I arrived at the Orazio unusually for me, without having formally agreed a room rate and had I realised that the price for one of the better rooms was E65 including breakfast, I might have held fewer expectations. Its well situated , though I have to say that Venosa isn't the most interesting town in the world, and virtually all... More

Venosa, in northern Basilicata, is famous as the hometown of the Latin poet Horace, so it seems appropriate to stay at the Hotel Orazio (Italian for Horace), an old palazzo, once home to The Knights of Malta. It's very basic - but also very well located down a cobbled road off the main square - and it's like staying with... More