travel42 Hotel Review: Palazzo Gattini

Palazzo Gattini travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Located in the historic center, adjacent the duomo, on a colorful piazza, this former 15th-century convent underwent a five-year-long renovation to create what is one of the city's more delightful top-tier hotels that isn't anchored in prehistoric caves. It sits at Matera's highest point with the famous cave dwellings in full view.

Situated about 45 minutes' drive from Bari's airport (BRI), it is walking distance to the majority of the city's sites, and g...