Unique hotel in a beautiful Italian hill town - Refundable hotel

Sextantio Le Grotte della Civita, Matera, Italy

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Classic room
Matera
Matera
Superior room
Classic room
Matera
Matera
Superior room
Classic room
Matera

Property details

Escape to a rustic cave hotel with boutique rooms in one of Italy's most beautiful and romantic towns, including breakfast and more. Refundable hotel - book with confidence
  • Enchanting cave hotel: This ancient town is home to Sextantio le Grotte della Civita, a lovingly-preserved warren of caves that nabbed a TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Award 2019. This one-of-a-kind hotel comprises a series of spacious rooms cut directly into the bare tufa rock, whose irregular pitted surface is picked out by flickering candlelight.

  • La dolce vita: The Tasting Room at the Rock Hewn Church is Sextantio le Grotte della Civita's restaurant. In keeping with the rest of the hotel, it's housed in the stone-cut premises of an ancient church. The expert chef here lays on sumptuous traditional meals, and all ingredients are drawn from the finest produce the region has to offer

  • Cave with a view: Luxurious rooms boast comfortable linen beds, rustic furnishings, stylish scooped freestanding porcelain bath tubs and exposed stone walls – you are sleeping in a cave, after all – and show off stunning views out over the countryside. With dim lighting, plenty of candles and stone archways, these rooms are as romantic as it gets. 

How to get there

The hotel sits on the hillside of charming and historic Matera, about an hour and 20 minutes away from Bari Karol Wojtyla Airport, or three hours from Naples Airport. Due to the hotel's rural location, we recommend hiring a car so you can explore with ease. 

Good to know

Please note that this property is set in a restricted traffic area; access by car is not permitted. Parking parking is possible nearby for a fee; please contact the hotel for more details.



Entry requirements


The passport, visa and health requirements at the time of booking can be viewed on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website for UK citizens, and on the Department of Foreign Affairs website for IE citizens. It is your responsibility to ensure that you and all members of your party are in possession of all necessary travel and health documents, and in compliance with any other immigration/entry requirements before you travel, including whether your passport must be machine readable or which visas/waivers may be required for entry, such as ESTA for USA travel and/or ETIAS for EU travel. Please also be sure to check the validity of your passport and allow up to 10 weeks for passport renewals.

  • Enchanting cave hotel: This ancient town is home to Sextantio le Grotte della Civita, a lovingly-preserved warren of caves that nabbed a TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Award 2019. This one-of-a-kind hotel comprises a series of spacious rooms cut directly into the bare tufa rock, whose irregular pitted surface is picked out by flickering candlelight.

  • La dolce vita: The Tasting Room at the Rock Hewn Church is Sextantio le Grotte della Civita's restaurant. In keeping with the rest of the hotel, it's housed in the stone-cut premises of an ancient church. The expert chef here lays on sumptuous traditional meals, and all ingredients are drawn from the finest produce the region has to offer

  • Cave with a view: Luxurious rooms boast comfortable linen beds, rustic furnishings, stylish scooped freestanding porcelain bath tubs and exposed stone walls – you are sleeping in a cave, after all – and show off stunning views out over the countryside. With dim lighting, plenty of candles and stone archways, these rooms are as romantic as it gets. 

How to get there

The hotel sits on the hillside of charming and historic Matera, about an hour and 20 minutes away from Bari Karol Wojtyla Airport, or three hours from Naples Airport. Due to the hotel's rural location, we recommend hiring a car so you can explore with ease. 

Good to know

Please note that this property is set in a restricted traffic area; access by car is not permitted. Parking parking is possible nearby for a fee; please contact the hotel for more details.



Entry requirements


The passport, visa and health requirements at the time of booking can be viewed on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website for UK citizens, and on the Department of Foreign Affairs website for IE citizens. It is your responsibility to ensure that you and all members of your party are in possession of all necessary travel and health documents, and in compliance with any other immigration/entry requirements before you travel, including whether your passport must be machine readable or which visas/waivers may be required for entry, such as ESTA for USA travel and/or ETIAS for EU travel. Please also be sure to check the validity of your passport and allow up to 10 weeks for passport renewals.

Location and what's nearby

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Via Civita, 28, 75100 Matera, Italy

Experience a world of rolling Italian hills, spectacular Mediterranean cuisine and Stone Age accommodation, the likes of which you're unlikely to have ever seen before. The southern Italian city of Matera – a European Capital of Culture for 2019 – boasts charming, historic town squares and churches, while the local countryside is absolutely stunning, with plunging gorges, soaring cliff faces and diverse flora and fauna.

Make time for the museums on the history of the town's caves and Roman inhabitation. The property is also located in the oldest part of Sassi, making it a history-lover's dream hideaway. The surrounding countryside is a hiker's paradise. Take a trip to the Alta Murgian National Park and Nature Reserve which boasts some stunning cave church complexes, beautiful flora and diverse bird life.