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Penguin32

5/5Tripadvisor· 4 months ago

Once we found the hotel, we were welcomed with a glass of water each which we needed!|Shown to our room and the amazing terrace overlooking the town.|Very spacious room, comfortable bed, good amenities in the bathroom, stocked fridge and wine in the relaxation room. All drinks reasonably priced.|TV and wi-fi unique to the room.|Bed very comfortable.Rooms all very quiet, so no disturbance from any other rooms. Good air conditioning.|Good location for wandering all the lovely streets in The Sassi.|Plenty to do all day and great to head back to sit on the terrace in the evening.|Breakfast in the main reception area, we were helped by the lovely man making tea and coffee. I like tea and asked for the water to be boiled rather than just warmed, next morning the kettle was boiling away ready for a nice hot cup of tea.|Reception staff very helpful and friendly. |Breakfast is simple, yogurts, fruit, cold meats, cheeses and pastries. Enough to start the day.|Parking is about a 5-10 minute walk away. |If I have one negative comment to make, it would be about the spa. It was disappointing to find out on arrival that t use the spa room was 30€ per person. We couldn’t justify paying that to sit in a jacuzzi. After a long day walking it would have been nice to soak for 15 minutes. Also having to book which does make sense, but when on holiday there are no time restrictions so didn’t really want to have to rush back for a time slot. |Overall,despite the spa, we loved it and were wowed by the amazing terrace which was just the best.|Definitely a good area to stay and an excellent hotel.

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Bruno Catellani

5/5Google· a year ago

Great B&B in Matera, spacious rooms in a cave. Great location in the Sassi. Nice breakfast, helpful staff.

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HolmwoodMC

5/5Tripadvisor· a year ago

Wonderful place to spend a couple of days in Matera. Really enjoyed having the wonderful large private terrace to ourselves to sit and have a drink early evening and later when the town is all lit up. Delicious breakfast in cave and very friendly staff! Highly recommend

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Trip.com Member

5/5Trip.com· 2 years ago

Staff is helpful. Room scent & decoration is on point. Excellent hotel to stay

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poortrvler

5/5Tripadvisor· 4 years ago

Can't recommend this place more highly. If you're staying in one of the Sassi, a cave hotel is a must have experience in my mind. All the amenities were on offer for a very comfortable stay, including a robust AC and a beautiful bathroom. The staff was fantastic. We're going to miss the bread of Matera and the delicious breakfasts each morning! Thanks for an unforgettable experience.

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Gabriela Denchova

5/5Google· 4 years ago

One of the most wonderful places I've ever stayed in. The cave suit was very spacious, every little detail was in place. The host was very responsive. They let us check- in 3 hours before the check- in time because our room was ready. Left us a map of all the places worth visiting. The whole atmosphere ofMatera was gathered in this place and I am very happy that we had the opportunity to experience it. I recommend it to anyone and I wouldn't change a thing in this place. We even had our own cinema room in the cave suit. Totally amazing.

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trentonmakes

4/5Tripadvisor· 7 years ago

A couple years back I stayed in a quite decent hotel on the edge of Matera's old "sassi" (caves) district, which one's car could reach on the street side. This time we opted for the full "sassi" experience, with this splendid little B&B deep in the heart of the Caveoso/San Pietro quarter. The closest we could get with our car was a 10-minute walk from the hotel, which requires me to alert travelers up front of this one caveat: You may want to arrange your luggage so you only carry the lightest overnight bag to the Antico Convicino, because your physical fitness will be tested in navigating the steep, ancient stairways into the Caveoso area. (We carried our bags downhill for our arrival, and my bride was spitting bullets -- when we left it was uphill, and I had to carry her suitcase and mine on two separate trips. Just sayin'.) With that warning out of the way, once we had passed the physical training test, the Antico Convicino proved to be delightful accommodations, a kind of time machine that transports you to another era, to another way of life. The Antico Convicino occupies half of the cave dwelling space on a little cul-de-sac carved out of the rock -- so characteristic that several of the Italian tour groups that were crowding through the sassi during our stay stopped at our little niche as a star example of the ancient lifestyle. We had opted for a "standard" room, €90 a night in shoulder season (April), and it was really tight. The double bed was smack against the cave wall, so only one side of it had space to get up. The bathroom too was ingeniously compact; though the shower was not physically separated from the other necessary installations, somehow using the shower did not leave the other facilities wet. We did not, alas, carve out time to sample the spa. The Wi-Fi in the room was very strong. Unfortunately, there was no place really to sit other than the bed: as I say, the accommodation was very tight. Happily, just outside our room the hotel has placed a little outdoor table with two seats, and we were usually able to park ourselves there and still pick up the Wi-Fi, to write postal cards, etc. The proprietor, Tommaso, was very attentive to our requests for guidance, as were his wife, and the two young ladies who alternated in manning the reception desk, Giosy and Marika, both went out of their way to be helpful. The breakfast spread was unremarkable but quite satisfying, and the breakfast area was deep in the cave of an ancient sasso. Once we had settled in, we realized how ideally located the Antico Convicino is for enjoying the "Matera experience" -- in the very heart of the ancient district. Within a 5 minute walking radius of the hotel, one finds all the major points of civic life -- the rupestrian churches on one side, the Baroque churches uptown on the other, the proliferating restaurants, and the spectacle of each evening's passeggiata on Via Ridola and the Corso.

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Peter Malkin

5/5Google· a year ago

Great hotel with a nice breakfast in the heart of Matera Sassi. Staff was excellent, especially Domenico. Very cool to eat and sleep in a cave