Attraction · Matera · Updated on 1 November 2026.
Sassi di Matera is an attraction in Matera, Basilicata. This place has an audio tour of about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch. 18 of the 23 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km. Within 140 m you'll find a bench, a water point and a public toilet.
Audio tour · Sassi di Matera
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You're standing in the Sassi di Matera, the ancient cave districts of this town in southern Italy. Take a look around. Houses, stairways and alleys seem to tumble over one another down the side of a deep ravine. Locals simply call it la Gravina, after the river that carved it.
Read and hear the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.
The nearest pitstop of each kind within 1 km, as the crow flies.
23 well-known points of interest nearby, those with an audio tour first. 18 of the 23 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km.
Yes: a water point at 80 m and a public toilet at 140 m.
When you stand at Sassi di Matera, the Outdoor Pitstop app tells the story of the place in about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch.
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