What to do and see in Matera, Basilicata: The Best Things to do Good for Couples

A restored XVI century building with court located in via San Giovanni Vecchio 60 (Sasso Barisano) is the home of the 500 m2 large Museo Laboratorio della Civiltà Contadina (Museum-Workshop of the Peasant Culture). The exhibition rooms are dedicated to the ancient trades related to the work in the fields but also to all the other handicraft activities carried on in the ancient quarters of Matera: sieve-maker, tanner, shepherd, basket-maker, cavamonti, shoe-shiner, barber, cabinet-maker, mastro d'ascia, blacksmith, tailor, conciapiatti, potter, knife-grinder, saddler, coppersmith, cobbler, peasant, scalpellino. Also, various every-day tools are exposed: farm tools, equipment for storage and processing of wheat, weaving equipment. Other rooms are dedicated to daily-life places - such as the public wine cellar and the typical house - and themes related to the South-Italy history such as brigandage, childhood condition and water-harvesting. The Museo-Laboratorio aims to be a dynamic structure among the tourism products of Matera and a reference for the development of the culture of the past through exhibition and educational activities.

Matera Tour Guide, with Antonio Manicone and Eleonora Sansone (local guides), provides tourist consulting and high professional tourist services, especially guided tours. Our proposals for customised tours and cultural routes are addressed also to groups and schools.

We offer our knowledge and passion to anyone who wants to enjoy guided tours in Italian or English with pre-established itineraries or customized proposals to discover the sensational beauties of Matera and his territory and give you the chance to live the unique experience of places for the charms and ancient history.

Matera, conosciuta come La città dei Sassi, si è sviluppata intorno al suo antico borgo. Nel 1993 è diventata Patrimonio Mondiale dell’UNESCO e sarà Capitale Europea della cultura 2019. Questi riconoscimenti hanno riscattato una città ritenuta vergogna nazionale. Grazie al volere di Togliatti e De Gasperi che hanno voluto lo sfollamento dei Sassi Matera conosciuta come La città dei Sassi si è sviluppata intorno al suo antico borgo. Nel 1993 è diventata Patrimonio Mondiale dell’UNESCO e sarà Capitale Europea della cultura 2019. Questi riconoscimenti hanno riscattato una città ritenuta vergogna nazionale. Grazie al volere di Togliatti e De Gasperi che hanno voluto lo sfollamento dei Sassi, Matera si è ripresa da questo periodo oscuro I Rioni del centro storico Il centro storico è suddiviso in quattro parti: Civita, Sasso Barisano, Sasso Caveoso e Il Piano. Le antiche civiltà che hanno popolato il lato della gravina dove attualmente sorge Matera, si sono insediate sulla Civita.

Hello, I'm Renato Favilli a licensed tour guide. Materavventura well as offering classic tourist paths, want to live the experience of visiting through unconventional paths coming to discover the most unexplored; crossings of streams, walks in the nature and history of the area, not forgetting the traditions and folklore. Discovery and fun guaranteed.

Our company offers guided tours around the "Sassi", the old Town of Matera, by Italian tuk-tuk also called "Ape Calessino". We have also a private taxi service by car to move from/to Matera from/to everywhere. Airports, train station, tour in Basilicata and Puglia region. Take a reservation with us using email, WhatsApp or website and... ENJOY THE RIDE!

Ama Matera offers high quality tours in the magical scenery of the Sassi di Matera and the Park of Rock Churches. Limited number of participants, experience and passion of the guides, not standardized routes guarantee the prefix result: to get tourists to fall in love with Matera, Sassi.

Visite guidate e tour personalizzati a Matera e in Basilicata. Materaculturale ha ricercato e selezionato una serie di itinerari esclusivi, per singoli viaggiatori e per gruppi. Visite ed itinerari d’arte e architettura, percorsi naturalistici, trekking ed escursionismo, cicloturismo, ippoturismo e gustosi gourmet tour. Partenze giornaliere da P.zza V. Veneto e da P.tta Pascoli.

Matera Sum ipogeo is a place where space and time stop to tell you the history. traditions and culture mix of one of the most ancient cities in the world. pure emotion from the depths of the earth

Hi, my name is Silvio Scocuzza and I will be happy to be your licensed Tour Guide of Matera, of Basilicata Region and nearby Apulia Region in English, Italian (mother tongue) and German Language. The “value added” of each journey is given by the integration with the territory you are visiting and by the direct contact with the local people, who are living and transforming it. Please feel free to contact me for any information or help you may need!