The caves in the Sassi are of different shapes and sizes and over time became the basis for the elevation of the first houses, fully integrating with the environment thanks to the use, for the built elements, of the same rocks of excavation of the rooms.

The result is a set of houses in shades of gray and white that are barely distinguished from the rocks in which they are inserted.

The typical house inside the Sassi di Matera is on three levels, including the stable, the cellar and the cistern.

In most cases the environments were mixed, it was very common for example to have bedrooms that housed both people and animals.

The houses in the Sassi have been abandoned since 1952 and today many of them, transformed into hotels and accommodation facilities, offer many tourists the opportunity to experience the atmosphere of life in a cave.