Complete tour of the two Sassi - Barisano and Caveoso
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Ancient dwellings dug into the tuff. A deep "valley" (gravina) crossed by a stream. Roofs that become floors for the homes of the upper levels. A dense network of alleys, and the impression of walking in a papier-mâché nativity scene.
Highlights
3 hours
Offered in English & Italian
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
3 hours
Offered in English & Italian
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Typical cave house ticket furnished
Quarry house ticket
Tasting of typical products
rock church ticket
Private transportation
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Departure
Via Domenico Ridola, 61
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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The Tour of the two Sassi starts with a historical-architectural and anthropological introduction to the Sassi of Matera carried out in Piazzetta Pascoli. The guide will also illustrate the history of Palazzo Lanfranchi which dominates the small square.
15 minutes
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Piazza Vittorio Veneto
During the walk on the city plan, you come across two Baroque style churches, the Church of Purgatory and the Church of San Francesco d'Assisi. Continuing along Via delle Beccherie, the city's ancient commercial corridor, you find yourself in Piazza Vittorio Veneto. From here, after having appreciated the nineteenth-century Ferdinand fountain, commissioned by the King of the Two Sicilies Ferdinand II, and the panorama of the Sasso Barisano.
15 minutes
3
Casa Cava
Once you reach the bottom of Sasso Barisano, you visit an underground space, Casa Cava.
15 minutes
4
Casa Grotta Sassi di Matera - C'era Una Volta
Once you reach the bottom of Sasso Barisano, you visit a typically furnished cave house, a demonstration of how the miserable peasant civilization lived until the mid-1950s, the workshop of the famous master tuff maker "Sassi in Miniatura".
20 minutes
5
Church of Santa Maria de Idris
We continue to the Sasso Caveoso district with a visit to a rock church, completely dug into the rock and a treasure chest of Italian-Greek monasticism with precious iconographic testimonies from the 10th-13th centuries. A visit to the archaeological area of the necropolis of the "Barbaric Cemetery" is not to be missed, a vast area dedicated to around 150 burials dug into the rock, still visible, dating back to the 7th century. A.D. and from which you can admire a wonderful view of the cliff of the ravine and the settlement of the "Rione Casalnovo" or "Albanian neighborhood".
25 minutes
6
Province of Matera
The tour ends, going back up to the city level, near the Provincial Palace, with a small tasting of typical Lucanian products.