Light in the Bread Caves
Christmas in the Sassi
On December evenings the Sassi light up with lanterns and the path winds through caves carved into the tufa rock, once neighborhood ovens where Matera families baked bread for days at a time.
We walk slowly, as people once did, following the glow of oil lamps to a cave still alive today, where bread is broken and shared in a ritual as old as the city itself.
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Other experiences
Light in the Bread Caves
Following the Comet
The night-trekking variant: we leave the Sassi for the Murgia plateau, with torches and lanterns, to a viewpoint over the city.
Matinate of the Neighborhood
Matera's Carnevale
Masks, folk music and the pig-slaughter ritual: Matera's neighborhood Carnevale, experienced from within.
Easter and Madonnas
The Zite and Spring Picnics
Holy Week processions, the 'zite' sweets and the Pasquetta picnic tradition in the Matera countryside.