The experiences
Twelve journeys tied to the seasonality of the Matera countryside: food, rituals, popular feasts and landscape, lived from within alongside those who keep them alive every day.
Light in the Bread Caves
Christmas in the Sassi
A procession of lights through the alleys of the Sassi, among ancient ovens and the scent of fresh bread.
Light in the Bread Caves
Following the Comet
The night-trekking variant: we leave the Sassi for the Murgia plateau, with torches and lanterns, to a viewpoint over the city.
Matinate of the Neighborhood
Matera's Carnevale
Masks, folk music and the pig-slaughter ritual: Matera's neighborhood Carnevale, experienced from within.
Easter and Madonnas
The Zite and Spring Picnics
Holy Week processions, the 'zite' sweets and the Pasquetta picnic tradition in the Matera countryside.
The Breaking of the Bread
La Bruna and the Wheat Rites
Harvested wheat, shared bread: the rites that precede the feast of the Madonna della Bruna, the heart of Matera's identity.
The Longest Day
La Bruna with the Materani
July 2nd lived like a local: from dawn to night, inside the city's most heartfelt feast, up to the destruction of the triumphal float.
Matera by Night
Mysteries of the City
An evening walk through legends, rock churches and suspended views, guided by a narrator in period costume.
Sassi and Crapiata
From the Market to the Neighborhood
The quintessential mid-August dish: legumes and cereals meeting in a single pot, as neighborhood tradition dictated.
Wine and Ciddaro
From Vineyard to Cellar
Grape harvest in the Matera countryside and winemaking following Lucanian rural tradition, among underground cellars and folk music.
The Temples of Oil
The Patriarch Olive Trees
An afternoon among the centuries-old olive trees of the San Giacomo grove, in the shade of the Patriarch, with an oil tasting and a visit to Masseria Mandola Lena.
To Each Their Own Oil
From Harvest to Mill
A hands-on experience: pick olives in the family grove and follow the whole journey through to milling at the oil mill.
Home Restaurant
Cooking with the Professor
A dinner at home, cooked together with someone who prepares it every day for their own family: Matera's most authentic, unfiltered cuisine.