Matera Official Open Bus Tour with entrance to Casa Grotta
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Matera, Italy
- 1 hour 45 minutes (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
What's Included
- Tour leader
- Audio guide in English, French and Spanish with POPGuide App (to download on your smartphone)
- Entrance ticket to the Casa Grotta Narrante
- Entrance ticket to the Rock Church of Sant'Antonio Abate
- 10% discount coupon at the MòVado Food & Drink bar in Piazza Duomo
- Map of the city
- Earphones
- Meals and drinks
- Tips
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Martulli Viaggi - DMCVia Alessandro Volta, 3/5, 75100 Matera MT, Italy
You must show up at the travel agency at least 10 minutes before departure, and then go to the meeting point.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Itinerary
1
Castello Tramontano, Matera, Italy
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
2
Piazzetta Pascoli
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
3
Piazza Vittorio Veneto
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
4
Belvedere Sant'agostino
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
5
Casa Grotta Sassi di Matera - C'era Una Volta
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
6
Chiesa di S. Antonio Abate al Sasso Barisano
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
7
Porta Pistola
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
8
Piazza San Pietro Caveoso
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Most travelers can participate
- Tour shared with other travellers
- Participants must bring their phone with charged battery and headphones, so that they can enjoy the Audio Guide in English, Spanish or French during the tour.
- Non-paying children must sit on their laps
- The itinerary includes some stops with short stretches on foot on mainly flat surfaces; there may be some small steps
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 14 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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Reviews
4.5
based on 46 reviews
Dale_C, Sep 2025
Started poorly with a 25 min late.waiting outside meeting point, no seating.
No intro welcome from driver, then the English commentary and telling you about points of interest and history etc would not work.
Lovely views of .atera for the park opposite. Beautiful sight with lovely sun set.
Overall tour disappointing
Response from Host, Sep 2025
Thank you for sharing your experience. While we’re happy to hear you enjoyed the views of Matera and its sunset, we regret that delays and technical issues with the commentary affected your overall impression. Punctuality, a warm welcome, and clear explanations are essential, and your feedback will be taken into account to improve the organization of future tours.
kwon_m, May 2025
Our guide was very good. He explained to us about the Matera very well.
The tour bus took us to various spots for over looking sassi and visited real sassi house and took us to panoramic city view points. We did 6:30 pm tour and it was good way to see the city. Well worth the money and time.
Response from Host, May 2025
Thank you so much for your kind words!
We’re delighted to hear that you enjoyed the tour and had a great experience discovering Matera with us. It’s wonderful to know that our guide was informative and that the panoramic views and Sassi house visit made your experience special.
The 6:30 pm tour is indeed a magical time to see the city, and we’re so glad it met your expectations.
We hope to welcome you again soon for more unforgettable experiences!
Robert_B, May 2025
Best way to see Matera where the driver and guide led us around the tiny roads well. I recommend it.
Response from Host, May 2025
Thank you for your kind review! We're so glad to hear that you enjoyed exploring Matera with us and that our driver and guide made the experience smooth and memorable, even through the charming narrow streets.
Your recommendation means a lot to us. We hope to welcome you back again for more adventures in Matera and beyond!
Best regards,
Nina_H, Oct 2024
The panoramic view of the sassi coming alive with lights on in the evening hours was amazing. Very exciting experience!
Gregory_R, Oct 2024
Wonderful excursion. the 5:30 tour was great because we were able to see the town from the other side of the valley at early evening with lights. Absolutely amazing
Patricia_P, Sep 2024
Best way to introduce yourself to the magic of Matera. Comfortable, small bus travels easily through Matera stopping for multiple tours and photo ops. Narrated in your language it is a great 2 hour intro into Matera. Do the 5pm tour and get a panorama of the Sassi at sunset!
Christopher_J, Sep 2024
The most memorable part of the tour was the sunset view over the old town, historic town views and some cave dwellings.
The tour initially started with difficulty because when we arrived at the meeting point, we were asked if we had our headphones with us for the English guide. None of the English or French speaking group had headphones, and the guide spoke Italian to the Italians to describe what we were seeing. With this difficult situation, the guide downloaded English and French descriptions of things we were seeing, to her credit. Before the tour, the travel agency pointed out that the tour notes indicated we needed a headset, however we had booked this tour some weeks before and with prior travelling each day, we had overlooked these notes at the time of the tour. To prevent this happening on future tours, we requested a reminder be included in the top line of the tour, as it only mentioned “English audio guide” - no mention of having to provide our own headsets. The person who brought his headset was not able to access the information anyway. The tour did take us to see some of the places that were important to see, but it was perhaps not the best tour on offer.
Maria_P, Sep 2024
This trip was well explained and would have taken us 6 hours to do what was done in 2. Well worth the money.
Lisa_D, Sep 2024
Great way for my elderly parents to see Matera. This tour is very inexpensive. Could have been a little more informative. However, the people running the tour were very pleasant and brought us to a great restaurant.
Ashton_C, Aug 2024
Great way to get an introduction to the city. Great views and sights .The information was in English
Marisa_C, Jul 2024
The cave story and the view we wonderful. Our guide was friendly and informative, perfect bilingual tour.
Addy_V, Jun 2024
Emma was our guide and she did it excellent, she told us everything and was very nice! We had enough time to see and visit the beautiful caves and churches.
Marilyn_B, Aug 2023
This little tour was everything we wanted photo stops with no time restraints we downloaded an app to see the map and hear the commentary. It was an enjoyable tour
Steve_A, Sep 2025
Route in, and around the historic city with magnificent views at stops and relevant explanations
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feierherd, Aug 2025
We took the 18.00 hikes. Although it was mid-August in some parts the wind was cool and all of us who did the excursion were dressed in summer.
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Elisa_L, Aug 2025
Spectacular guide (unfortunately I don't remember the name) yesterday, August 8 at 10 we took the bus was just us, the guide was very good at explaining. I recommend it
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Annie_G, Apr 2025
Le jour même de la visite nous avons reçu un rappel que le jour de l'aventure était arrivé. Nous nous sommes présenté à l'adresse de l'agence où on 'ous annonce que la visite était annulée car nous n'étions que 2. Grande déception ! Nous avons fini par obtenir au lieu d'un minibus, un guide chauffeur de touktouk, avec une rapide visite, et quelques arrêts pour faire des photos. Ce n'était pas ce que l'on attendait.
Response from Host, May 2025
Merci d’avoir pris le temps de partager votre expérience. Nous comprenons parfaitement votre déception concernant l’annulation initiale du minibus en raison du faible nombre de participants.
Pour ne pas vous laisser sans visite, nous avons organisé une alternative avec un guide-chauffeur en tuk-tuk, offrant une visite plus courte avec quelques arrêts photo. Nous sommes désolés que cette solution n’ait pas répondu pleinement à vos attentes.
Nous prenons vos commentaires très au sérieux et allons réfléchir à des solutions pour mieux gérer ces situations à l’avenir et garantir une expérience plus satisfaisante pour tous nos clients.
Nous espérons avoir l’occasion de vous accueillir de nouveau et de vous offrir une visite plus complète.
Bien cordialement,
FRANCESCA_B, Dec 2024
Ci e’ piaciuta molto La Casa Grotta. Il racconto della guida mi ha fatto capire ed apprezzare la cultura Materana. Un’esperienza veramente positiva.
Alberto_C, Aug 2024
Fantastica esperienza nei Sassi di Matera con soste altrettanto meravigliose ai Sassi Caveoso e Barisano e ad un'antica casa grotta! La guida Imma professionale e pronta ad ogni esigenza...ci ha accompagnato perfino ad un eccezionale ristorante tipico...non acchiappaturisti! Domani sera si replica con un tour diverso sul tuk tuk!
Grazie di cuore dalla famiglia Cassano!
Maurizio_G, Jul 2024
Visita guidata incantevole, oltre ai luoghi che abbiamo avuto il piacere di ammirare, anche il racconto e la spiegazione della guida turistica sono riusciti ad incantarci.
Christophe_T, Jul 2024
Visite guidée en petit groupe, en français et en anglais, guide très agréable.visite très intéressante avec du temps pour prendre des photos
Andy_M, May 2024
Immo, die Reisefuehrerin war grossartig.
Gründlich in ihren Ausfuehrungen, klar und verständlich ihre Sprache und der Fahrer top sicher in allen Fassen
Lucie_M, Apr 2024
l'audio guide était en fait un commentaire dans le mini bus. Nous avons eu, en tout, 2 commentaires en anglais pour 2 heures de visite. Le reste du temps la guide parlait en italien. c'était une promenade en bus sympa mais sans avoir appris grand chose.
Le seul réel intérêt est un arrét à la casa grotta et au belvedere.
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