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Live tours in Matera

Explore Matera, Italy, live with a local who lives there. A guide walks you past Sasso Caveoso, Sasso Barisano and Matera Cathedral on a video call, or talks you through it by phone.

10 live tours From 17,00 €

Explore Matera live with a local

Sessions run live, not as a recording: you join at a time in your own time zone, and the guide follows whatever you want to see or ask about. Sasso Caveoso is worth asking about: the older of the two cave districts, closest to the rock churches across the ravine.

Every date has a minimum group size: if it does not fill up, it is cancelled and you are refunded in full automatically. Small groups, real answers, no script.

What a live session shows

  • Sasso Caveoso One of the two historic cave districts of Matera, inhabited for thousands of years and emptied by law in the 1950s.
  • Sasso Barisano The other historic cave district, now the livelier of the two with hotels built into former cave dwellings.
  • Matera Cathedral A thirteenth-century Apulian Romanesque cathedral whose bell tower is the tallest point over the Sassi.
  • Casa Grotta di Vico Solitario A furnished cave house museum showing how a family and its animals shared one room until the 1950s.
  • San Pietro Caveoso A church built right at the ravine's edge, marking the lower end of Sasso Caveoso.
  • Santa Maria di Idris A church carved directly into a spur of rock, its frescoes painted straight onto the bare stone inside.
  • Cripta del Peccato Originale A cave church with eighth-century frescoes, sometimes called the Sistine Chapel of rock art.
  • MUSMA A museum of contemporary sculpture set inside the cave rooms of Palazzo Pomarici.

Neighbourhoods

  • Sasso Caveoso the older of the two cave districts, closest to the rock churches across the ravine
  • Sasso Barisano the district with most of the Sassi's small hotels, quieter by day and lively by night
  • Civita the hilltop centre between the two Sassi, where the cathedral stands

Food to know

  • Pane di Matera IGP
  • Crapiata materana
  • Peperoni cruschi
  • Pignata di pecora
  • Orecchiette con le cime di rapa

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Good to know about Matera

Do I need to be in Matera to join a session?

No. You join from wherever you are; the guide is the one in Matera, live on camera or on the phone.

How long does a session last?

Between 0.5 and 1.5 hours, depending on the guide and the topic.

What language is the session in?

Guides here offer Italian, English, French and Spanish; pick the one you want when you book.

What if I lose connection partway through?

Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up.

Can I ask the guide anything, or is it a fixed script?

Anything. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.