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 ...

One of Italy’s most underrated cities is also one of the world’s oldest and packed full of historical gems. Named as a "Second Bethlehem", the underrated but beautiful city of Matera can be explored ...

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 ...

Cities/regions are increasingly using events to aid social/economic development. The European Capital of Culture promotes urban management and economic production using culture to drive social ...

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, ...

FILE PHOTO: Tourists walk on a street in Matera in the region of Basilicata, southern Italy, April 30, 2015. REUTERS/Tony Gentile/File Photo By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - Italy's center-right ...

‘In the Sassi, you are never finished,” says Domenico Marsicano of his home in Southern Italy. Sassi, or “stones” in Italian, refers to the ancient quarter of Matera, a city in the Basilicata region ...

IT was early evening in Matera, a city in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, and swallows circled the sky, their melodious calls interrupted only by the clanking of bells worn by cows drinking ...