Restored with ultimate respect to local tradition, Sextantio Le Grotte della Civita, situated in the Sassi area of Matera, a town in Southern Italy is a 9,000-year-old Italian cave dwelling. Literally cut into the volcanic tufa of the Matera hillside, the caves of Sextantio Le Grotte Della Civita were originally a stronghold for Italian peasants. […]
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An innovative cave dwelling in Milan
The Cave House is an apartment that has been transformed into an organic grotto, with massive walls and free circulation of energetic and continuous movement designed by Tiziana Serretta in Milan, Italy. Serretta is a Jane-of-all-trade whose creativity has spanned from art and fashion through to design. Her new conception, ArTS is in the groove […]
Cave dwelling on the Canary Island of Tenerife
We fell in love with this unique home we discovered on Dwell, situated on Spain’s Canary Island of Tenerife, which has been built into the coastal rock. The humble cottage is used as an escape to the shore during the sweltering summer months. The dwelling is nestled on a rocky beach close to the town […]
Romantic hideaway in Santorini
A world class small luxury inn, situated on the Caldera cliffs of Santorini, Greece high above the Aegean Sea .. a romantic hideaway in a private Garden of Eden. Perivoloas Hotel is a restored group of 300 year-old caves, once the homes, wineries and stables of fishermen and farmers, now a complex of 17 private […]
A cave house on the island of Filicudi
This quaint and rustic house dug into a cave is located in Filicudi, one of eight small islands that makes up the Aeolian Archipelago, situated 20-30 miles northeast of the island of Sicily, Italy. The home is carved out of living sandstone and decorated with personal artifacts and paintings done by the homeowner, who is […]