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Matera · Italy

Sextantio Le Grotte della Civita

Candlelit cave rooms in 9,000-year-old Matera.

In Matera's ancient Sassi — among the oldest continuously inhabited places on earth — Sextantio restored eighteen caves with nothing but candlelight, linen, and silence. Breakfast is served in a deconsecrated rock church.

Why it's cool

  1. 01Rooms are Neolithic-era caves, minimally restored
  2. 02Breakfast in a 13th-century rupestrian church
  3. 03Matera is a UNESCO World Heritage site
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