Location: |
Necropoli - Epoca Magnogreca, Via Marche, 74121 Taranto TA.
(40.45974544895635, 17.254111935088023) |
Open: |
Crypt of the Redeemer, Via Terni:
All year Sat 20-23, Sun 19-22. Chamber tomb of Piazza P. XII: All year Sat 20-23, Sun 20:30-22. Four-chamber tomb in Via Pasubio: All year Sat 20-23, Sun 19-20:30. Necropolis of Via Marche: All year Sat 20-23, Sun 19-22. Tomb of the Athletes, Via Crispi: All year Sat 20-23, Sun 19-20:30. Ponti Hypogeum, Via Di Mezzo: All year Sat 20-23, Sun 20:30-22. Guided Tour: All year Sat, Sun 19. [2020] |
Fee: |
Each Site:
Adults EUR 2. Guided Tour: Adults EUR 6, Reduced EUR 3. [2020] |
Classification: | Rock Mine Cellar Cistern Underground Museum Hypogeum |
Light: | Incandescent |
Dimension: | |
Guided tours: | D=2 h. |
Photography: | allowed |
Accessibility: | no |
Bibliography: | |
Address: |
Taranto Sotterranea, Necropoli - Epoca Magnogreca, Via Marche, 74121 Taranto, Tel: +39-347-612-2488.
E-mail:
Nobilissima Taranto, Tel: +39-327-455-7909. |
As far as we know this information was accurate when it was published (see years in brackets), but may have changed since then. Please check rates and details directly with the companies in question if you need more recent info. |
2014 | Taranto Sotterranea founded. |
Taranto Sotterranea (Underground Taranto) are numerous separate underground structures, which are of artificial origin. Those subterranea were used as quarries, tombs, cellars and much more. The oldest were built when the city was founded by the Greek, but underground excavations were made at all times. Most structures are rather small, the size of a private cellar, others are vast.
The responsible people soon realized that it was impossible to open 15 or 20 different sites and provide the personnel to keep them open. So they created Taranto Sotterranea in 2014, which organizes tours into the 16 most important underground locations of the city. In other words, there is a single tour which shows sixteen separate underground structures. Unfortunately, they shut down their website and replaced it by a facebook page, which is quite a shame. So the open hours we give above are from 2019. It seems the tours start every Saturday and Sunday at 19 at the Necropoli - Epoca Magnogreca, an archaeological museum located in the Via Marche. Six of the sites seem to be open on Saturday and Sunday evening for a few hours. But as far as we understand, all the explanations are given by the personell, which speak only Italian. There are no explanatory signs, and there are no translations in any other language, which is a problem for foreign visitors.
Unfortunately, we have no current open hours, the last we were able to retrieve, before facebook made it impossible, are given above. Also, the facebook page has not been updated since 2022, so we are not sure if the company still exists. Recent comments on Google and others were quite frustrated, as they were not able to contact anybody. So we are happy about any update, if you actually visit the site, email us, please.