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Welcome to Matera, the city that enchants, seduces, invites you to visit it over and over again.

We will discover it together, on a guided tour of the ancient Sassi districts, or of the Murgia Materana Park.
Let yourself be enchanted by its beauty and its thousand-year history!

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  • Piano and Civita districts

    Piano and Civita districts

    This is the only tour without stairs. We will visit Piazza Vittorio Veneto, full of churches and monuments, and then head towards the Church of San Giovanni Battista and, then,…

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  • Sasso Caveoso district

    Sasso Caveoso district

    This is the most requested tour. From Piazza Pascoli we will descend into the Sasso Caveoso area to visit its neighborhoods and reach Piazza San Pietro Caveoso. If you want…

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  • Sasso Barisano district

    Sasso Barisano district

    From Piazza Vittorio Veneto we will head towards the Church of San Giovanni Battista, to descend into the Sasso Barisano area, where we will visit the permanent exhibition of Miniature…

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  • Grand tour: Piano, Civita and Sassi districts
  • Matera by night

    Matera by night

    Visiting Matera by night will be a romantic and evocative experience. From Piazza Vittorio Veneto we will walk towards Piazza del Sedile and the Cathedral. From the spectacular Via Muro…

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  • Park of the Murgia Materana

    Park of the Murgia Materana

    It is an easy walk on the side of the ravine which is opposite to the one where the city of Matera stands. From that side of the canyon, perhaps…

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Visitors’ opinions

From: Margot Stewart Lee – USA – 25/04/2024

I was recently part of a group (visiting Matera) which had Maria Grottola as our tour guide.She was wonderful – she explained the history of the region very clearly and answered our questions comprehensively. Her knowledge is extensive and her…

From: Luca Lattanzi – Rome – 02/26/2024

THANK YOU Maria for the beautiful day discovering the Murge and Matera

From: Christopher – Atkins Sioux City, IA  –  02/22/2024

This was a great way to tour Matera. Maria had a lot of information to share on what turned into almost 3 hour tour. And it was a good work out too!

From: Cinzia, France 12/27/2023

“Little science distances us from God, a lot of science brings us closer to God” (Luis Pasteur). It’s the quote I was looking for this morning when we touched on the topic of faith. We agree on one thing: it…

From: Katherine B, France – 06/23/2023

A special guide for a special place! We came to southern Italy in search of rupestrian churches and the history underlying them. We were so lucky to find Maria Grottola. She has a nuanced understanding of the complicated local history….

From: Rachel K Strafford, Vermont – 03/27/2023

Having Maria as a guide made all the difference! We spent a morning exploring the area caves with our guide, Maria Grottola. Maria was very knowledgeable about the history of the region and its plants as well as about the…

From: Fabio and Stefania – Modena – 03/18/2023

Thank you for the beautiful excursion and for telling us about your land with passion and frank competence. We’ve learned a lot and feel like we love her a little more.

From: Giulia Lisci – Bolzano – 01/04/2023

Thank you for the beautiful and exhaustive visit yesterday… I could have gone on forever!

From: Sara and Alberto Calorosi – Parma – 01/02/2022

It was a great pleasure to follow you on your historical wanderings, your adventurous exploration and the lovely chats we had! Thanks again, we will carry this day in our hearts for a long time… it will be useful in…

From: Giuseppe Lorusso – Gravina in Puglia – 12/05/2021

An exceptional guide, Maria, first of all a researcher, and then a tourist guide. Thank you Maria, you were the guide I always dreamed of meeting, not the “usual” guide!

Featured events

  • The new year’s of Matera: the Bruna festival

    The new year’s of Matera: the Bruna festival

    The feast of the city’s patron saint, the Madonna della Bruna, celebrated on 2 July, embodies the sense of identity of the people of Matera, almost as if it constitutes the very emblem of the belonging to the city. The strong sense of belonging to the city has been renewed every year for centuries around this iconic festival, with the intention of repeating it even better the following year, according to the motto: Ammogghj ammogghj all’onn c’ vaen, that is,…

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