Matherarium

⭐ Matherarium: an exceptional visit to the heart of the Sassi awaits! Get ready to discover Matera's underground passages through an immersive multimedia experience that reveals the history of the town. Learn about the lives of the people that once resided in these caves, carved from tufa rock.

Highlights
🏞️ Visit the underground caves
🎥 An immersive experience with multimedia projections
📜 Narration of the Sassi story available in Italian, English and French
💧 Underground tank tour
🏺 Explore the underground oil mill and caves used to produce and store wine, oil and flour

General Info
📅 Dates and times: Monday to Sunday
- 09:30-12:15, closes at 13:00
- 15:30-19:15, closes at 20:00
- 21:00-22:15, closes at 23:00 (except Tuesdays)
- Arrive during your chosen time slot. Departures are every 10 minutes within each time slot
⏳ Duration: 35 minutes
📍 Location: Via Domenico Ridola, 15, Matera
👤 Age requirement: all ages welcome!
♿ Accessibility: the venue is not wheelchair accessible
❓ For more information, see the FAQs here

Description
Matherarium invites you to embark on a fascinating adventure into the heart of Matera's underground world, with an extraordinary multimedia experience that reveals the history of the town and its inhabitants, who once lived in caves dug into the tufa rock. Along the way, you'll explore authentic hypogeums, underground cisterns, an oil mill and other historic caves. The tour is available in Italian, English and French. Dive into the secrets of one of the world's most ancient civilizations with immersive 360-degree projections, bringing over 1,000 square meters of underground space to life, and revealing the places of spirituality, survival and the agricultural economy of ancient Matera. Enter a hidden world and experience the thrill of a unique journey through the centuries, and unearth the sea that once lay beneath. Buy your tickets for the Matherarium!