Boutique Hotel nel cuore degli storici rioni Sassi a Matera (patrimonio mondiale Unesco), in posizione dominante e panoramica sorge dal 1756 il Palazzo degli Abati, antica dimora del Capitolo della contigua Chiesa rupestre di San Pietro Barisano, la più grande della città.
If you arrive by car or motorcycle, from any direction, take the exit Matera 2 -Centro- follow the signs to the center and then to the Sassi. The Sassi have two driveways: Via D’Addozio and Via Bruno Buozzi. Our structure can be reached more easily from the Via D’Addozio. This is located near the Villa Comunale, along Via Piave. Immediately upon entering the Sasso Barisano from Via D’Addozio, shortly after the Church of St. Augustine, on the right there is Via San Pietro Barisano. We are in a little square: you can not miss us. Our exact address is Via San Pietro Barisano n27. If the navigation system has difficulties you can set Via D’Addozio. Our way is going down the right, clearly visible. From the Adriatic coast: take the Bologna-Taranto highway until Bari North. Follow the directions to Altamura – Matera along the SS 99. From the Tyrrhenian coast: take the Salerno – Reggio Calabria, exit at Sicignano degli Alburni. Continue up to Potenza, and then to Metaponto along the SS 407 called “Basentana” until you see the signals for Matera.
PARKING
Palazzo degli Abati is located in the Sassi, a UNESCO world heritage and a very ancient historical area of Matera.
Throughout the Sassi area there is a ZTL (LIMITED TRAFFIC ZONE), so access is NOT allowed to tourists’ cars, but only and exclusively to motorcycles, residents and authorized persons (such as taxis, NCC, disabled people and the owners of some commercial activities).
We suggest you the following 4 OPTIONS to reach our property and let you park your car (ordered by increasing cost)
(whichever solution you choose, the Sassi and the historic center can only be visited on foot, so you will not need a car during your stay)
OPTION 1: PARKING FOR FREE ON THE ROAD outside the ZTL (Traffic limited Area) of the Sassi area and reach us on foot;
OPTION 2: PARK at the “FORNACI” covered MULTIPLE FLOOR car park and reach us on foot (400 meters, 5 minutes on foot);
OPTION 3: PARK at a covered MULTI-STOREY car park “SARAGAT” and reach us with the public bus “LINEA SASSI”;
OPTION 4: PARK at a GUARDED PARKING with TRANSFER service FROM / TO THE HOTEL (by reservation only)
OPTION 1: PARKING FOR FREE ON THE ROAD outside the ZTL (Traffic limited Area) of the Sassi area and reach us on foot;
HOW IT WORKS: we are lucky to be a Hotel very close to the ZTL gate of the Sassi, in Via D’Addozio, which is only 300m away from us. In the area just before the entrance of the Traffic limited area of the Sassi, you can look for a parking space on the streets, and reach us on foot, descending from Via D’Addozio. The streets, just before the entrance of the Sassi of Via D’Addozio, with free parking are: Via Pentasuglia, Via Santa Cesarea, part of Via Piave, Via Volpe, part of Via Gattini and Via Santo Stefano ( click the map below to enlarge). HOW MUCH IT COSTS: there are free or paid parking slots (blue line, with parking meter, 0.70 cents per hour, except by night from 8:30pm to 8:30am). HOW TO REACH US from the Parking: in the below map you can see where we are (in red), where you can look for a free parking slot (in yellow), or a payment parking (in blue) and the walking route from the gate ZTL to our property in Via D’Addozio(in orange). You can also see the arrows that show you the driving way of the streets (main part are one way streets), in green you will see the walking route to reach us walking down the stairs of our Café Bistrot CRIALOSS from Via Santa Cesarea/ Via San Biagio. Furthermore, we inform you that as regards the check-out, on the day of departure, you can get to the hotel by car to load you luggageWITHIN AND NOT LATER THAN 10 AM, after 10AM in fact, all cars that get into the Restricted Traffic Area and/or get out of the Restricted Traffic Area they get a fine asit is forbidden to enter, exit and circulate in the ZTL from 10AM to 00. It is therefore necessary to consider the fact that you can enter by 10, but you must also exit the ZTL before 10. We advise you to follow the map we sent you, instead of the navigator, because navigators in the Sassi are not reliable and can create confusion.
OPTION 2: PARK at the “FORNACI” covered MULTIPLE FLOOR car park and reach us on foot (400 meters, 4 minutes on foot);
HOW IT WORKS: the covered multi-storey car park “Fornaci” is located in Piazza Cesare Firrao, 400 meters from our hotel (only 5 minutes on foot).
HOW MUCH: on the day of arrival you pay 1 € per hour until midnight. From the next day onwards you pay € 10 per all day long, regardless of the hours used.
HOW TO REACH US from the CAR PARK: We strongly suggest you to follow this link to reach us without problems and avoid steps as much as possible: https://goo.gl/maps/YJzSVSNzDq2rAfvN9 : from via Amendola, continue straight until the end of Via Amendola (you will find the municipal gardens on the left), once you arrive in via Stigliani turn right, at the end of Via Stigliani turn left towards Via Santa Cesarea: after about 30 meters from the Via Stigliani / Via Santa Cesarea intersection you will find some stairs on the right that descend towards the entrance of our Cafè Bistrot Crialòss (click on the photo to enlarge our entrance). Once you go down the stairs of our Cafè Bistrot on the roof with the tiles on the left there is a door with the lift that takes you to the Reception. We advise you not to use the navigator for the Reception as the entrance is from another street, which is much more complicated to reach.
OPTION 3. Parking in a MULTI -STOREY PUBLIC CAR PARKand get to the hotel by public bus “Linea Sassi”
HOW IT WORKS: the “Saragat” multi-storey car park is located in via Saragat, (toll-free number 800 629 057), and has connections with the Sassi via the public bus “Linea Sassi” every 30 minutes. The closest stop to us is called “Via D’Addozio-Sant’Agostino” (it takes 8 minutes from the car park) and it is only 1 minute away from us; you can consult the shuttle timetables here: https://www.busmiccolis.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/LINEA-SASSI.pdf
HOW MUCH IT COSTS: this parking costs € 0.50 per hour (daily cost of € 12), while the “Sassi Line” shuttle ticket costs € 0.80 per person each way; the ticket on the bus it costs € 1.50 per person.
HOW TO REACH US: once you get off at the stop in “Via D’Addozio-Sant’Agostino” and once you have the Church of Sant’Agostino behind you, you will find yourself in front of the “Baccus” restaurant (which is right in front of the Church of Sant ‘Agostino). At this point, once you have seen the Baccus sign, you will have to descend via D’Addozio for about 50 meters and then turn right where there is a narrow street that goes up, while Via D’Addozio will continue to go down; at the end of this small street we find ourselves in the small square, to the right of the Rock Church of San Pietro Barisano / Casa Cava.
OPTION 4. PARKING AT a GUARDED CAR PARK “TA&CO” with service of TRANSFER to/from the hotel (by reservation only)
HOW IT WORKS car park “TA&CO”:once you reach the car park “TA&CO” with your car, they will automatically provide a transfer to our hotel, according to regulations in force anticovid (please notice that the minivan could be shared by other guests, even from other hotels) .
HOW MUCH IT COSTS: € 25.00 per night or 20€*. Transfers for check-in and check-out are included in the parking rate. Any further request for transfer services outside of check-in and check-out require a supplement of € 10 for each round trip.*DIRECT BOOKING PROMOTION: In case of direct booking of your stay (not through travel agency, Booking.com, Expedia, or other intermediary channels) we pay for you € 5 per night for the parking, so the final rate for you will be € 20 per night, instead of 25 €. For more information do not hesitate to contact us! This promotion is valid only for this TA&CO car park.
OPENING HOURS:from 8am to 8pm. There is a surcharge of € 10 for transfer requests before 8am and for arrivals after 8pm.
HOW TO BOOK IT: We can book it for you once we know the following data: 1) LICENCE PLATE; 2) CAR MODEL; 3) TIME OF ARRIVAL. The parking does NOT accept cars without reservation.
WHERE IT IS AND HOW TO REACH IT: the car park is 12 minutes from our hotel. The address is Contrada Rondinelle, Matera, but, as there is no house number, we recommend that you follow the google map directions by clicking directly on this link: https://goo.gl/maps/3fZLrTjxg7XCxtaj6 The TA&CO car park is on state road 99 (Altamura-Matera) , Contrada Rondinelle, just outside Matera, within the area that also hosts “Grieco Caffè” and “Fishing Club Matera”. The GPS coordinates on his navigator are as follows: 40.707581, 16.583151 (or 40 ° 42’27.3 ″ N 16 ° 34’59.3 ″ E). If you have problems reaching the car park, do not hesitate to contact us or contact the car park directly at 3471018256 or 3207113268.
go by train to the Bari Centrale Station (check times) and from there take the railcar to Matera Centrale from the Bari FAL station (Ferrovie Appulo-Lucane) at its side (check timetable and select the optionon “treno”).
use our private transfer (shuttle or taxi) at a cost of 65/75 €.
BY TRAIN
From Bari to Matera: Take the railcar in the Ferrovie Appulo-Lucane railway station, adjacent to Bari Central Train Station. The ticket office is located on the first floor of the station. Tickets cost € 4 and the trip takes about 90 minutes. Be careful not to lose the Matera Central Station (Matera Central in Piazza della Visitazione), because there is no signal at the station (check timetable and select the optionon “treno”).
From Rome to Ferrandina-Pomarico-Miglionico From Rome to Ferrandina-Pomarico-Miglionico, you can use the Intercity (IC) of the State Railways. It takes 5 hours and 30 minutes. From the bus stop Ferrandina Scalo, it takes 35 minutes by bus to Matera. The bus service runs only on weekdays. Bus timetables can be found on the website of appulo Lucan-FAL railways. The arrival station is Central Station Matera in Piazza della Visitazione.
From Rome to Matera with Italo
Italo offers a shuttle bus service from Salerno train station (reachable from Rome) to Matera (in Piazza della Visitazione) twice a day.
BY BUS
All of the following buses stop at the station Villalongo Matera, at 2.2 km far from our hotel and in this case we advise you to travel by taxi for about 10€ (we can book it for you). – Autolinee Marino To / from the following cities: Naples, Perugia, Torino, Bologna and Milan – Autolinee Marozzi To / from Siena, Florence, Pisa and Rome – FAL Matera-Bari About 5 buses a day, from Bari to Matera (Piazza Matteotti). – Autolinee Liscio To / from Rome Tiburtina bus terminal – Miccoli To/from Lecce, Brindisi, Taranto, Potenza, Salerno, Naples, Caserta – Flixbus To/from Naples, Bari, Padova, Venice, Bologna, Rimini, Pescara, Altamura, Taranto, Andria, Rome, Terni, Frosinone, Benevento, Orte
WALKING FROM THE RAILWAY STATION AND / OR THE BUS TERMINAL From the bus terminal we recommend this WAY from Piazza Matteotti (800 mt). From the station of the FAL (Ferrovie Appulo Lucane) and the stop of the bus Italo we recommend this WAY on foot from Piazza della Visitatione (850 mt).
From the Adriatic coast: take the Bologna-Taranto highway until Bari North. Follow the directions to Altamura – Matera along the SS 99. From the Tyrrhenian coast: take the Salerno – Reggio Calabria, exit at Sicignano degli Alburni. Continue up to Potenza, and then to Metaponto along the SS 407 called “Basentana” until you see the signals for Matera. 
BY TRAIN
BY BUS
WALKING FROM THE RAILWAY STATION AND / OR THE BUS TERMINAL From the bus terminal we recommend this WAY from Piazza Matteotti (800 mt). From the station of the FAL (Ferrovie Appulo Lucane) and the stop of the bus Italo we recommend this WAY on foot from Piazza della Visitatione (850 mt).