Matera Official Open Bus Tour with entrance to Casa Grotta
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Matera, Italy
- 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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What's Included
- Italian-speaking tour leader (assistance also available in English)
- Audio guide available in English, French, and Spanish via the POPGuide app (to be downloaded onto your smartphone)
- Admission ticket to the Casa Grotta Narrante (Narrated Cave House)
- 10% discount at MòVado Food & Drink bar, located in Piazza Duomo
- City map
- Earphones
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities (optional)
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Martulli Viaggi - DMCVia Alessandro Volta, 3/5, 75100 Matera MT, Italy
Please arrive at the travel agency at least 10 minutes before departure, before proceeding to the tour meeting point
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Itinerary
1
Castello Tramontano, Matera, Italy
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Belvedere Sant'agostino (Pass By)
2
Casa Grotta Sassi di Matera - C'era Una Volta
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Porta Pistola (Pass By)
3
Piazza San Pietro Caveoso
15 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
- A minimum of 2 participants is required for the tour to operate
- o francese durante il tour. Participants must bring a fully charged smartphone and headphones to access the audio guide in English, Spanish, or French during the tour
- Children traveling free of charge must sit on an adult’s lap
- The itinerary includes a few stops with short walks on mostly flat surfaces. Some small steps may be encountered along the way
- Please arrive at the meeting point 15 minutes before the tour starts
- 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
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Great way to get an overview of Matera. Highly recommend. They stop often at key spots for pictures. I recommend taking this tour upon arrival. The tour started on time.
Fantastic caffe near the meeting place with beautiful view of the caves.
The tour service contacts you through WhatsApp so pay attention to that, and Viator keeps confirming your tour through text messages.
We had booked 430pm tour and we're there at 4pm to find out it left at 330pm after some back and forth arguing, they put us on a tuktuk tour, not what we wanted or paid for, but Michele the driver made up for it.
He was unbelievable and took us all around and explained the town to us so we'll.
He made the ordeal so enjoyable.
If Viator is going to keep confirming your tour time, they should stay in touch with the tour company for any time changes to notify you.
It was as advertised and hit the highlights, which is what we wanted. Maybe a little too short , not good overall
Ima the guide is absolutely wonderful. Made sure we were all on the same page. Spoke clearly and was very descriptive of the history allowing us to invision the living back in 1950,60,70,'s etc.
Great wee trip. We did at sunset which was particularly beautiful. Covered all of the scenic and historical sites.
Between our short stay in Matera and the August heat, this bus tour was the perfect way to see the highlights and understand the significance of so many unique things about Matera in an efficient time period. Tour guide was excellent
Helpful to have a bus. Matera is a steep hill.
The trip showed Matera highlights in an efficient manner.
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.
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!
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,
The panoramic view of the sassi coming alive with lights on in the evening hours was amazing. Very exciting experience!
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
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!
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.
This trip was well explained and would have taken us 6 hours to do what was done in 2. Well worth the money.
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.
Great way to get an introduction to the city. Great views and sights .The information was in English
The cave story and the view we wonderful. Our guide was friendly and informative, perfect bilingual tour.
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.
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
Il faut voir cette ville au coucher du soleil et le soir. La promenade en autobus est un excellent moyen de visiter puisque cette ville est en hauteur. L'histoire de cette ville vaut la peine de l'apprendre. Les visites d'un musée et d'un sassi étaient très intéressantes.
Un esperienza unica e indimenticabile narrata benissimo e coinvolgente in poco tempo ci ha spiegato le grotte e sicuramente voglia di tornare
Me hubieran gustado explicaciones mas detalladas, con alguna anecdota, fueron muy sencillas. El recorrido muy simple.
De tour op zich was mooi. Alleen werden we bij het kantoortje niet echt ontvangen en moest je maar vragen wat de bedoeling was en waar we moesten wachten. Verder was de route korter als in de verkoopfolder en was niet duidelijk hoe nu de achtergrondinformatie geraadpleegd kon worden (via de app, via de luidsprekers in de bus, via de begeleider?). Maar het busje en de trip zelf was prima en er was voldoende tijd om bij stops rond te kijken.
c'est un tour complet des principaux points de vue en 1h45 libre a nous ensuite de retourner sur nos pas , mais les explications sont parfaitement adaptés au parcours.
Uma ótima maneira de conhecer Matera. Paradas em pontos estratégicos, inclusive uma visita a uma casa Grota. Valeu a pena!
Perdida de plata dura 10 minutos y para para conocer la casa grotto solos 20 minutos y ya. Hay audifones en español pero no es mucho lo que cuenta
Parcours dans, et autour de la cité historique avec de magnifiques points de vues lors de stops et des explications pertinentes
Tomamos la excursionismos de las 18.00. Pese a que era mediados de agosto en algunas partes el viento estaba fresco y todos los que hicimos la excursión estábamos vestidos de verano.
Guida spettacolare (purtroppo non ricordo il nome ) ieri 8 agosto alle 10 abbiamo preso il pulmino eravamo solo noi ,la guida è stata molto brava a spiegare. Lo consiglio
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