Trip notes

More information: traveller.com.au/italy discoverbasilicata.com Getting there: Qantas flies daily to Rome, from where you can fly to the city of Bari with Alitalia. Matera is about a one-hour drive from Bari. See qantas.com, alitalia.com Touring there: Hedonistic Hiking runs a nine-day Southern Italy trip that includes two nights in Matera, plus guided walks through the city and ravine. See hedonistichiking.com.au Staying there: Sleep in the caves, with breakfast in a 13th-century cave church, at Le Grotte della Civita, which has 18 evocative rooms spread through three tiers of caves. See legrottedellacivita.sextantio.it