Discover Matera, a Walking Tour Among the Stones in Matera, Afghanistan - A unique experience

Come and join this excursion where we will visit the oldest neighborhood, the museum of a cave house, a cave church, and a cistern. You will hear the history of the city of Matera, its traditions, problems and resolutions, legends, and much more.

Things to do Matera, a Walking Tour Among the Stones

Matera is a UNESCO heritage city, and in 2019, it was proclaimed the European capital of culture! It is one of the oldest cities in the world, and life has never been interrupted from the city's foundation to the present day. Matera is famous for its houses - caves dug into the tuff. Ancient men exploited the land to build homes. In this case, they dug the caves in the rocks of the ravine. In the 8th century, in the iconoclast period in the Byzantine Empire, the monks fled with the icons to Puglia. And they found quiet places in the ravine areas, such as in Matera for example. They dug churches in the tuff, decorated them with Byzantine-style frescoes, and founded monasteries. Over the centuries, the farmers continued to live in the caves until the 70s of the last century. After that, the inhabitants moved to new buildings, and the caves were abandoned for some time. The caves were taken care of in the last decades of the previous century, and a development period began for the historic city of Matera. This tour has a fixed price. It is not a free tour.

Included

onorario per guida turistica

Meeting point

piazzetta pascoli,