Matera guide - Matera Guided Tours

A TIMELESS PLACE, SUSPENDED IN HISTORY …
MATERA IS A JOURNEY THROUGH THE MILLENARY EVENT OF HUMANITY, A LIVE TESTIMONY OF AN ANCIENT CIVILIZATION PERPETUATED TO OUR DAYS

matera GUIDED TOURS

Sassi of Matera

2 h • Walking Tour

Discovering the ancient tuffa districts.

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Historic Center of Matera

2 h • Walking Tour

Getting lost among squares and alleys.

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Park of the Murgia

3 h • Walking Tour

Immersed in nature a few steps from the city center.

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Museums of Matera

3 h • Cultural Tour

Discover the places of culture and city history.

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Tasting Matera

3 h • Tasting Tour

Getting to know the city and its cooking traditions.

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“Among the cities where I’ve been, Matera is the one that smiles to me more, that I still see better though a veil of poetry and melancholy.”
Giovanni Pascoli

““Anybody sees Matera, inevitably gets amazed: its aching beauty is so expressive and touching.” – Carlo Levi

“Shooting in Matera give a movie a particular sense of history, nothing is more authentic than Matera, its dwellings and its street.”
Mel Gibson

“Grotte, costruzioni di tufo, giardini pensili, canali e cisterne, percorsi e vicinati: un’organizzazione urbana basata su spazi e architetture dell’acqua, della luce e del vento.”
Pietro Laureano

“Border city, made by contrasts and fusion of landscapes, civilizations and different cultures: an urban-naturalistic unicum, still almost intact, rich in primitive, almost magical signs.”
Lorenzo Rota

“Gorgeous city, that inspired to me a song. I was hot by the sensation to stay in a timeless place, it seemed to be 3 thousand years ago.”
Steven Tyler, Aerosmith

“This is an extraordinary and magical city!”
Morgan Freeman

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Dawn is alwyas new. And beauty never sets.

Mar 8 2021 | What's on Matera, Tales of guide

He had a short but intense life: 30 years of love for his land and civic passion. Rocco Scotellaro (simply Rocchino for everyone in his hometown Tricarico) is perhaps the most shining example of “lucanità” in modern times. Poet, mayor of his country, but above all a...