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Luxurious, rustic, and totally fascinating, Sextantio le Grotte Della Civita in Italy’s Basilicata is a bolthole like no other. A totally unusual experience and an indulgent place to rest your head, Sextantio le Grotte Della Civita is housed within a collection of prehistoric and incredibly atmospheric caves within the 9000 yr old city of Matera (which is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site).
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Staying in this new and unique (and we mean really unique), eco-luxury boutique hotel means sleeping within a conservation project and enjoying the rich atmosphere and history surrounding it. What could be better than waking up inside your room carved into natural caves, and opening your window to see one of the most spectacular and well-preserved towns in the meditterranean, where thousands of caves have been used for centuries as dwellings, churches and palaces? The rustic luxury interiors blend contemporary with ancient perfectly, and if these don’t wow you enough, the unspoilt views over the canyon’s Byzantine cave churches certainly will.
Sextantio le Grotte Della Civita is a perfect vantage point from which to take incredible tours: explore Palaeolithic settlements, cave churches & ancient frescoes, go bird watching, horse-riding & hiking in the magnificent canyon and sampling the delicious local food and wines in the “Cripta della Civita”. Head there now for your own slice of history.
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