Matera
Sassi e Parco della Murgia Materana · Basilicata
The Sassi are the starting point: the Gravina canyon and the Murgia park with its rock churches begin a hundred metres from the centre.
Matera is the most unusual base on this list: you sleep in the Sassi and walk out of the centre. Cross the Gravina on the suspension footbridge and you are already in the Murgia Materana park, among rock churches, Neolithic villages and the Belvedere looking back at the city.
It is also the finish of the Cammino Materano: walkers who have done it in stages can use Matera for a few extra days of short loops. By bike the Murgia lends itself to white-road rides between sheepfolds and farmsteads; avoid the middle of the day in summer.
Stays in Matera below the average price
Median price for one night (25 September, 1 adult) among 20 places to stay within 15 km: 65 €. These cost less and are rated at least 4/5.
- Ostello "The Rock Hostel" Matera26 €−60%Check it on Booking.com →
- Home Sweet Home47 €−28%Check it on Booking.com →
- Green House Matera Centro51 €−22%Check it on Booking.com →
Prices per night observed on Google Hotels on 11 September for the sample date; Booking.com may show different rates and availability.
Prefer to browse everything? Open the full list of places to stay in Matera on Booking.com, then come back here to pick tomorrow's route.
All stays in MateraDay routes from Matera
Routes come from the OpenStreetMap trail network; where the map had gaps our AI planner designed a loop on real paths. None of them has been walked by us yet: check conditions and waymarks locally.
On foot · 3
By train and bus: Matera Centrale (FAL da Bari), bus da Bari e Metaponto.
A hire car makes the trailheads further from town easier to reach, especially out of season when buses are thin.