Parco delle Chiese Rupestri Tour

The excursion to the Park of the Rock Churches is a beautiful and special experience that involves adults and children. Through this path you can identify yourself in the history that characterizes this place, from prehistory to the Bronze Age, until the Middle Ages. On Murgia Timone, along the beaten paths since the Neolithic, where the first human settlements of prehistory took shape, we will visit the remains of a primitive burial and the ancient traces of the Neolithic village.

Continuing along the way you come across particular rock churches of which Madonna delle tre porte and the Crypt of San Falcione (visible only externally). During the excursion you will have in front of you a unique show given to you by the city of Sassi while it lights up at sunset .

Highlights:

• Trekking through the history of Matera;
• Rupestrian churches dug in caves;
• Sunset over the city of Sassi.

In detail:

• Neolithic entrenched village of the VII millennium C., of the Iazzo Gattini;
• Crypt of San Falcione with a beautiful fresco depicting the presentation of Jesus in the temple;
• Rupestrian church of the Madonna delle Tre Porte with the presence of frescoes of Byzantine culture of considerable artistic and historical value dating from the twelfth and seventeenth centuries;
• Panoramic Point of the Golgotha in the movie “The Passion of the Christ” location that inspired Mel Gibson.

• Free pick-up service A/R from Matera to Parco della Murgia ( Courtesy shuttle );

THE FEE INCLUDES*:

• Ticket to the Rupestrian Churches;
• Duration of the tour of approximately 2 e 30″;
• Certified regional travel guide.

THE FEE DOES NOT INCLUDE:

• Food or beverages;
• Tastings;
• Probable tips;
• All that is not included in “The fee includes”*.

Cancellation:

• THE TRIP MAY BE CANCELED OR POSTPONED IN CASE OF ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
• Withdrawal: Requests for cancellation must be communicated by email to info@martulliviaggi.com .
• Cancellation without penalty 3 days before the departure of the Tour.
• Cancellation after 3 days payment of 100% of the Tour fee.

Assistance h 24 phone numbers :

• +39 0835 33 45 43
• +39 333 135 1320
• +39 378 301 2970