Locanda di San Martino

Matera


The attraction of this Sasso Caveoso hotel is its subterannean termae romanae (Roman baths). Cave accommodation, with niches and rustic brick floors, is set around cobbled paths and courtyards. Featuring a tepidarium (warm pool) and caldarium (steam bath) like classical Roman baths, the spa is open only to adults, and costs €20 for hotel guests and €25 for others.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Matera attractions

1. Palombaro Lungo

0.1 MILES

This giant cistern, arguably as magnificent as a subterranean cathedral, is one of Matera's great sights. Lying under the city's main square with arches…

3. Cathedral

0.15 MILES

Set high up on a spur between the two natural bowls of the sassi, the wan, graceful exterior of the 13th-century Pugliese-Romanesque cathedral makes the…

4. Chiesa San Pietro Barisano

0.17 MILES

Dating in its earliest parts to the 12th century, St Peter's, the largest of Matera's rupestrian churches, overlays an ancient honeycomb of niches where…

6. Casa Noha

0.21 MILES

Highly recommended as a precursor to visiting the sassi themselves, this wonderful 25-minute multimedia exhibit, spread across three rooms of a 16th…

7. Museo della Scultura Contemporanea

0.21 MILES

The setting of this fabulous museum of contemporary sculpture – deeply recessed caves and the frescoed rooms of the 16th-century Palazzo Pomarici – is as…

8. Museo Nazionale Ridola

0.21 MILES

This impressive collection includes local Neolithic finds and some remarkable Greek pottery, such as the Cratere Mascheroni, a huge urn more than 1m high.