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Welcome to Matera, the city that enchants, seduces, invites you to visit it over and over again.


We will discover it together, on a guided tour of the ancient Sassi districts, or of the Murgia Materana Park.
Let yourself be enchanted by its beauty and its thousand-year history!

  • Piano and Civita districts

    Piano and Civita districts

    This is the only tour without stairs. We will visit Piazza Vittorio Veneto, full of churches and monuments, and then head towards the Church of San Giovanni Battista and, then,…

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  • Sasso Caveoso district

    Sasso Caveoso district

    This is the most requested tour. From Piazza Pascoli we will descend into the Sasso Caveoso area to visit its neighborhoods and reach Piazza San Pietro Caveoso. If you want…

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  • Sasso Barisano district

    Sasso Barisano district

    From Piazza Vittorio Veneto we will head towards the Church of San Giovanni Battista, to descend into the Sasso Barisano area, where we will visit the permanent exhibition of Miniature…

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  • Grand tour: Piano, Civita and Sassi districts
  • Matera by night

    Matera by night

    Visiting Matera by night will be a romantic and evocative experience. From Piazza Vittorio Veneto we will walk towards Piazza del Sedile and the Cathedral. From the spectacular Via Muro…

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  • Park of the Murgia Materana

    Park of the Murgia Materana

    It is an easy walk on the side of the ravine which is opposite to the one where the city of Matera stands. From that side of the canyon, perhaps…

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Featured events

  • Matera Film Festival

    Matera Film Festival

    The Matera Film Festival, scheduled for November 3-10, 2024, celebrates cinema in the picturesque city of Matera. The event features screenings of high-quality films, workshops, and meetings with directors and actors. Matera, famous for its Sassi, is a privileged film set, hosting successful productions. Attending the festival is a unique opportunity to discover new talents and experience an unforgettable cultural journey in the heart of Basilicata.

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  • The new year’s of Matera: the Bruna festival

    The new year’s of Matera: the Bruna festival

    The feast of the city’s patron saint, the Madonna della Bruna, celebrated on 2 July, embodies the sense of identity of the people of Matera, almost as if it constitutes the very emblem of the belonging to the city. The strong sense of belonging to the city has been renewed every year for centuries around this iconic festival, with the intention of repeating it even better the following year, according to the motto: Ammogghj ammogghj all’onn c’ vaen, that is,…

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