Locanda Di San Martino Hotel & Thermae Romanae

The rooms were very unique and authentic, with enough space for our family of 5. There is an elevator, but stairs are necessary to get to the hotel. Parking is about 600m away, and we appreciate the hotel’s recommendation for the nearest garage. If you have a lot of bags, I recommend you arrange with the hotel to pick them up near the garage and transport them for you, otherwise you will be walking many stairs with your luggage. At the time of our visit, the pool was closed for repairs. The staff made us aware of this before we arrived, but we did not realise that this impacted the hot water elsewhere in the spa - we appreciate that the hotel refunded us the entry fee when we decided not to stay. I hope once the spa is repaired other guests can enjoy it, had it been functional I’m sure it would have been very nice, although €25 per person to access the pool seems expensive to me. Overall we had a great stay and enjoyed exploring and staying in Matera, I would recommend this hotel to others.

The hotel has a fantastic location right in the heart of Matera, just a short walk from historic sites and great restaurants. Our room was spacious and beautifully decorated, and breakfast was excellent, with plenty of variety, including vegetarian options. It was also really convenient to have luggage storage, allowing us to explore the city before check-in.

Matera is one of those magical places, it has gone from being the “shame of Italy” to a UNESCO World Heritage Site, to one of the 2019 European Capitals of Culture. The city is one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in history. It has been the filming location for many movies. The ancient architecture, the cave dwellings, the views at every turn, with that less touristy feel, made it one of my absolute favorite site of my 3 weeks in Italy... I had that smile the entire day! There are a lot of stairs, hillside cliffs, to walk up and down, Matera provenant itself challenging, and to beat the heat, the early morning, and late night discoveries happened. I stayed in this famous cave hotel, including the vistas and the underground Roman baths... one day was not sufficient! Arrivederci Matera !

Everything! I think all of the rooms are accessed through the terrace so there is a table and chair out front with the most amazing view of matera . The spa was even better than the pictures , you go through that room shown above and there’s two little circle areas with seating in the last. The rooms were really nicely decorated and clean and pretty spacious for Italy. Breakfast was a lovely spread that i wish I had more appetite for!

I LOVED the location of the sophistication of this hotel with the noted bonus of access to thermal pools and spa to take a much needed rest after a hot day and/or walking around town, cave hike, or visiting all the sites! A 2-night stay was the perfect amount of time for those who are trying to see a ton of regions, but if you have time to embrace the dolce far niente of Italy, 3-nights would provide the slower pace to the Italian life. The property boasted 180 degree views of the sassi lit up at night or the orange glow in the morning. The higher the room location, the more landscape you can see, but you can easily walk up to the other levels to gain other perspectives should you have a room on the first or second level. They have an elevator, but it was fun to walk the outside perimeter stairs for different perspectives. It was also an easy walk into the main part of town (take a right when you head out of the hotel for a shorter stair walk), but I would only suggest to stay in the sassi if you are will and able bodied, and healthy to walk stairs as you will need to climb a lot of stairs as part of the adventure to get lost and get in and out of the sassi / hotel. Otherwise, there are plenty of accommodation options on the main street or perimeter where you can overlook the sassi as well. The hotel was well kept, the rooms had closed or open door options to let light in or keep dark and cool, great water pressure, cool AC, a shuttle service from their preferred parking lot they will advise, and helped with luggage for those of us who always unnecessarily overpack.