That’s what brought us to Sextantio Le Grotte della Civita, an 18-room albergo diffuso ("scattered hotel") built into centuries-old caves in the mountainside city of Matera in southern Italy.

The Sassi di Matera are a series of ancient cave dwellings in the Italian city of Matera, Basilicata which have been inhabited since the Palaeolithic period. In 1993, the Sassi and the Park of the ...

The first inhabited zone dates from the Palaeolithic, while later settlements illustrate a number of significant stages in human history. Matera is in the southern region of Basilicata.

Nestled in Italy lies a true natural and architectural wonder that is considered to be the oldest urban settlement in Europe. The city was built above a ravine, named Gravina of Matera, and is ...