Trip · Basilicata & Puglia, Italy

Sassi and the bridge

Two towns carved from the same ravine country, forty minutes apart. A Roman bridge over a gorge, then a cave city that went from national shame to world heritage.

3 days · best Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct

Fly to Bari. Drive an hour to Gravina in Puglia, then 40 minutes on to Matera. Stay two nights in a cave hotel in the Sassi.

1. Gravina Bridge, Gravina in Puglia, Italy: No Time to Die (2021)
2. Sassi di Matera, Basilicata, Italy: No Time to Die (2021)