Tour Giornata intera a Matera e Grottaglie

I hired a tour for two cities with a professional driver. A couple, Cristiano and Cathya, arrived at the hotel on time. They were not guides; they just took advantage of a transportation opportunity and took us to and from Matera. We did not visit the other city. I hired a professional tour and received partial transportation service. There are platforms that offer the same at a lower price. I do not need Viator for that. On a separate note, Cristiano and Cathya were very kind; he drives very safely, and we arrived at the place thanks to Google Maps. Matera is extraordinary; Viator is disappointing.

It is one of the walks that should be taken, very charming, romantic places, ideal to visit and enjoy as a couple.

Matera is a fascinating place, now a nature reserve, but for thousands of years home to human inhabitants. We were able to walk down and see close up where people used to live, even as recently as the 1960s.

Nine hours tour from Lecce visiting Grottaglie (not interesting) & Matera (very beautiful and intoxicating). Total travelling time was approximately 5 hours 30 minutes in a not very comfortable minivan which equates to more than 60% of total tour time. Conclusion: Lecce is too distant for a day trip to Matera (& Grottaglie).

We were slightly disappointed with this trip as we felt that in our option, there's no need to stop at Grottaglie for 2 hours as half an hour to an hour was plenty of time to see the ceramic shops which would have meant that we had more time in Matera. When we got to Matera there were no tours as it was the hottest time of the day which meant we were left to wonder around trying to find the Sassi by ourselves so we were rushing to try to find everything that we wanted to see as to not miss anything out. We understood that there was no guide on this trip just a driver, who was lovely but we were disappointed as there was no option to have a tour when we got to Matera. This was expensive but as we didn't have a car we had to pay it in order to visit Matera which I'm happy we did as it's an amazing place but wish we'd been able to have a full tour and more time there.