Matera Mystica Audio Tour in the Sassi between Mysteries and Spirituality

Matera Mystica Audio Tour in the Sassi between Mysteries and Spirituality

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5h
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Multiple languages

Overview

This is not a simple audio tour in the Sassi of Matera, but an immersive experience that combines history, mystery and spirituality.

Unlike traditional guides, it accompanies you to discover the most authentic Matera: cave churches, quiet alleys and hidden places, far from the crowds.

Each stage combines historical stories, mysterious curiosities and holistic readings, with an engaging and narrative style. In some stages you will also find short guided meditations, to live a deeper and more personal experience.

✔ Self-contained tour, at your own pace
✔ Secret and less touristy places
✔ Perfect for those seeking excitement and authenticity

A trip designed not only to see Matera… but to really feel it.

Activity location

Belvedere Luigi Guerricchio
- Piazza Vittorio veneto
- Matera, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

Piazza Vittorio Veneto
- Piazza Vittorio Veneto
- 75100, Matera, Basilicata, Italy

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Matera Mystica Audio Tour in the Sassi between Mysteries and Spirituality

5h
English

Travellers

Languages available

Starting time

Price details

€12.00 x 1 Adult€12.00

Paid at activity€47.00

Total

20% off

Until Sat, 9 May

What's included, what's not

Audio guides in Italian, English, French and German
Interactive map to see where you are and nearby places to visit
Guided meditations to enter the heart of the city and into yourself
Full access to all content with 20 detailed audio guides
Support / technical assistance in case of problems during use via WhatsApp
Entrance fees not included must be paid in person on site
Casa cave del Casalnuovo (payable locally)
Church of Our Lady of Virtues (payable locally)
Church of San Giovanni in Monterrone (payable locally)
Church of San Pietro Barisano (payable locally)
Church of Santa Lucia alle Malve (payable locally)
Church of Santa Maria de Idris (payable locally)
Convicinio di Sant’Antonio (payment on the spot)
Long diver
Close to Pozzo

Know before you book

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transport options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Belvedere Luigi Guerricchio

Belvedere Luigi Guerricchio between panoramic views and mindfulness meditation. This belvedere is named after Luigi Guerricchio, an artist deeply linked to Matera, who was able to capture its lights, shadows and geometries in his paintings. And looking at the view from this point, you can see why: what you have ...

Casa grotta del Casalnuovo

5m
Admission ticket not included

Casa Grotta del Casalnuovo and rural life in the Sassi. This cave house is a faithful testimony of how people lived in the Sassi until the 1950s, before displacement. A single room, carved into the rock, housed ...

Cattedrale di Matera

Cathedral of Matera between Romanesque art, faith and local traditions. The cathedral was built between 1230 and 1270, in the middle of medieval times, on one of the highest points of the city, symbolically separating the Sasso Caveoso from the Sasso Barisano. Its position is not accidental : it represents a centre ...

Chiesa di Madonna delle Virtu Nuova

10m
Admission ticket not included

Church of Our Lady of Virtues between rock art and spirituality. Its origins date back to the medieval period, between the 10th and 12th centuries, when Matera was crossed by Eastern and Western monastic communities. This cave complex is not a single church, but ...

Chiesa di San Giovanni in Monterrone

10m
Admission ticket not included

Church of San Giovanni in Monterrone and architecture in negative. This rock church dates back to the 11th-12th centuries, in the middle of medieval times, when Matera was a very active monastic and spiritual centre. The name “Monterrone” recalls the great ...

Church of Saint Peter 'Barisano'

10m
Admission ticket not included

Church of San Pietro Barisano between history, catacombs and mysteries. The origins of the church date back to the twelfth century, although the current appearance is the result of enlargements and transformations that took place especially in the sixteenth century. The name “Barisano” seems to derive from a ...

Chiesa Di San Pietro Caveoso

Church of San Pietro Caveoso between art, spirituality and legends. This church has its roots in the thirteenth century, in a time when Matera was a tangle of simple spirituality and daily life. The name “Caveoso” comes from the cavities carved into the rock, and this already tells ...

Chiesa rupestre di Santa Lucia alle Malve

10m
Admission ticket not included

Church of Santa Lucia alle Malve and the charm of rock churches. This rock church is considered one of the oldest of the Sassi complex, with origins dating back to at least the 8th-9th centuries. It was inhabited by a community of ...

Church of Santa Maria de Idris

10m
Admission ticket not included

Church of Santa Maria de Idris between rock, faith and iconic views. This church is excavated and built on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Sassi, a strategic and symbolic point. The name “Idris” has uncertain and fascinating origins: some connect it to the Greek term for “water”, others to a figure ...

Convicinio Di Sant' Antonio

10m
Admission ticket not included

Convicinio of St. Anthony between sacred caves and hidden mysteries. This cave complex, composed of several rooms carved into the rock and communicating with each other, dates back to the Middle Ages. The term “Convicinio” indicates a set of shared, close, intertwined spaces. It is therefore not a single church, but a ...

Palombaro Lungo

10m
Admission ticket not included

Long diver between underground engineering and water mysteries. l Palombaro Lungo is a giant underground cistern, built between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, although the water collection system in Matera has much older origins. This space, carved into the rock below Piazza Vittorio Veneto, is one of the most extraordinary examples of ...

Piazza Duomo

Piazza Duomo between views and guided meditation in the Sassi of Matera. This square was born in the thirteenth century together with the construction of the nearby Cathedral of Matera, between 1230 and 1270. This hill was chosen to create a spiritual centre visible from every point of the Sassi, a place that could symbolically unite the ...

Piazza San Pietro Caveoso

Piazza San Pietro Caveoso between history, mystery and cinema. In front of you is the Sasso Caveoso, one of the oldest cores of the city. This landscape is not just architecture: it is the result of thousands of years of human life. The caves you see, the houses carved into the rock, tell a storey ...

Piazza Vittorio Veneto

Piazza Vittorio Veneto and the Feast of Bruna with assault on the cart. You are in the beating heart of Matera, in Piazza Vittorio Veneto. At first glance it may seem like an elegant and tidy square... But beneath your feet lies a world, and around you flows a...

Rione Casalnuovo

Rione Casalnuovo authentic between medieval alleys and secret stories. Moving a few steps away from the beaten track, you enter a place that still preserves the truest soul of the Sassi. The houses carved into the rock, the narrow alleys, the irregular staircases: everything tells a storey ...

Rione Malve

Malve district between ancient history, rock architecture and mystery. You are surrounded by one of the oldest and most authentic cores of the Sassi of Matera: the Malve district. Here the city seems to whisper, more than talk. Every stone, every opening in the rock, holds a ...

Vico San Leonardo

Casalnuovo staircase between medieval history and authentic routes. This staircase has its origins in the Middle Ages, between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, when Matera developed completely adapting to the morphology of the rock. In a territory where it was not possible to build linear roads, vertical paths were born such as ...

Via Muro

Via Muro between hidden views and cinematic glimpses. The name “Muro” recalls the original function of this route: a margin, a boundary line between the inhabited part and the void of the Gravina. Walking, you have the feeling of being ...

Vicinato A Pozzo

15m
Admission ticket not included

Close to Pozzo and community life in the Sassi of Matera. The “area” was the heart of social life in the Sassi. Here the houses were not isolated, but overlooked a common space, often organised around a ...

Vico Solitario

Vico Solitario and life in the Sassi between traditions and legends. This small alley, set in the Sasso Caveoso, is one of the truest examples of life in the Sassi until the mid-twentieth century. Here the dwellings were not simple houses, but spaces shared between people and animals, often in ...

Location

Activity location

Belvedere Luigi Guerricchio
- Piazza Vittorio veneto
- Matera, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

Piazza Vittorio Veneto
- Piazza Vittorio Veneto
- 75100, Matera, Basilicata, Italy

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