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Matera Official Open Bus Tour: Explore Historical Monuments with Entrance to Casa Grotta
4.6
31 Ratings
Matera
Our open bus tours in Matera provide an excellent initiation to the city, along with great opportunities for photographing historic monuments. Our services follow a route that covers all of Matera’s essential monuments and attractions.
Our open bus tours in Matera provide an excellent initiation to the city, along with great opportunities for photographing historic monuments. Our services follow a route that covers all of Matera’s essential monuments and attractions.
Duration:
1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Castello Tramontano, Matera, Italy - The Tramontano Castle is situated on Lapillo Hill, offering a view over the historic center of Matera.
- Belvedere Sant’agostino - Also known as Belvedere Colombo, the square next to the grand church of S. Agostino provides a scenic view of the city of the Sassi.
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Sassi di Matera - Barisano area
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- Castello Tramontano, Matera, Italy - The Tramontano Castle is situated on Lapillo Hill, offering a view over the historic center of Matera.
- Belvedere Sant’agostino - Also known as Belvedere Colombo, the square next to the grand church of S. Agostino provides a scenic view of the city of the Sassi.
- Sassi di Matera - Barisano area
- Casa Grotta Sassi di Matera - C’era Una Volta - A typical cave house in the Sassi of Matera.
- Piazza San Pietro Caveoso - Piazza San Pietro Caveoso in Matera is named after the church located on the eastern edge of this renowned open space.
- Matera - The Piccianello district - the first residential neighborhood of Matera, established after the displacement of the Sassi.
- Santuario Santa Maria della Palomba - The Palomba Sanctuary continues to draw many visitors and devotees. Besides its religious importance, the sanctuary is also culturally significant, housing numerous artworks, including valuable paintings and sculptures.
- Parco della Murgia Materana - The Belvedere of the Murgia Materana Park, a popular photo stop, is located in a region rich in millennia-old history. The Murgia Materana, home to the viewpoint, has been inhabited since prehistoric times.
What's Included
- 10% discount coupon at MòVado Food & Drink for a tasting of typical products or a drink
- Entrance to the Palomba Sanctuary (available according to the times of religious functions)
- Audio guide with App (to download on your mobile phone)
- Casa Grotta Once upon a time
- 10% discount coupon at MòVado Food & Drink for a tasting of typical products or a drink
- Entrance to the Palomba Sanctuary (available according to the times of religious functions)
- Audio guide with App (to download on your mobile phone)
- Casa Grotta Once upon a time
What's Not Included
- Earphones
- Tasting
- Tips
- Earphones
- Tasting
- Tips
Additional Information
- Tour shared with other travellers.
- Participants must bring their phone with a charged battery and headphones, so they can enjoy the audio guide in English or French during the tour.
- Tour shared with other travellers.
- Participants must bring their phone with a charged battery and headphones, so they can enjoy the audio guide in English or French during the tour.
Location
Matera Tourist Information | Guided Tour Matera
Via Alessandro Volta
You must show up at the travel agency at least 10 minutes before departure, and then go to the meeting point.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(31 Ratings)
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Nina_h
Oct 14, 2024
Good tour in Matera - The panoramic view of the sassi coming alive with lights on in the evening hours was amazing. Very exciting experience!
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Gregory_r
Oct 13, 2024
Excellent - 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
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Patricia_p
Sep 28, 2024
Best way to get an overview of all that Matera has to offer - 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!
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Maria_p
Sep 13, 2024
Great way to see Matera/Sassi! - This trip was well explained and would have taken us 6 hours to do what was done in 2. Well worth the money.
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856merif
Sep 10, 2024
Great experience we saw and knew what it is that we will not have seen. - Beautiful trip the Guide Imma talented made us just thrill with his stories all true stories.
Highly Recommendation this tour is really worth it.
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H6432xxloredanas
Aug 28, 2024
Great experience - Interesting tour carried out in comfort, visiting the essential sites, suitable for all
Imma, our Guide made us passionate and excited with historical stories
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Gabriellavx6322hy
Aug 28, 2024
Agency Martulli a guarantee - Beautiful hike, especially suitable for those with children, have fun, do not tire and learn. Guide Imma bravo, accompanied us on the journey to discover the stones and their history in an impeccable way. We will definitely do other excursions organized by this agency!
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Ashton_c
Aug 13, 2024
Great - Great way to get an introduction to the city. Great views and sights .The information was in English
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Lisa_d
Sep 4, 2024
Inexpensive and simple - 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.
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Christopher_j
Sep 20, 2024
A cheap and cheerful tour of Matera. - 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.
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