Murgia Materana Park Tour

Emotional experience on board a Sightseeing to comfortably visit the modern and ancient districts of the city of Matera and to enjoy the beauty of both the Sassi, Caveoso and Barisano districts. The experiential tour ends on the Murgia Park of Matera where you can attend an unrepeatable natural spectacle of caves and ravines. It will therefore be possible to immortalize an unforgettable panorama offered by the Belvedere on the Sassi.

We dive into the Park starting from the Sassi districts, across the suspension bridge that crosses the stream. Visit to the UNESCO Park of Murgia Materana with unspoilt nature, flora, fauna, art, ancient history and archaeology to discover. Rock churches (cut into the rock) with millenary frescoes, cisterns for collecting water, farms and tratturi crossed for millennia on the road between Rome and Jerusalem. Personalized tours with professional hiking environmental guide registered with AIGAE (Italian Association of Environmental Hiking Guides). Limited number of participants. It is a unique and exciting tour. You will discover nature, history and art through one of the oldest territories in the world. Bring hiking shoes, windbreaker, water and hat with visor.

Set out on our join-in walking tour in the Matera Regional Park of the Rupestrian Churches enjoying a round-trip transfer directly from our agency. Explore Matera's natural area with our certified guide. As you walk along the trail, you will be captivated by the charm of the Park, carved into the ravines, with cultivated areas and remnants of Mediterranean scrub. Discover the rupestrian churches hidden in the Park. Witness a unique spectacle at the end of the excursion as you will admire the marvelous Sassi at sunset.

Meet every day in Jazzo Gattini for a 2-hour exploration of the UNESCO Park of Murgia Materana. Discover its thousand-year-old Neolithic archaeological wonders, and then visit frescoed medieval rock churches overlooking the Gravina canyon and the Sassi di Matera, ancient cisterns, dry stone walls; a full immersion that travels through millennia of human history, from the dawn of time to the present day. This area boasts not only a wealth of history and archaeological wonders, but also an uncontaminated Mediterranean flora and fauna, immersed in a land that never ceases to amaze and amaze those who want to discover it. With us you can also let children participate with games and curiosities about fossils, flora and fauna.

The thing that makes the Ape Calessino Tour special is the ease of getting to know and admire an extraordinary city, in an exclusive way (not in a group), optimizing times, without getting tired, especially in the summer, having fun. To be able to take photos, selfies and videos, alone or with your family, taking advantage of breathtaking views and unique views, which will remain in your heart.

Immersed in the Alta Murgia National Park, walking here one has the sensation of being in a large open space in which one can wander with one's gaze towards infinite horizons characterized by the pungent smells of mint and wild thyme in the intense green of the wheat fields or rocky pastures among the evident yellow of the ferula, meeting orchids and birds of prey. In this land, emperors, peasants, shepherds, woodsmen, together with the climate, have made the landscape and its culture unique. On the way we will meet stupendous farmhouses, we will cross oak woods, along the ancient sheep tracks of transhumance we will discover jazzi and post offices, we will travel along panoramic mule tracks and among the wheat fields we will admire large haystacks and ancient cisterns. On the hills, flocks of sheep will blend in with the characteristic sharp rocks that give this area its name. We will reach the octagonal stone crown isolated on a hill at 540 meters above sea level. from where a vast panorama is dominated.

Immersed in the Alta Murgia National Park, walking here one has the sensation of being in a large open space in which one can wander with one's gaze towards infinite horizons characterized by the pungent smells of mint and wild thyme in the intense green of the wheat fields or rocky pastures among the evident yellow of the ferula, meeting orchids and birds of prey. In this land, emperors, peasants, shepherds, woodsmen, together with the climate, have made the landscape and its culture unique. On the way we will meet stupendous farmhouses, we will cross oak woods, along the ancient sheep tracks of transhumance we will discover jazzi and post offices, we will travel along panoramic mule tracks and among the wheat fields we will admire large haystacks and ancient cisterns. On the hills, flocks of sheep will blend in with the characteristic sharp rocks that give this area its name. We will reach the octagonal stone crown isolated on a hill at 540 meters above sea level. from where a vast panorama is dominated.

Trekking Through the Sassi and the Murgia: History, Nature, and Adventure Explore Matera on a breathtaking hike through stunning landscapes and ancient history! Start from the heart of the Sassi, guided by an expert guide, and follow the itinerary n. 406, leading you deep into the canyon of the Regional Park of Rupestrian Churches. Cross the thrilling Tibetan Bridge, suspended between sky, stream, and rock, and climb up to reach the Murgia plateau, where wild nature meets the charm of rock-hewn sites, and ancient testimonies carved into the stone. After an unforgettable journey through canyons, caves, and breathtaking views, a shuttle will take you back to Matera, leaving you with lasting memories of this incredible experience in the heart of Basilicata. A light trek, but full of emotions! Are you ready to go?

A unique experience, the data speak for themselves in the last 5 years the city of Matera has recorded a tourist increase of 400%. Thus standing at the top of the most visited cities in the world for its international tourism. Matera with its ten thousand years of history for culture, tradition and hospitality stands at an increasingly important growth. Matera is included in the top ten of the most beautiful Italian cities, "to be visited absolutely at least once in a lifetime". Seeing is believing!

This tour is a full immersion into the unspoiled nature of one of the most beautiful natural areas of Puglia. Thanks to the bicycle you can reach places of great environmental interest, inaccessible to cars. The professional guides, who lead the groups, know how to involve you with the "tale of nature", revealing the secrets hidden in every corner of this incredible treasure box of biodiversity.

3 days of trekking to discover Imperial Puglia, its rural and wild landscapes, its ancient maritime and Murgian culture. The feeling will be that of being in a large open space in which to wander with your gaze towards infinite horizons characterized by the pungent smells of mint and wild thyme in the intense green of the wheat fields or rocky pastures between the evident yellow of the ferula, meeting orchids and lesser kestrels. In this land, emperors, farmers, shepherds, lumberjacks, together with the climate, have made the landscape and its culture unique.

Immersed in the wild nature made up of rocky pastures and thick oak forests extending as far as the eye can see, native remnants of an ancient cover of spontaneous vegetation much larger than the current one, a place of botanical study on some rare species of spontaneous orchids. The excursion starts from Quasano, at the gates of the Alta Murgia National Park, a hamlet of Toritto (BA), and after saying goodbye to the monumental Tree of the Lie, we will enter the oak forest, along shaded paths, animated by the bells of the grazing cows, we will reach the panoramic point where we can admire the Adriatic Sea and the ancient Jazzo Lamadenza among expanses of wheat, habitat for amphibians and dragonflies. In this place of transhumance you immediately have the feeling of retracing the steps of the people who lived here a few centuries ago, where there is no shortage of large wild mammals, birds of prey, less common reptiles, such as the green lizard and the viper, and food plants and aromatic herbs. of the Murge.

We will start with a small breakfast under the patriarch olive tree, in an old countryside. Later we will go through the caverns of an ancient farmhouse. Under the centuries-old olive trees we will taste Matera bread and prepare a traditional dish from Matera, "la cialledda", which tells of the encounter between the typical bread of Matera, now stale, and the vegetables and mixed salads of the Lucanian land. All this will take place in a laboratory, at the end of which we will share this meal as even today the olive pickers do in their breaks. The cialledda will be accompanied by Primitivo wine and from the bundle containing Lucanian Slow Food Presidium products: Caciocavallo Podolico, Baked olives from Ferrandina and Pezzente salami from the Matera mountains. We will also be cheered by the sounds of popular instruments and the songs of the Matera tradition.

This tour will allow you to relax and visit the city of the Sassi of Matera comfortably aboard an Ape buggy. You don't have to think about parking or the road ahead, but just enjoy your holidays.

The tour takes place on the Murgia trails through the Parata Forest, accompanied by an instructor who will lead the group to discover the area. Once you arrive at the farm, you will receive all the instructions and basic rules for riding a horse in a suitable and safe manner. You will meet tame and lovable horses, who will lead you through the shrubs of the Mediterranean maquis, lulled by the slow pace of time. Dry stone walls alternate with patiently tilled fields, where the gaze can open up and wander, enjoying the coolness of a wooded area. Highly recommended for those who love endless landscapes, unspoilt nature and unusual sunsets, far from noise and cement. An immersive and relaxing experience to nourish all the senses. All persons of legal age and in good health may participate. Excursions are organised on a daily basis with bookings at least 24 hours before tour departure. Min participants 2.

The vast Murgia plateau facing the Sassi of Matera constitutes the Regional Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera, which has also been declared a World Heritage Site since 2007. It is a large rocky hilly area marked by deep karst fissures called: "Gravine". The show that appears before the eyes is truly breathtaking, since the whole inhabited area of the Sassi appears in all its splendor beyond the ravine. In a surprising and fascinating naturalistic context, following an initially somewhat steep path, accompanied by Environmental Naturalistic Guides, you descend towards the Gravina stream near which, in an area rich in vegetation, there is a characteristic Rock Church which " speaks to us” of the past. Looking up… the Sassi…. seen from the stream… amazement! Return to the Murgecchia plain and skirt the Gravina.

Enjoy a licensed guided tour of the Rock Churches Park: it's an easy walk on the Murgia plateau, within the 'Natural Historical Archaeological Park of the Rock Churches', and is led by an experienced licensed local guide. It will be possible to explore the naturalistic and geological aspects of the park, by walking on the edge of the deep 'ravine. Over 150 rock-carved places of worship, called rupestrian churches, give the Murgia plateau a spiritual atmosphere since the early Middle Ages. The deep canyon's stunning landscape acquires a new meaning as a place of the soul, besides being a scene of visible traces of agro-pastoral activities, dating back to the Neolithic period. Visit rock churches such as "Madonna delle Tre Porte". You have the chance to listen to an exiciting and cultural storytelling of the ancient time and hidden city and to observe the Sassi area walking on movie locations. This tour is for small groups of up to 15 persons and the duration is approximately 2 hours.

Only a bike tour into the nature of the National Park, surrounding the hill where the federician castle is located, can give the opportunity to observe Castel del Monte from unique, invisible perspectives. This bike itinerary is a full immersion into the "Murgia", between oak woods and pseudo-steppes, an infinite treasure of biodiversity. The bicycle is the ideal way to visit the Park slowly; moreover, the possibility of optioning our E-Bikes makes the experience suitable for everyone.

Join an exclusive private tour with transfer that will take you to the Crypt of the Original Sin, a cave turned into a church in the 9th century by Benedictine monks, adorned with frescoes by the “Painter of Matera’s Flowers.” Rediscovered in 1963 by a group of passionate locals, this crypt has become one of the main attractions of Matera, European Capital of Culture 2019. The journey continues to the Church of Madonna della Palomba, where you'll explore the fascinating underground spaces, including the icehouse, refectory, cellar, cistern, and kitchen. Finally, you'll visit the Crypt of St. Michael the Archangel inside the Masseria Jesce in Altamura, known for its 14th-century frescoes, including a Byzantine “Deesis” attributed to Giovanni da Taranto and Marian scenes painted by Didaco de Simone in the 17th century. A unique experience to discover the art and history of Basilicata, all comfortably reached by private transfer.

Experience a unique journey with our private Tuk Tuk tour of Matera, one of the most fascinating cities in Italy. Start your adventure with a panoramic ride through the heart of Matera, passing by the majestic Matera Cathedral and Piazza del Duomo, where you can admire the beauty of the architecture and the city’s historic charm. Continue on to the Sassi of Matera, a UNESCO World Heritage site, exploring the ancient cave dwellings carved into the rock. Discover the tradition and history by visiting the Casa Grotta Sassi di Matera, traditionally furnished, for an authentic experience of past life. The tour continues with a scenic excursion through the Parco della Murgia Materana, where you can enjoy breathtaking views of the Sassi and the surrounding valley. An unforgettable experience combining history, culture, and nature, all from the comfort of a tuk tuk!