Matera Tour met Grotwoningen en Lokale Proeverij
Matera heeft veel te bieden. Het is een UNESCO Werelderfgoed, de Culturele Hoofdstad van Europa 2019 en een stad met grotten die meer dan 5.000 jaar oud is. Op deze tour slenter je door de historische straten, zie je eeuwenoude grotwoningen en proef je lokale specialiteiten en wijn uit Basilicata. En je kiest of je naar een grotwoningenmuseum of een uit rotsen uitgehouwen kerk gaat. Anna, een van onze deskundige lokale gidsen, zegt: "Op de grotwoningen van Matera werd vroeger erg neergekeken. Ze stonden vooral bekend als een plek waar armoede, ziekte en misdaad aan de orde van de dag was. Tegenwoordig zijn veel grotten omgetoverd tot chique woonhuizen, restaurants en hotels.”
Matera's oude grotwoningen, of 'sassi', worden beschouwd als een van de meest opmerkelijke en intacte troglodieten nederzettingen. En zijn de grote trekpleisters van de stad. Eerst wandel je door de barokke wijk, waar kerken en paleizen bovenop de grotten zijn gebouwd. Daarna loop je de wijken in van 'Sasso Barisano' en 'Sasso Caveoso'. Je ziet de oude 'sassi' die zijn uitgehouwen in de wanden van de kloof van Gravina. En het indrukwekkende uitzicht op het ongerepte, rotsachtige landschap maakt het plaatje helemaal af.
Je neemt de oude vertrekken in je op, waar de bewoners vroeger in erbarmelijke omstandigheden leefden. Maar in de jaren vijftig van de vorige eeuw werd de hele bevolking van ongeveer 20.000 personen elders gehuisvest. Als je nu door deze prachtige stad wandelt, zul je je moeilijk voor kunnen stellen hoe zwaar het leven hier in het verleden was. Verder proef je typische gerechten en wijn in het Lucany Restaurant. Om dan als je wil het grotwoningenmuseum óf een in de rotsen uitgehouwen rupestrische kerk te bekijken.
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Highlights
- Ontdek Matera, de stad op een heuvel die op de werelderfgoedlijst van UNESCO staat
- Bezoek een van de meest bijzondere troglodieten nederzettingen
- Proef typische gerechten en wijn uit Basilicata in een grotrestaurant
- Bekijk het grottenhuismuseum of een rupestrische kerk
- Ga op pad met een deskundige lokale gids met een ongeëvenaarde kennis van Matera
Goed om te weten
- Neem geschikte schoenen mee
- Sommige entrees en optionele extra's betaal je ter plaatse
Annuleringsbeleid
Je ontvangt 100% restitutie als je tot 1 dag voor aanvang van de activiteit annuleert.
Inbegrepen
- Transfer
- Gids
- Proeverij
Deze activiteit voldoet aan de criteria van de Global Sustainable Tourism Council. Door voor deze activiteit te kiezen draag je bij aan de bescherming van de plaatsen waar je van houdt, draag je zorg voor het milieu en ondersteun je lokale gemeenschappen
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