Matera Pasta Class: Prosecco, Lunch & Souvenir in Sassi Oil Mill
- 4 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Step inside a historic cave in the heart of Sassi di Matera, once used as an ancient olive oil mill, and discover Matera’s rural food traditions through a hands-on pasta-making class. Begin with a welcome glass of prosecco while exploring the original stone milling spaces carved into the rock. Then learn how to make handmade cavatelli or orecchiette alongside a local expert using traditional techniques passed down through generations. Choose between two options: the “Pasta Class” experience includes the pasta workshop, welcome prosecco, a souvenir participation certificate, and the chance to take home the handmade pasta prepared during the class. Or select the “Pasta Class with Lunch” option to enjoy a complete cave dining experience inside the historic cave setting. This small-group experience embraces a true farm-to-table philosophy, with seasonal ingredients and authentic local recipes inspired by southern Italian rural cuisine.
Inclusions
What's included
- Explore the historic olive oil mill carved into the rock
- Souvenir participation certificate
- “Pasta Class” option: take home your handmade pasta as a Matera souvenir
- “Cooking Class with Lunch” option: cave dining with local specialties, wine, coffee, and digestif
- Welcome prosecco
- Hands-on pasta-making class with a local expert in small group
What's not
- Lunch in the “Cooking Class” option
- Personal expenses
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Enter the Osteria and introduce yourselves
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 10 travellers
- Operated by
- Martulli Viaggi
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Please advise any food allergies or dietary restrictions in advance
- Guests will prepare fresh pasta only; the sauce is prepared by a local chef
- Seasonal ingredients and recipes may vary throughout the year
How it compares in Matera
- Its from-price is 19% above the median of the 186 experiences we list in Matera.
- It is longer than most of them.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Matera
Matera is a southern Italian city of ancient cave dwellings carved into a ravine, a UNESCO-listed maze of stone houses, rock churches and stepped lanes.
Matera, in the Basilicata region of southern Italy, is built above a deep ravine, and its old districts, the Sassi, are cave houses and stone buildings stacked down the cliff. People have lived here since prehistory, and until the 1950s many families still occupied the caves, before they were moved to new housing. The Sassi were listed by UNESCO in 1993, and the cathedral crowns the rock between the two districts, Sasso Barisano and Sasso Caveoso.
Top-ranked sights in Matera: Sassi di Matera, Murgia National Park (Parco della Murgia Materana), Madonna delle Virtù Church (Chiesa di Madonna delle Virtù).
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