Private Customizable Walking Tour in Matera

Highlights

• Customizable itinerary
• Private local guide
• Included site entries

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Stop 1

   20min

   Stop 1 — Sasso Barisano District (Choose 1 option) Option A: Piazza Vittorio Veneto & Hypogeum Ruins — Discover underground water cisterns and civic history.

2. 2

   Stop 2

   20min

   Option B: Church of San Giovanni Battista — View medieval Apulian Romanesque architecture and stone carvings.

3. 3

   Piazza del Sedile

   20min

   Option C: Piazza Sedile — Learn about Renaissance political life bridging the two Sassi districts.

4. 4

   Piazza San Pietro Caveoso

   20min

   Stop 2 — Sasso Caveoso Living History (Choose 1 option) Option A: Historical Casa Grotta — Explore a fully furnished, traditional cave dwelling from the 1950s.

5. 5

   Matera

   20min

   Option B: Tufo Stone Workshop — Experience local stone-carving traditions directly with a local artisan.

6. 6

   Chiesa rupestre di Santa Lucia alle Malve

   30min

   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.

7. 7

   Church of Santa Maria de Idris

   20min

   Option B: Madonna de Idris — Climb the iconic rock spur overlooking the valley for panoramas and frescoes.

8. 8

   Cathedral Basilica of Matera

   20min

   Option C: Matera Cathedral (Duomo) — Visit the highest ridge separating the historic districts.

Before you go

Location