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Restaurants, Restaurants in Italy, Southern Italy

Highlighting Basilicata’s Finest Products at Taverna Re Manfredi in Matera, Italy

Matera, Italy’s city of ancient cave stone dwellings from the Paleolithic Age turned into one of the country’s most extraordinary and unique travel destinations has a myriad of proposals for every person who walks on this breathtaking location. You can amaze yourself in walking through alleys, caves, and rupestrian churches and you can also take in the tradition of the land through its kitchen. One … Continue reading Highlighting Basilicata’s Finest Products at Taverna Re Manfredi in Matera, Italy

Rowena Dumlao
Central Italy, Restaurants, Restaurants in Italy

Baccanti Ristorante: Dining in the Ancient Cave Dwellings of Matera, Italy

One of the most beautiful and fascinating cities in the world is Matera. It is a labyrinth of ancient cave dwellings carved in tuff in the river canyons by the Gravina River. It is also one of the oldest cities that has been continuously inhabited and its history of occupancy all the way from the Bourbons, Aragonese, Angevins, Swabians, Saracens, Byzantines, Longobards, Romans and Greeks. … Continue reading Baccanti Ristorante: Dining in the Ancient Cave Dwellings of Matera, Italy

Rowena Dumlao
Restaurants, Restaurants in Italy, Southern Italy

Genuinely Good Lucanian Cuisine at Becco della Civetta in Castelmezzano

The drive through Basilicata Region opens up to a charming little surprise. Concealed in the Lucanian Dolomites at an altitude of around 1000 meters is the town of Castelmezzano, a peaceful jewel with a breathtaking landscape of the mountain ranges. Its undisturbed tranquility and resplendence has enchanted anyone who crosses its path. In fact, it is among the towns comprising the Borghi Più Belli d’Italia … Continue reading Genuinely Good Lucanian Cuisine at Becco della Civetta in Castelmezzano

Rowena Dumlao
Restaurants, Restaurants in Italy, Southern Italy

Dimora Ulmo Ristorante in Matera: Cuisine and Art in a Paleolithic Setting

In the labyrinth of alleys that lead to unexpected turns amidst ancient stone houses and cave dwellings dating back from the Paleolithic or better known as Old Stone Age, you arrive to the 18th-century Palazzo Torraca (Torraca Palace) where Dimora Ulmo Ristorante is settled in. It is an elegant building previously owned by the Ulmo Family, one of the richest and aristocratic families in the … Continue reading Dimora Ulmo Ristorante in Matera: Cuisine and Art in a Paleolithic Setting

Rowena Dumlao