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Uchisar Kaya Hotel - Special Class
Uçhisar, Turkey · Independent · Near Luxury
Stone masters spent four years, from 1964 to 1968, cutting Uchisar Kaya into the cliff of Güvercinlik, Pigeon Valley, as a hotel from the start. Most cave hotels around here began as houses. This one was dug. The rooms were pushed deeper into the rock in 1982, and Dorak Holding bought the place in 2006 and renovated it. Uçhisar Castle is a short walk up the ridge. Special Class, the line on the door, is the Turkish grade for a building outside the ordinary star ladder.
- Opened 1968
- Neighborhood: Uçhisar Beldesi
- Rooms from 205 sq ft (19 m²)
About Uchisar Kaya Hotel - Special Class
- Arched rooms on the upper floors look one way toward Uçhisar Castle and the other way down Pigeon Valley toward the fairy chimneys.
- A hammam, an indoor pool, and an outdoor pool sit in the rock, and Hisar restaurant serves in the garden.
- Entry-level rooms start at 205 sq ft (19 m²).
History
Carving started in 1964 in the wall of Güvercinlik Valley, below Uçhisar, and the hotel was finished in 1968 after four years of hand work by stone masters. The hotel calls itself the world's first rock-carved cave hotel. The fairer claim is the narrower one. Other Cappadocia hotels began as old cave houses, barns, or workshops. This one was newly dug, a cliff cut into guest rooms on purpose. In 1982 the interior was extended by further digging. Dorak Holding bought the hotel in 2006 and renovated it. The address is Adnan Menderes Caddesi No. 15.
The setting
Adnan Menderes Caddesi runs through Uçhisar, and the hotel is cut into the Güvercinlik side, so Pigeon Valley is the view from the arched rooms. Uçhisar Castle is about nine hundred metres away, a walk of roughly twelve minutes up to the rock. Göreme National Park starts close by. Love Valley and the Open-Air Museum are short drives from this ridge.
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