5 places to see in Matera

Matera, things to do and see

View of the Matera Sassi from the Belvedere, a true spectacle especially early in the morning and at dawn © Simona Denise Deiana

Matera, things to do and see

View from the Belvedere viewpoint inside the Murgia Materana Park. You can get here by crossing the Statale 7 and following the road signs © Simona Denise Deiana

Matera, things to do and see

The Santa Maria of Idris and San Giovanni in Monterone churches above the square in which the San Pietro Caveoso church is located © Simona Denise Deiana

Matera, things to do and see

This iron bridge is well known by the people of Matera: the railway should have passed here but it was never finished © Simona Denise Deiana

Matera, things to do and see

Light shining on the Sassi of Matera on a sunny day © Simona Denise Deiana

Matera, things to do and see

The panoramic road that needs to be crossed to reach the Crypt of the Original Sin © Simona Denise Deiana

Matera, things to do and see

The cross above the Santa Maria of Idris church in the Sassi © Simona Denise Deiana

Matera, things to do and see

The Sasso Caveoso looks particularly ancient especially in the final area that meets via Casalnuovo. Instead, the San Nicola dei Greci church, with its wonderful frescoes from the 13th century, and the Madonna della Virtù church of the 11th-12th centuries are in the Sasso Bariano © Simona Denise Deiana