Matera: Sassi Walk with Cave House and Rock Church

For thousands of years people in Matera lived in homes cut into the rock. This walk takes you through the lanes and staircases of the Sassi with a guide who explains how the town collected rainwater, why it was evacuated in the 1950s and how it was brought back to life.

Along the way you visit a cave house furnished as it was in the early twentieth century, with the family’s bed, loom and stable under one roof, and a rupestrian church with medieval frescoes painted on the bare stone. The specific sites are confirmed with your booking.