Where to eat in Matera

Restaurants in the cave-city of Matera, Basilicata

A local entrepreneur, Umberto Giassi took a vast, high-ceilinged cavern, slapped the rough walls with whitewash, and started serving pizzas and inexpensive Apulian dishes to hungry crowds of Materani. He called the joint Il Terrazzino because, in addition to that cavern room, there's a narrow terrace out front that holds about eight tables with a marvelous view out over the entire sasso.

Il Terrazzino is way up at the narrow end of the Barisano, tucked into the undercrofting of the modern town's buildings above. In fact, the only way to get to it is via the modern town: where broad Piazza Vittorio Veneto splits into two streets, ignore the crowds continuing their passeggiata stroll up the wider right fork, Via del Corso, and instead follow the narrow left fork called Via delle Beccherie. Twenty feet on, an iron gate on the left of the street leads to an outdoor staircase that twists its way down, eventually, to Il Terrazzino (Vico San Giuseppe 7, tel. +011-39-0835-332-503).

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Matera tourist office:
Piazza Vittorio Veneto, 39
tel. +39-0835-680-254
www.infosassidimatera.com

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Matera tourist office:
Piazza Vittorio Veneto, 39
tel. +39-0835-680-254
www.infosassidimatera.com

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