洛坎達迪聖馬蒂諾 - 酒店及溫泉 - 馬特拉

Excellent Hotel and good location, its facilities are great

Wonderful experience sleeping inside a cave turned in to an excellent hotel room with wonderful breakfast. The city is small and the location of the hotel allow to move from one side to the other of old city. The underground SPA is just fantastic.

Spectacular Breakfast

One night on our way back to Naples after 2 weeks travelling around southern Italy, this is a must see destination. The hotel is a sensitive conversion of old caves and as a result is very quirky and stylish. My main criticism is that the hotel’s main photograph shows the swimming pool but in fact the use of the pool is EXTRA for a minimum 2 hour slot, which has to be booked with the receptionist in advance. It cost €20 for each of us so almost half the cost of the room I’d booked which I felt was very expensive, and not previously advised, particularly as we didn’t want any treatments. We only wanted to swim in the pool so a 1 hour slot priced at €10 would have been easier to swallow. However, I had set my heart on swimming through the caves as per the picture but they were far less atmospheric than I had expected. There were no towels available or offered alongside the bathrobe so after the shower we had to use the robes to dry off. The wooden loungers were very uncomfortable and no attendants about to ask for cushions. I was very disappointed. Parking in a nearby garage at €15 a day was better than parking a long way away and walking but again, this information had to be telephoned for in advance as it had not been provided with the booking - just “no parking’ on the facilities. My overall impression is they’ve spent an absolute fortune renovating the building and are now desperate to recoup as much as possible regardless of the reaction of guests.

Amazing transformation to keep the cave feel but bring in ventilation, air conditioning, electricity, and plumbing. Fantastic breakfast, with the most delicious pastries. All right in the middle of the incredible historic site of Sassi Matera. Only downside is that the wifi is spotty; but what can you expect when your room is a cave.