Self-Guided Walking Tour of Matera with Audio Guide: Explore the Sassi at Your Own Pace

Highlights

• Self-Guided Smartphone Tour
• Complete Flexibility
• Key Points of Interest

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Stop 1

   10min

   Start your walk at Piazza Vittorio Veneto in Matera. Just open Ciceru nearby to begin exploring the plaza that casually sits on top of a hidden underground water world.

2. 2

   Stop 2

   Pass by

   Stand outside this rare free standing church in a city of caves, and let its Romanesque façade prove Matera can do above ground swagger too.

3. 3

   Chiesa rupestre di San Pietro Barisano

   Pass by

   Admire the elegant front that acts like a polite disguise for the vast rock carved church hiding behind it.

4. 4

   Cathedral Basilica of Matera

   Pass by

   From Piazza Duomo, look up at the tuff stone crown of the Civita, watching the Sassi below like a medieval supervisor on a high balcony.

5. 5

   Chiesa del Purgatorio

   Pass by

   Study the skulls and swirls on the exterior, Baroque beauty with the subtle charm of a deadline.

6. 6

   Stop 6

   10min

   Lean on the railing and take in the Sassi panorama, the view that went from “national shame” to global icon with suspicious speed.

7. 7

   Chiesa rupestre di Santa Lucia alle Malve

   Pass by

   See how the church merges into the cliff, a building that cannot decide if it is architecture or geology.

8. 8

   Casa Grotta di Vico Solitario

   Pass by

   Pause by the modest archway, the only part that is not pure cave, and imagine a whole family and a mule sharing the same address.

Before you go

Location