Sextantio Le Grotte Della Civita, Matera

Set in a Unesco World Heritage Site in Southern Italy, the Sextantio Le Grotte Della Civita is a boutique cave hotel has undergone a 10 year conservation and restoration project. In Matera dwellings are carved out of the mountainside and have been used as houses and churches for the past thousand years; it is within these caves that the hotel's extraordinary accommodation is set. Featuring only19 bedrooms, each room has its own characteristics, décor and historic furniture. The rooms have been renovated to showcase the history of the region but also to include modern amenities such as designer showers and egg-shaped baths.