Private walking tour in Matera

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1. Private walking tour in Matera, city UNESCO and elected European Capital of Culture 2019, one of the most suggestive place in southern Italy. Discover the story of a town carved into rocks which was inhabited until the XX century. You will have the opportunity to visit a cave-house recently opened to the public, have access to ancient rupestrian churches. Matera is a unique place but also an experience to live. You will meet the local and expert tourist guide in the city center where the tour will start to discover this UNESCO site. Walk through the two main districts dug into the rocks where there are cave-houses and rupestrian churches. During this tour, admire the panoramic view over the Murgia Materana Park from the balconies and discover the Matera origins, one of the oldest European city. Then, reach one of the highest point of the Sassi and visit the Cathedral.

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Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

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How it compares in Matera

• Its from-price is 150% above the median of the 186 experiences we list in Matera.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• By number of reviews it ranks 42 of 186.
• 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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