This luxury hotel consists of a former cave monastery cut into the slope above a tangle of tunnels. It is a fascinating complex with terraces overlooking the fairy-like chimneys of the Pigeon Valley in Cappadocia.
The facility is located on a site where there was once a 1,500 year old monastery and a caravanserai on the Silk Road. Today's 51 rooms and suites are spread across seven restored villas and feel like private accommodations.
The terraced vegetable gardens conceal a tunnel network that once served as a refuge for early Christians. These underground chambers are now the hotel's wine cellars with more than 22,000 bottles. Tastings down here are highly recommended. An beyond peak of caves on the edge of the site offers the best views of the valley.
