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Excursion to the Gravina di Matera and the Bat Cave
Matera, Italy
$45.41
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Overview
The Gravina di Matera, a breathtaking ravine renowned for its UNESCO World Heritage status, stretches nearly 20 kilometers from the historic city of Matera. This panoramic excursion invites you to traverse rocky habitats while immersing yourself in the stunning landscapes of the Murgia Materana Regional Park.
- 🏷️ Private Guided Tour: Enjoy a personalized experience with a dedicated English-speaking guide throughout your 3-hour adventure.
- 🚐 Complimentary Pickup: Convenient pickup is included, ensuring a seamless start to your journey.
- 🏞️ Explore the rock church of San Nicola all'Ofra, featuring interconnected rooms carved into the cliff with fascinating tunnels and stairways.
- 🕵️♂️ Discover the ancient Bat Cave, a significant archaeological site that reveals Paleolithic tools and the remnants of extinct animals.
- 🌄 Marvel at the breathtaking views of the Gravina di Matera, where steep rocky walls create a habitat for the rare black stork.
- 🗺️ Navigate the scenic path along the stream, taking in the rich history and natural beauty of the region.
- 📍 Convenient Location: Easily accessible via public transportation, with open locations available in Google Maps for your navigation.
- 🦇 Witness the fascinating breeding grounds of flying mammals within the complex of karst caves, a true natural wonder.
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Excursion to the Gravina di Matera and the Bat Cave
Pickup included
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 3 hours
- Pick-up
- Private transportation
Meeting point
Easily reachable via the Matera Sud road exit of the SS7.
Return details
Easily reachable via the Matera Sud road exit of the SS7.
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This ravine of karst origin and carved over time by its torrent extends for almost 20 kilometres, from the foot of the city of Matera, made famous for its Sassi (houses dug into the calcarenite and used for millennia by the locals) and declared a world heritage site by UNESCO. The ravine rich in caves, once strategically inhabited by the local population, flows southwards and touches the town of Montescaglioso, then flows into the Bradano river and finally flows into the Ionian Sea. We will go up the path of the stream along the ridge of one side of the ravine, enjoying the landscapes of the Murgia Materana Regional Park.
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The journey continues and reaches the rock church of San Nicola all'Ofra, a farmhouse with its rooms dug into the cliff that communicate with each other: tunnels, stairways, cisterns, churches, frescoes, developing on 3 levels of height. The cluster of caves overlooks the ravine of Matera and the stream that crosses it. A very suggestive place, in a breathtaking landscape, where the steep rocky walls also represent the typical habitat for the rare black stork, a wonderful bird at risk of extinction, which for some years has sensationally returned to nesting in the Lucanian territory.
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A complex of karst caves composed of large entrances and long, narrow tunnels, an important breeding site for fascinating flying mammals. In this place where research had already previously been carried out to find the legendary treasure of King Barbarossa, in the 19th century the local archaeologist Domenico Ridola found Paleolithic tools, ceramics, tombs with skeletons and fossils of extinct animals: such as the ancient ox and the 'cave bear. Today exhibited in the Domenico Ridola National Archaeological Museum of Matera:
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Excursion to the Gravina di Matera and the Bat Cave
Matera, Italy
$45.41
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
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