Nature & outdoors · Matera
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About Matera
Matera sits on the edge of the Murgia plateau, where cave churches, rock-hewn sassi and open limestone highlands meet — a landscape that rewards anyone who wants to spend the day outside rather than indoors. From here you can head into the ghost town of Craco and the surrounding badlands on the Craco Ghost Town & Pisticci Day Trip from Matera with Amaro Lucano Museum, or cross the region to the coast and back on the Bari: Matera Day Trip with Minivan and Local Guide, both of which keep you moving through open country rather than queuing in museums.
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Matera's surroundings are the draw: the Murgia plateau, its ravines and rock churches, the abandoned village of Craco, and the Ionian and Adriatic coasts are all reachable within a few hours. These trips spend their time in open landscape and small historic towns rather than in enclosed attractions, so expect walking on uneven ground, long.
