Matera Discovery: Explore Ancient City Secrets

Immerse yourself in the unique city of Matera, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Explore its ancient districts, learn about its history, art, and architecture, and discover the philosophy of life in this captivating city.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Piazza San Pietro Caveoso - The journey takes you through the most captivating sights and scenes of historic Matera, including the Sasso Caveoso and sections of the Sasso Barisano.\n\nOn this excursion, which avoids the typical tourist paths, you’ll gradually uncover Matera’s history and learn why it remained obscure until the early 21st century….
What's Included
  • Entrance to the Diver
Additional Information

Embark on an immersive journey to uncover the unique essence of Matera by exploring its rich history and delving into the city’s distinctive philosophy of life. Join Renato, Gaetano, or another licensed guide, all of whom possess a deep passion and love for this remarkable city.
Matera, with its ancient districts, is recognized as one of the oldest…

Location
Piazza San Pietro Caveoso
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Travel80000
Jul 22, 2025
Matera is a highlight of a tour of Southern Italy - Matera is just special and I recommend everyone to only visit with a certified guide like Geatano. He was both highly knowledgeable about the history of this ancient town and very entertaining to listen to. He paid special attention to the needs of each individual in the group.
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Nadia_p
Jul 20, 2025
You cannot come to Matera... - You cannot come to Matera without a guided tour otherwise you cannot get full experience. Very informative and Gaetano was fantastic
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M7018pmjv
Jul 19, 2025
5star - Renato was really good and explained the history of beautiful Matera very well Much appreciated Would like to do another one next time
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Robert_b
Jul 18, 2025
Matera from a real local - our guide was from Matera, his grandfather lived there until the 50's and the story becomes very real with personal experience from his family. we enjoyed the tour very much.
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Pdf7
Jul 17, 2025
- RECOMMENDED. Renato provide an excellent personal tour which was different to a normal walking tours of Matera whilst it included the history of matera there was the personal view from Renato's families point of view where they used to live how their life had changed where they moved to and the key reasons that this was a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Do not expect to go to the churches and cathedrals like the normal tour this is about the history of Matera and it also takes you into the cistern / below-gound side of mattera which is where it is a UNESCO Heritage site
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Sanya_c
Jul 13, 2025
Best tour handsdown - Loved the tour. One of the best tours I have had in my life. Gaetano was so good. Please sign up for this without thinking again.
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Natalia_r
Jul 12, 2025
True feeling of local life - We have the best experience, our guide was very funny, sweet, very good storyteller, these 2 hours flew by. We got to have a try feeling of what it was like to live in Matera previously, what life of locals looks like today. Without boring historical facts. Truly highly recommend!
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Cathy_r
Jul 12, 2025
Love Renato! - He was amazing! Knowledgeable, personal and just wonderful to hear from -a lot of information that would be not difficult to find, but also some wonderful stories about his family and their relationship to the town and what life was like on a day-to-day basis. We enjoyed him so much. He also spoke phenomenal English and annunciated and spoke loudly, my wife is a heart of hearing and hearing aids and had no problem, which is not always the case. We had friends we met with later and highly recommended him and they booked a tour.
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Manuelavdv
Jul 11, 2025
Perfect - Fantastic tour accompanied by guide Renato. He has taken us to the life of his ancestors in Matera. The tour was interesting and varied.
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Susan_h
Jul 19, 2025
Recommend Going on Toyr of Matera - It was great to learn about the city and its history. The guide did repeat a lot of things and we felt the tour could be shortened for the same experience We definitely still recommend. We did the 4pm tour which worked well.
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From $35
up to 8 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).