Matera day trip
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DoPugliaBasilicata · 70 min west of Polignano
Hala says
Technically not Puglia (it's Basilicata), but an hour from the Itria Valley, and it is unlike the rest of the region. The Sassi, cave dwellings cut into a limestone canyon and lived in until the 1950s and reoccupied from the 1980s, are now a UNESCO site and, in part, luxury hotels. Walk both Sasso Caveoso and Sasso Barisano, lunch at L'Abbondanza Lucana. Full day.
Good to know
- Neighborhood — Basilicata · 70 min west of Polignano
- Time — Full day
- Effort — B
From the HALA guide, reviewed August 2026.
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