All Matera Tours & Excursions in 2026 - page 6

Discover Matera in a convenient, exclusive, and engaging way with our one-hour minicar tour, perfect for exploring the famous Sassi of Matera, a UNESCO World Heritage site, without long walks. Aboard a SIGHTSEEING CART with a local driver and multilingual audio guide, you will visit the city’s most iconic sites, enjoying clear explanations, breathtaking views, and stops at the most scenic points. The route passes through the Sasso Barisano, it continues into Sasso Caveoso, the oldest, where the cave houses seem to merge with the rock, creating one of the world’s most extraordinary urban landscapes. The tour includes external visits to two important churches: the Church of San Giovanni Battista and the Church of San Pietro Caveoso, situated in a panoramic location. One of the most exciting moments is the visit to a typical cave house, furnished as it was in the past, allowing you to understand how families lived up until the 1950s.

Matera reveals itself in Palazzo Acito, a 17th century building open to curious and enterprising travellers. In its rooms you will live a unique experience: the city of the Sassi is all there, in 'La Secretissima camera de lo core', a whale's belly to cross, a labyrinth that will tell you about an unprecedented Matera. Accompanied by two exceptional guides, Luciana and Massimo, actors from the Teatro dei Sassi, you will have a sensorial and engaging journey to the places of citizens' hearts: moving 40 works by national and international artists, listening to ancient stories, legends whispered between talking objects and emotional maps up to Il Giuoco dei Sissi: a dice, 7 cuckoos as placeholders and Wonder cards and of Restlessness, keys to access the language, the mysteries, the sayings, the places of the city. But it doesn't end here because the game continues outside, in the historic center of Matera, in search of those secrets revealed by the cards. And if your answers are correct you will receive a welcome surprise.

Discover two UNESCO World Heritage Sites on an exclusive journey through Castel del Monte and the Sassi of Matera. This private tour blends history, architecture, and culture for an authentic taste of Southern Italy. Travel in comfort with a local guide who reveals the stories and mysteries behind each site. Explore Castel del Monte, Emperor Frederick II’s 13th-century masterpiece, famed for its octagonal symmetry and timeless aura. Continue to Matera, one of the world’s oldest cities, where stone-carved homes and cave churches narrate centuries of human life. Enjoy flexible pacing, stunning photo stops, and personal storytelling throughout your day. Visit two UNESCO sites in one day Expert local guide and private driver Comfortable transport and custom itinerary Experience the real soul of Southern Italy

Come relax in the shade of centuries-old olive trees enjoying a picnic completely set up for you You will walk among the centuries-old olive trees enjoying a wonderful view of the Little Lucanian Dolomites and the Mantenera Forest In the shadow of our Majatica, the queen of our 350-year-old certified olive grove and Patriarch Lucan, a picnic awaits you with a selection of Podolic cheeses from wild-bred cows, local cured meats, focaccia, the famous bread of Matera with which you can taste our organic oils, taralli olives drinking red wine Aglianico del Vulture immersed in a private location away from disturbing noises with only the sounds of nature and birdsong You can relax on pillows or swing in the hammock, walk among olive trees and enjoy the beautiful food at your own pace

This experience will allow you to admire Matera from a perspective comparable only to that of a hot air balloon or hang glider but at a negligible cost, with no risk and in a short booking and implementation time. It is a very exciting poetic, immersive experience. Weather conditions are irrelevant to experience this virtual journey in all conditions.

Emotional experience on board a Sightseeing to comfortably visit the modern and ancient districts of the city of Matera and to enjoy the beauty of both the Sassi, Caveoso and Barisano districts. The experiential tour ends on the Murgia Park of Matera where you can attend an unrepeatable natural spectacle of caves and ravines. It will therefore be possible to immortalize an unforgettable panorama offered by the Belvedere on the Sassi.

Let yourself be enveloped by the warmth of the thermal waters, treat yourself to a relaxing day in one of the most suggestive places of the Island of Ischia!