Private Customizable Walking Tour in Matera
- 2–4 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 5 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Embark on a private, fully customizable walking tour through the UNESCO-listed city of Matera. Tailor your route with a dedicated local guide to explore the ancient Sassi districts at your own pace. You decide which stops to include, how long to spend at each landmark, and what aspects of Matera's deep history to explore. Tour Highlights: Choose your route: Focus on Sasso Barisano, Sasso Caveoso, or Civita Hill based on your personal interest. Select your stops: Pick between authentic cave houses, ancient subterranean cisterns, or artisan stone workshops. Pick your sites: Decide which historic rock churches to enter to view preserved medieval Byzantine frescoes. Whether you want an in-depth dive into subterranean history or a scenic stroll to cliffside viewpoints over the Gravina Ravine, your guide adapts the entire tour to your preferences. Please note: Final itinerary variations depend on traveler selection and duration chosen.
Inclusions
What's included
- Entry fees to cave dwellings or rock churches
- Private local tour guide
- Flexible, customizable walking itinerary
What's not
- Private transportation
Itinerary
Stop 1 — Sasso Barisano District (Choose 1 option) Option A: Piazza Vittorio Veneto & Hypogeum Ruins — Discover underground water cisterns and civic history.
Option B: Church of San Giovanni Battista — View medieval Apulian Romanesque architecture and stone carvings.
Option C: Piazza Sedile — Learn about Renaissance political life bridging the two Sassi districts.
Stop 2 — Sasso Caveoso Living History (Choose 1 option) Option A: Historical Casa Grotta — Explore a fully furnished, traditional cave dwelling from the 1950s.
Option B: Tufo Stone Workshop — Experience local stone-carving traditions directly with a local artisan.
Stop 3 — Sacred Rock Churches & Civita (Choose 1 option) Option A: Santa Lucia alle Malve — Examine 8th-century Byzantine wall frescoes inside the cliffside church.
Option B: Madonna de Idris — Climb the iconic rock spur overlooking the valley for panoramas and frescoes.
Option C: Matera Cathedral (Duomo) — Visit the highest ridge separating the historic districts.
Stop 4 - Choose 1 option: Option A: Belvedere Guerricchio — Capture classic postcard photos overlooking the entire Sasso Barisano.
Option B: Gravina Ravine Walk — Stroll the cliff edge overlooking ancient river caves and natural parks.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Piazza Vittorio Veneto (next to the fountain near the Ipogeo entrance), 75100 Matera MT, Italy.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- US LLC – Local Tours in Italy
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Matera
- Its from-price is 369% 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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