Grand Tour of the Stones in Electric Rickshaw
Recommended by 91% of travelers
Matera, Italy
- 2 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Touring the cliffside Sassi di Matera on foot can be tiring. With this tuk-tuk tour, you’ll zip up the steep streets of the old town to take in the top sights in just hours. Delve into the Barisano and Caveoso districts to admire ancient cave dwellings and rupestrian churches and learn about their history via an audio guide. Navigate the warren of narrow lanes with a group leader to avoid getting lost.
- A tuk-tuk tour to explore the Sassi di Matera without getting footsore
- An audio guide for commentary about the town's history and its top sights
- Follow the group leader to explore the old town stress-free
- Stop to visit an authentic cave house and the city’s historic cathedral
What's Included
- Use of pedal assisted rickshaw and personal audio guides
- Visits to Rock Churches and other paid attractions
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Matera Bike TourVia Casalnuovo, 23, 75100 Matera MT, Italy
Our agency is located at the entrance of the Sasso Caveoso, precisely in via Casalnuovo, 23. Just enter the name of the agency (Matera Bike Tour) or the street on Maps
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Itinerary
1
Casa Grotta Narrante
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
2
Cattedrale di Matera
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
3
Sasso Barisano
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
4
Sasso Caveoso
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 1 day of travel. In this case confirmation will be received as soon as possible, subject to availability
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Infant seats available
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Featured review
Philippa_D
Great and informative tour. They were flexible with time when we were late and needed to do a slightly condensed tour. Great way to see the town in a short space of time but definitely never rushed. Our teenage kids loved it. I had booked for my parents (70s) too but the day was 42 degrees so they opted out. So glad they did as some of the down hills were a bit adventurous. We did have to pedal quite hard but only for 1 or 2 hills. Recommend
Reviews
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Phyllis_B, Apr 2026
This was really a lot of fun and very informative. Domenico is a really nice guy and he does everything to accommodate you even if you have some issues with pedaling the rickshaw. The audio guide is a little transmitter that functions on GPS so every time you stop in front of a location it automatically begins narrating information about that particular site. Most of the information is architectural with some historical data as well. All of the sites that we saw on this tour we had already seen on a tuck tour earlier in the morning but writing the rickshaw and peddling around town with Dominica was worth the fun itself! It's a great tour and it's a lot of fun and you really do get your bang for your buck on this one. I highly recommend this tour with this company.
Anne_M, Sep 2025
Great place and our tour guide Domenico was fabulous
Very knowledgeable and great personality
He also recommended a nice restaurant which we enjoyed a lovely dinner
Darlene_M, Mar 2025
We enjoyed our tour. The hills took some effort but we did it with our guide cheering us on. There is a lot to see and learn.
Shelley_C, Mar 2024
We arrived at the appointed time to mind the meeting point shop closed. Email to operator and calls to Viator's calls to him revived no response. An hour or so later received communication from operator asking if we could be available to do the tour later in the afternoon. We answered in the affirmative; however, when we arrived we discovered the electronic tuk-tuk requires peddling. So wasn't going to work for my 92 year old aunt.
Deirdre_W, Oct 2023
Such a fun way to see Bari! Our tour guide was lovely and the audio tour was very clever. Getting to see the cave house was great. We did an evening tour so was not too hot and had lovley sunset views of bari
Philippa_D, Jul 2023
Great and informative tour. They were flexible with time when we were late and needed to do a slightly condensed tour. Great way to see the town in a short space of time but definitely never rushed. Our teenage kids loved it. I had booked for my parents (70s) too but the day was 42 degrees so they opted out. So glad they did as some of the down hills were a bit adventurous. We did have to pedal quite hard but only for 1 or 2 hills. Recommend
ginge, Jun 2023
Great way to see Matera , we were a group of 8 , it was good fun too!!
You do need the electric for a couple of hills so definitely recommend this trip
Roger_D, Oct 2022
Quite a good tour but audio recorded narrative mainly focused on dates and architecture of churches around the town rather than history of anything else. The stop at a typical cave dwelling was the most interesting. Rickshaw was good fun and easy to operate but other couple struggled to keep up and didn’t pay attention to timings and route so time was wasted/ lost with guide - felt sorry for her as she had to keep going back to find them.
Francesco_O, Sep 2025
The rickshaw ride is fun and well structured. You can visit all of Matera visiting all the main places of interest with audio guide but especially with Domenico who explains very well. The plus is precisely Domenico who puts passion and preparation and customer care. In short, tour straconsigliato!!!
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NIKOLAOS_T, Jun 2025
RISCIO" ELECTRIC , LASTED TWO HOURS , SUNDAY as a guide and excellent guide prepared on the history of the stones AND VERY KIND.
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Gabriella_T, Apr 2024
Giro in risciò molto divertente. La nostra guida Domenico, ha arricchito la nostra visita di dettagli interessanti, permettendoci di entrare nel cuore di Matera: una perla senza tempo.
Valentina_F, Aug 2023
Bellissima esperienza, ci siamo divertiti un sacco, personale simpatico, disponibile e molto competente, consigliatissima!
LAURA_B, Aug 2023
Esperienza alternativa per visitare i sassi di Matera anche con dei ragazzi. Domenico è stato gentile e simpatico
Consigliato!
Annemie_S, Jul 2022
Matera is een heel mooie plaats om te bezoeken. Met de elektrische gocart is het ideaal om alle hotspots te zien.
Soms pittig omhoog.
Een live gids was leuker geweest ipv audiogids.
Giovanna_C, May 2022
Tutto stupendo
Consigliato
Guida ragazza simpatica
Lo consiglio a chi vuole fare
Un esperienza diversa dal solito
Fabienne_C, May 2022
Le plaisir de pédaler 💪💪et de visiter ainsi la ville tout en faisant du sport la guide très sympathique
Lucia_S, May 2022
Un'esperienza divertente e perfetta per il clima primaverile. Un grazie alla guida di Matera Bike tour <3
Fabio_M, Sep 2021
Professionalità, cortesia, simpatia. Un modo green per visitare un incantevole luogo risparmiando un po' di tempo rispetto una camminata a piedi.
Alice_F, Aug 2021
Prenotato per n.2 adulti e n.2 bambini, ho dovuto pagare per la bambina di 10 anni come per adulto, cosa assurda visto che nella prenotazione era previsto che i bambini fini a 10 anni non dovevano pagare
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