Visit Matera with me!
Ciao! My name is Nicola and I am a professional archaeologist and licensed tour guide.
I provide the best private tours of Matera, my hometown, the Sassi and sorroundings. I’m also a sommelier and love food & wine.
Explore the site and contact me for your best experience in Matera!
Nicola Taddonio
CEO
I’m a licensed tour guide and a specialized, multi-tasking, professional archaeologist. I studied and explored the history of Basilicata for over seven years in (almost) all the possible ways, and I keep doing it in archaeological digs in the Sassi of Matera and writing on magazines, books, and blogs. A few years ago I decided to share what I learned, to transmit the love for my land to any visitor who hires me. Read more…
Only the best guides!
The Sassi of Matera are not just a “Nativity Scene” or some ghetto where the most miserable people used to live. They are the result of a long and articulated evolution of one of the most ancient human settlements on Earth!
To know and understand all the shades and complexities and to transmit these to the visitors, a license and some passion are important, but not enough. You also need a deep cultural background and high professionality. Features that we surely have!
Our staff is made only of highly educated, experienced professionals. Try us! Your guided tour of the Sassi will be a fulfilling, complete experience.
FEATURED TOURS
Matera: Sassi and Old Town. Half Day
Our top seller: the best way to spend a half day in Matera. Perfect to touch all of the most important features of this unique place.
archaeological Food Tour of Matera
Ok, maybe we’re a little protective of our amazing bread. But it will be just the beginning of this incredible food tour that will take you through the millenary culinary tradition of this town.
Useful links
MateraWelcome
The only true istitutional tourism web portal of the City of Matera. Here you can find lots of useful info and links to several different tourism services. Also, every interesting event happening in Matera and surrounding is here.
MUV Matera
The site of the Virtual Museum of Collective Memory of Matera, thanks to the huge collection of historical photos, donated by private collectors, represent an important window on the past of the city. Beyond photos, the MUV is also a cultural association whose mission is to preserve the intangible heritage of Matera.
Rocco Giove's Photos
Rocco Giove (Matera) is a photographer specialized in panoramic pictures, with an amazing ability to catch touching images of Lucanian landscape. A look at his portfolio and you’ll want to be here immediately.
Matera2019
The official site of the “Matera 2019” foundation (now “Matera-Basilicata2019”). To stay updated with the program and related events. You can also find the entire bid book here. And, if you really want to, you can read its 120+ pages.