I read bad reviews of Marino Bus company after I booked from Salerno to Metara with one transfer. The 4-hr rides were smooth, except only the 2nd ride allowed WC access. I stayed in a cave hostel that reminded me the one I stayed in Cappadocia, Turkey. I ran into three Italian female hikers in the hostel who just finished 7-day 170 km Camino Materano from Bari to Matera (a pilgrimage trail I did not know about. You can google and find out more).
Matera is a UNESCO heritage city and for the year 2019 it has been proclaimed the European capital of culture. Matera is famous for its cave houses dug into the tuff. In the 8th century, in the Byzantine empire the monks fled with the icons in Puglia, and dug churches out of the tuff, decorated them with Byzantine-style frescoes, and founded monasteries. Over the centuries, the peasants continued to live in the caves until the 1970s.
Unfortunately, all supermarkets were closed on Sunday except Coop were far. I ate some leftover and headed out to cover highlights of Matera.
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