Tours

Sassi of Matera Tour

The most important and most requested tour, not to be missed: a walk into the heart of the Sassi of Matera, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Among alleys carved into the tufa, cave houses and views over the Gravina, you'll discover how people lived in one of the oldest cities in the world.

• Duration About 2 hours
• Price Children up to 12 free · Teens 12-16 reduced rate (€5 less) · From 16 full rate.
• Times Morning 10:30 / 11:00 · Afternoon 16:30 / 17:00
• Meeting point Departure from Piazza San Francesco d'Assisi, Matera.

Itinerary

1. Historic centre — "Il Piano"

   The eighteenth-century area, once the heart of the city's bourgeois life.

2. Piazza del Sedile

   Matera's political and administrative centre in the Middle Ages.

3. Barisano district

   The district facing east towards Bari, with the most built-up dwellings.

4. The Civita

   The city's first settlement; at its highest point stands the Cathedral in Apulian Romanesque style.

5. Caveoso district

   With its charming, evocative alleys it mirrors the rural soul of Matera.

6. Cave house

   The most moving site: an unmissable stop that embodies Matera's peasant culture.

Tour add-on

You can enrich the tour with a visit to a rupestrian church, a medieval place of worship that still moves visitors with its silence. The duration can be lengthened or shortened to suit your needs; prices may vary according to the tour and the client's requests.