Transfer with Sightseeing from Sorrento to Bari

Approximately Travel Time and Unit: Full Day – 400 Kilometers
Private Vehicle and English Speaking Driver Disposal: full day from h 8AM
Sassi Matera, English Speaking Local Guide NOT included

Today leave Sorrento and while you are transfering to Bari do not miss the opportuinity on the way to visit one of the best places in the world… Sassi of Matera.

Matera is an astonishing UNESCO World Heritage Site and culture capital of Europe for 2019.

This city has gained international fame for its ancient town, the “Sassi di Matera” (meaning “stones of Matera“). The Sassi originate from a prehistoric (troglodyte) settlement, and are suspected to be some of the first human settlements in Italy. Sassi lie along the slopes of a steep gorge in a picturesque twist of caves used as houses, alleys, stone churches, terraces, gardens and tunnel.

Because of the ancient and primitive scenery in and around the Sassi, they have been used by filmmakers as the setting for ancient Jerusalem. A good number of famous biblical period motion pictures were filmed in Matera, amongst which Mel Gibson’s blockbuster The Passion of the Christ and Pasolini’s The Gospel According to St. Matthew.

Admire Sassi of Matera from the hill opposite the town for a breathtaking panoramic view that you will keep in your memory for a lifetime.

Later in the afternoon we then continue onto Bari.