If you're looking for a fun and curious way to visit Matera, you've come to the right place! With this digital guide created with the support of a local guide, you will be able to visit all the most important monuments at your own pace. You'll get to know the stories and curiosities of Matera! But also you will discover everything about local foods, Italian Aperitivo in authentic local restaurants, and much more!
What's included
Best advices for local restaurant with authentic food
Connected with google maps
Tips for monuments, history and curiosities
Audio-guide and text in multiple languages (Eng, Esp, Ita, Ger, Fr)
Digital guide to visit the city by yourself
Headphones not included. You'll use your smarpthone and eventually your headphone!
A guide in person. The visit will be via digital guide
What to expect
Materasum Ipogeo
Pass by
The hypogeum Materasum, also known as Matera Sotterranea, is a complex excavated in the tuff rock. This site can be described as a “city under the city”. Really impressive!
Palazzo dell'Annunziata
Pass by
The Palazzo dell’Annunziata in Matera, located in Piazza Vittorio Veneto, is the building that currently houses the Provincial Library “Tommaso Stigliani.”
Palombaro Lungo
30m · Admission ticket not included
A “palombaro” is an underground structure designed to collect and store water. The “Palombaro Lungo” in Matera is located under Piazza Vittorio Veneto and was built in several phases starting in the 16th century.
Sassi di Matera
30m
When we talk about the Sassi, we are referring to the historical part of Matera, divided into three main areas: the Sasso Barisano to the North-West, the Sasso Caveoso to the South and the Civita in the center that separates them.
Cathedral Basilica of Matera
25m · Admission ticket not included
The Cathedral of Maria Santissima della Bruna and Sant’Eustachio, also known as the Duomo of Matera, was completed in 1270 and stands on the Civita, the highest point of the city where the first settlement of the Sassi originated. This area was previously home to a Benedictine monastery dedicated to Sant’Eustachio, consecrated in 1082.
Casa Noha
Pass by
Casa Noha is located in the Civita district, a natural rock that separates the Sasso Caveoso and Sasso Barisano districts. This building, dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries, was once the home of the noble de Noha family.
Church of Santa Maria de Idris
20m · Admission ticket not included
Located in the middle of the Sasso Caveoso, more precisely on the rocky promontory of Monterrone and is partly dug into the rock and partly built after the collapse of the vault that occurred before the 16th century.
Chiesa Di San Pietro Caveoso
20m
This church is located in the heart of the Sassi, right in the Sasso Caveoso. On the baroque façade there are three niches, inside which there are the statues of St. Paul on the right, St. Peter on the left and in the center the Madonna della Misericordia.
Chiesa del Purgatorio
20m
The Church of Purgatory was built in Baroque style and is dedicated to the deceased and deals with the theme of death and the redemption of souls.
Meeting and pickup
Meeting point
My itinerary starts out from this place! However, you can access to the digital guide even before getting here!
End point
We'll finish out from this beautiful castle!
Additional information
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
You will need a smartphone with internet connection to use the digital guide (details to activate the digital guide will be in your voucher, read it carefully!)
You'll be able to hear the audio through your speakers or, if you have them, through your headphones
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
