Elif Star Caves

... floor of a beautifully renovated ottoman mansion. DAY 4: On Saturday morning, we awoke to our usual delicious breakfast at Elif Star. We enjoyed a lazy morning before heading off to rent some mopeds for the day. After a quick lesson on how to ...

... we marched back to our hotel, excited by our choice of lodgings, because we were to spend the night in a cave ourselves. The Elif Star rooms back into a cliff and are carved out of its soft stone, such that entering our room threshold, we stepped into the ...

... we hiked in the Ihlara valley  (narrow canyon) which had steep cliffs, a river running through it, and some more caves to explore.  After a relaxing lunch, we headed to the Selime Monastery (largest in Cappadoccia and also carved in the rock) ...