The Most Beautiful City in Italy You Might Not Have Heard Of: Matera

Listen to this episode from Only A Bag - An Italy Travel Podcast on Spotify. We have fit everything we possibly could about this incredible city into this episode! How do I get there? What is there to do? Why is it called "The City of Caves?" Should I even bother going? Yes! We'll tell you all about it. In this episode we talk about everything you need to know to visit, but the city's history is vast, so we only touch on that a little. But we'll be doing a deep dive into the history of this 7,000 year old community in a later episode, so stay tuned!In this episode we mentioned several restaurants which were all amazing! Here's where we ate:Lunch: Da Nonna Rosa (Via Lucana, 166, 75100 Matera MT)Drinks: Monkey Drink House (Via Duomo, 9, 75100 Matera MT)Dinner: Osteria al Casale (Via Madonna delle Virtù, 29, 75100 Matera MT)Gelato: I Vizi degli Angeli (Via Domenico Ridola, n.36, 75100 Matera MT)Forno (bread shop): Panificio Paoluccio (Via del Corso, 22, 75100 Matera MT)Cafe/pastry shop: Bar Caffè Tripoli (Piazza Vittorio Veneto, 17, 75100 Matera MT)The entrance to the hike across the Gravina (ravine) is here. Thanks so much for listening! You can check out articles on ⁠⁠⁠onlyabag.com⁠⁠⁠ with new articles coming out all the time. You can help the podcast by using our affiliate links for booking hotels and rental cars! If you liked the podcast, please leave a review, it helps us immensely! You can contact us on our website and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠ and wherever you're listening to this podcast.