Il Quarto Storto

Matera


Good for coffee on the sunken terrace during the day, a few beers watching the football in the evening, or cocktails and DJs later on, 'The Fourth Strait' is right in the heart of Sasso Caveoso. Food and service can be just average however.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Matera attractions

1. Casa-Grotta di Vico Solitario

0.05 MILES

For a glimpse of life in old Matera, visit this historic sasso off Via Bruno Buozzi. There's a bed in the middle, a loom, a room for manure and a section…

2. Chiesa di Santa Maria di Idris

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Dug into the Idris rock, this church has an unprepossessing facade, but the narrow corridor communicating with the recessed church of San Giovanni in…

3. Chiesa di Santa Lucia alle Malve

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Dating to the 8th century, when it was built as the Benedictine Order's first foothold in Matera, this cliff-face church has a number of 13th-century…

5. Chiesa di San Pietro Caveoso

0.09 MILES

The only church in the sassi not dug into the tufa rock, Chiesa di San Pietro Caveoso was originally built in 1300 and has a 17th-century Romanesque…

6. Museo Nazionale Ridola

0.12 MILES

This impressive collection includes local Neolithic finds and some remarkable Greek pottery, such as the Cratere Mascheroni, a huge urn more than 1m high.

7. Museo della Scultura Contemporanea

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The setting of this fabulous museum of contemporary sculpture – deeply recessed caves and the frescoed rooms of the 16th-century Palazzo Pomarici – is as…