil. Then there’s the exuberant architecture, best summarised by the word ‘baroque’ and exhibited in all its finery in the glittering ‘Florence of the South’, Lecce, and its smaller sibling, Gallipoli.
With the longest coastline of any region in mainland Italy, Puglia is larger than many people realise. In the north, the spur of land sticking out into the Adriatic is occupied by the balmy microclimates of the Gargano peninsula, a kind of miniature Amalfi with fewer poseurs. The Italian boot’s ‘stiletto’ hosts the land of Salento, a dry scrubby region famous for its wines, and bloodthirsty Greek and Turkish history. In between lies the Valle d’Itria, a karstic depression populated by vastly contrasting medieval towns that have little in common apart from their haunting beauty. Of the larger cities, Brindisi, an erstwhile Roman settlement, is one of the major departure points for Greece (by ferry), while Puglia’s largest metropolis, Bari has a university and trendier inclinations.
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Alot to see in ( Puglia - Italy ) such as :
Castel del Monte, Apulia
Basilica di San Nicola
Basilica di Santa Croce
Gargano
Lecce Cathedral
Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo
Trani Cathedral
Bari Cathedral
Pinacoteca metropolitana di Bari
Museo spartano
Castello Normanno-Svevo
Zoosafari Fasanolandia
Castellana Caves
Miragica
Lido Punta della Suina
Grotta Zinzulusa
Samsara Beach
Foresta Umbra
Castle of Charles V
Trani Castle
Grotta della Poesia
Roman Amphitheatre
Visita Castel del Monte Ass. Turistica
Parco naturale regionale Lama Balice
Castillo Aragonés de Tarento
Splash Parco Acquatico
Padre Pio Pilgrimage Church
Castle of Gallipoli
Porta Napoli
Parco naturale regionale Costa Otranto-Santa Maria di Leuca e Bosco di Tricase
Federician Castle
Museo Faggiano
Basilica santuario di Santa Maria de Finibus Terrae
Castello di Acaya
Monopoli Cathedral
Chiesa di San Matteo
Parco Acquatico Acquapark Ippocampo
Roman Theatre
Natural Reserve of Torre Guaceto
Via Ciolo
Ostuni Cathedral
Colossus of Barletta
Parco dei Dinosauri
Taranto Cathedral
Bitonto Cathedral
Torre Uluzzo
Acquapark Egnazia
Lucera Castle
Trullo Sovrano
Sedile
( Puglia - Italy ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Puglia . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Puglia - Italy
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BEACH TOWN IN PATAGONIA | Visiting Puerto Piramides on Valdes Peninsula | Chubut, Argentina
In today's travel video, we explore the Patagonian beach town of Puerto Piramides, which is the only town located within the Valdes Peninsula. The town has a population of just over 700, though for a few months of the year, the whale population far exceeds the number of inhabitants on land! We had one full day to explore Puerto Piramides, so we spent it: watching the sunrise up on the cliffs, hiking out to the lobería where we saw sea lions, eating a delicious seafood pasta at La Covacha, strolling down the colourful Avenue of the Whales, and enjoying our stay at the Oceano Patagonia eco-hotel. We hope you enjoy this little taste of a beach town in Patagonia and we'll see you tomorrow with more adventures around the peninsula!
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BEACH TOWN IN PATAGONIA | Visiting Puerto Piramides on Valdes Peninsula | Chubut, Argentina
Hey guys! We are Samuel and Audrey, a travel vlogging couple from Canada. In this travel channel we share our travel and food vlogs while touring the world.
We had the privilege of traveling around Argentina for nearly 3 months from January- April 2019 on a trip covering a large section of the country.
We kicked things off with several days in Buenos Aires where we were joined by Audrey's parents eating and sightseeing around some of our favourite neighbourhoods in the city. We then flew from Buenos Aires to Cordoba where we spent a couple of weeks in the Sierras of Cordoba visiting both La Cumbrecita and Villa General Belgrano with highlights including hiking and delicious German and Swiss cuisine.
From Cordoba, we then travelled a considerable distance on an overnight bus to Mar Del Plata just in time for a special food festival called Feria Masticar featuring the best of Argentine food and wine. We spent several days enjoying beaches and seafood before heading south to Patagonia to visit the province of Chubut.
While on the Atlantic side of Chubut we visited Puerto Madryn, Peninsula Valdes, Trelew, Gaiman and Dolavon. To summarize our time in this area, we had incredibly close encounters with wildlife including penguins, sea lions and guanacos while also experiencing Welsh culture in Argentina.
Our time in Patagonia continued as we headed from east to west trading more barren landscapes for thick forests, impressive mountains and magnificent lakes. We spent significant time in both Esquel and El Bolson with day trips to visit Trevelin, Parque Nacional Los Alerces, Cholila and Lago Puelo. Highlights included sailing, hiking, riding vintage trains and partaking in the national asado festival.
We finished visiting Patagonia with time spent in Villa La Angostura, San Martin De Los Andes and Bariloche where we enjoyed more stunning scenery and hiking. On our way back to Buenos Aires, we took the Tren Patagonia to Las Grutas before meeting up with Audrey's dad again.
To finish off our trip in Argentina, we spent more time in the capital and later Mendoza where we got to experience wine tourism to its fullest extent. Overall, we had an amazing time travelling around Argentina having only scratched the surface of this vast and diverse country.
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Ever hear of Langhe and Roero? Well it was new to us too before we were catapulted into one of the most breathtaking corners of the earth.
Shooting on the rolling hills surrounded by vineyards and hazelnut groves, dining on truffles and barolo, we met the loveliest people in what has to be one of the best kept secrets in Italy.
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This video should actually be called a day in southern Italy. My father is from a small town near Avellino (30 minutes away from Naples/ Amalfi Coast). I spent many of my summers here with family and friends. This is my second home and I wanted to invite all of you into my crazy Italian world. I hope you enjoy this video and I would like to dedicate this to my NONNA and ZIA MARIA. This video wouldn't be possible with out you!
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