Palazzo Matà Boutique Hotel

We chose this hotel mainly for its location and the description on Booking, which seemed to indicate that the room had a balcony with a sea view. Unfortunately, the reality was different: the view was of a ghetto alley, not the sea as we expected. Since the hotel is located by the sea, we assumed the description referred to a sea view, which left us quite disappointed. Considering that the description of rooms with a sea view is the same as the rooms without a sea view, this is a misrepresentation and not a misunderstanding. Furthermore, the entire hotel smells fishy because inside the hotel, in front of the reception desk, there is the back door of a seafood restaurant. Such back door is always open and the smells from the kitchen spread to the upper floors. We also had difficulty to park and the reception support by telephone was quite poor. Considering the above, our personal opinion is that the hotel doesn't deserve 4 stars and that the hotel organisation uses misleading trick to attract customers..... Never again

The mentions are always made with a view to the room price of more than EUR 220 per night. We had a terrace suite. Positive points: Beautiful view from the terrace of fishing boats and Mare Piccolo. Terrace nice You have to know that it takes a good 15 minutes on foot from the hotel to the new town, but the walk through the half-ruined old town, where the buildings are slowly but surely being restored, is very beautiful and completely safe. The morbid old town is slowly starting to come to life again, cool bars and restaurants are springing up. Negative points: Very small, even unpleasantly small room with an unpleasant musty smell (clearly damp). From the 3rd floor onwards, the room has to be reached via a wooden staircase, lugging the suitcases up there is exhausting, but doable. Room not particularly clean, dust in corners and under the bed. Very small bathroom, unpleasantly narrow, very unpleasant musty smell. Low ceiling height. No bidet. Small plastic cups for toothbrushes... No storage space for suitcases, no cupboard. So everything is lying around somewhere in the room. The jacuzzi on the terrace was already filled with warm water when we arrived (strange...) and it also smelled very unpleasantly musty. The mere thought that the water might have been in there for a while and that other guests had possibly "used" it before is unpleasant. Breakfast really nothing special, we had much better in Puglia. No fruit available. We went to a nearby bar for a good cappuccino. The boss Angelo's not particularly motivated attitude is also unpleasant. We were treated without a smile and without charm and he also seemed simply demotivated when we made a reservation for a boat. The employees are friendly. But it is strange when the owner treats the guests unmotivated and without charm. There are really more motivated hosts in Taranto. We looked around for hotels in the immediate vicinity and found a few offers (larger rooms, also with a view of the harbor, with a terrace but without a jacuzzi...) and the prices were about half (also 4* hotels). So overall we were really disappointed because of the very penetrating smell of damp in the room and the uncharming service and will definitely not go there again

This is a very new hotel in Taranto. The hotel itself is very nice. The beds are very comfortable and the breakfast is excellent. The staff are all friendly and helpful. The only problem with this hotel isn’t the hotel but the location. The old part of Taranto is very run down, dirty and makes you feel unsafe to walk around.

Without any doubt I highly recommend this hotel. I stayed here for 5 days and it was just superb. The hotel is located in the traditional part of Taranto with a fantastic view of the harbour area which is literally across the road. It’s a short, easy 10 minute walk to the commercial side of town. The rooms are large, spacious and well equipped with everything you will need. A super comfortable bed and a super powered shower. The free mini bar was restocked daily. Breakfast was excellent and the restaurant of the hotel is outstanding serving a great selection of Italian dishes, fresh fish and seafood at very reasonable prices. The is no ‘bar’ in the hotel but very attentive staff serve drinks promptly all day long to an outside area which overlooks the waterfront and tied up boats. Simply stunning! (and the local wine is very drinkable!) All staff are very friendly, attentive, professional and so very helpful. The atmosphere is so special. All respect to the staff and for the owner/manager Angelo, who does a great job here; a true sample of excellent Italian hospitality!