A hotel carved into the rock

In an ancient crowded city of Cappadocia, submerged by its own ruins, stands a hotel carved into the rock. Thirty rooms from the 5th and 6th Centuries and a Greek manor with a view over the plateau.



The Yunak Evleri Cappadocia Cave Hotel is situated in the small town of Ürgüp, the heart of Turkey, in a luxury facility that also serves as the departure point for excursions to the underground cities and surrounding churches.

In Yunak, every dwelling has been refurbished and renovated, retaining the original architecture, but adding all modern commodities, handmade articles, decorations and ancient ornaments.

A maze of corridors and stone staircases leads to Ottoman-style settings, rooms overlooking small courtyards with a breathtaking view of the rocky Turkish upland.

This is Yunak, the ancient district where the fountain once gurgled, used by women to wash their clothes, but also a busy centre of social life, and now a convenient and spectacular base from which to explore the buried cities of Cappadocia.



Photos via yunak.com