Ipogeo MateraSum Tickets + Audio Guide

By buying this ticket to Ipogeo MateraSum, you'll explore the underground city of the Sassi with an audio guide in English!

Why Visit Ipogeo MateraSum?

Located 39 feet (12 meters) underground and covering an area of 12916 square feet (1200 square meters), Matera's underground is a complex carved into tuff rock, built by the ancient cave-dwelling civilizations of Basilicata since Prehistoric times.

With your ticket to the Ipogeo MateraSum, you'll visit an authentic underground city while using an audio guide in English. Discover facts about life in this city!

During the tour, you'll learn about the distribution of underground spaces, see the streets, cisterns, places of worship, and houses, and explore the different layers of the settlement.

You will also learn how they took advantage of the territory's characteristics for building the hypogeum and the techniques used to ensure air circulation and natural light in the underground interiors.

Schedule & Tour Duration

The Ipogeo MateraSum is open daily from 10 am to 12:30 pm and from 3 pm to 5:30 pm. Final admission is at 5 pm.

You can access the hypogeum at any time during opening hours. You'll receive an audio guide upon arrival and have 30 minutes to enjoy the tour.