Matera is most famous for the "Sassi," ancient ... and even an offer to help carry our packs to the youth hostel at Hotel Sassi. "The sister of the hotel owner proceeded to guide us down into ...
On the northern edge of this famed UNESCO city, eying the sassi (Matera's spooky cave-pocked landscape), the Gravina gorge and the river below, this hotel exploits its mix of ancient tufa homes ...