Matera Planning Guides: Tours, Tickets, When to Go
Plan your visit to the Sassi di Matera: which tour to book, tickets and prices, the best time to go, cave houses and rock churches, and getting there from Bari.
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Book the Matera: Sassi Tour with Cave House and Rupestrian Church
Two-hour group walk through both Sassi with entry to a cave house and the rock church of Sant'Antonio Abate, from $33.
The best time to visit Matera
When to visit Matera: average highs month by month, summer heat on the Sassi stairs, Festa della Bruna on 2 July, the Christmas nativity and sunset times.
Read guide →How to get from Bari to Matera
Bari to Matera by FAL train, FlixBus, car or day-trip coach: journey times, fares, the Sunday rail gap, the Sassi ZTL and parking, plus Naples and Lecce.
Read guide →Matera cave houses and rock churches
What a Sassi cave house looks like inside, the four cave-house museums, the main rock churches, photo rules, and which Matera tours go inside which.
Read guide →Matera in one day
A one-day Matera plan: a guided Sassi walk in the morning, lunch, a rock church or museum, sunset at a viewpoint, how many days to stay and arriving from Bari.
Read guide →James Bond and film locations in Matera
Where No Time to Die was filmed in Matera, what is confirmed and what is fan lore, The Passion of the Christ sites, the $73 Bond tour and a walk to do alone.
Read guide →Matera Sassi tickets and prices
The Sassi streets are free. Rock churches cost €4.50 each or €10 for three, Casa Grotta €8, plus MUSMA, the cistern, the underground sites and Murgia trails.
Read guide →Which Matera Sassi tour should you book?
Every Matera Sassi tour compared: walks, private guides, tuk-tuks, buses, sunset tours and Bari day trips, with what each enters and a pick for each traveler.
Read guide →Ready to go? Check dates for the most-reviewed guided walk through the Sassi.
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More tours and times nearby. Each listing shows its own cancellation policy.