Hotel Sant'Angelo

The Hotel Sant'Angelo is a stunning complex of restored Sassi cave dwellings forming an authentic neighbourhood with stairways, terraces and small town squares in the ancient Greek-Byzantine city of Matera. This hotel features 45 unique guestrooms distributed over 16 historic cave dwellings with ceilings and walls of either roughly hewn rock or whitewashed stone. The ancient, asymmetric dwellings each have their own individual character and feature slate or stone flooring, stone- tiled bathrooms, elegant furniture and terraces offering panoramic views. Modern amenities include air conditioning, satellite television, high-speed Internet access, minibars and safes. Bathrooms have bidets and showers.

The hotel restaurant is set in two connecting halls with walls, ceilings and roman arches of roughly hewn rock and whitewashed stone, and serves traditional, rustic cuisine using local produce. Guests can relax with a drink in the bar, explore the courtyards and caves of the hotel, enjoy a book from the library, and wander round the art gallery. Panoramic views can be admired from the dramatic surroundings of the hotel's walkways and furnished terraces. Multilingual staff at the 24-hour front desk can advise guests on the local area, and there is complimentary high-speed Internet access in public areas. Parking is available for those arriving by car. The city of Matera is designated as a world heritage site, and features over 100 rock churches. Murgia Materana Park is five kilometres from the hotel, and the archaeological site of Mataponto is 50 kilometres away. Bari International Airport is 60 kilometres away, an approximate driving time of 60 minutes.