Star Cave Hotel Goreme

... in Olympos, we returned to Antalya for a night en route to Capadoccia, which is where we are now. The town we are in is called Goreme. I've been wanting to go to Capadoccia for years, and this was number one on my list of places I wanted to see on our ...

... dropped us at a road junction and waved goodbye. I offered to pay but the driver wouldn't have any of it. Back at our cave in Goreme we were just sitting at a table on the terrace looking at the scenery in the valley and waiting for the rock to turn red ...

... horses") for our home base. We arrived in Goreme in the wee small hours of the morning, and we quickly located Elif Star Cave Hotel, which took us in with open arms. Having wasted the previous day, however, we thought the better of sleeping for a few ...

... are here, we might as well experience life as cave dwellers, and decided to stay in a cave hotel. We are staying at the Elif Star Cave hotel, which is run by an English-Turkish couple. Our room is, in fact, a modernized cave and it is very cute and cozy, ...

... flintstones. Living in bedrock for the next few days. Excited to explore this amazing landscape of Cappadocia.  Arrived at Star Cave hotel at 6:30am in Goreme, everyones sleeping. I waited around till one guy got up to prepare breakfast. I ended up in ...

This entry is about dedications...  Some of the best things about travel are found not in the ancient sites or stunning landscape but in the people you meet along the way... and the kind and caring ones that help our on our many journeys are ...

... felt better in knowing that the Turks have the same sense of humor. Getting back to the hotel, we checked into our hotel room which was a cave. Really. This seemed like a good idea at the time, but the novelty soon wore off as we found the cave to ...

... Anyhow the tour company quickly got a van and car to pick us up. Upon arriving back at tour office, we took our bags to Pashahan Cave hotel to drop off the luggage. We got the nice Cave room with private bath and 3 large beds, TV, private bath all inside ...

... churches,houses and entire cities carved from volcanic rock that covered the region many years ago. We actually stayed in a cave hotel - that's right a cave carved into the side of a hill. It was owned by an Engligh woman and her Turkish husband and had ...

... and decorated by their Christian inhabitants, especially in the 11th century when beautiful frescos were added to many of the cave churches. Whilst people have clearly made their impact, it is really the natural surroundings that make the impact ...

... some champagne at 8 in the morning to celebrate our safe landing! We met up with the others back at the hotel for breakfast and headed to Goreme Open Air Museum.  It is home to one of the earliest centres of religious education and consists of rock ...

... the moment and I didn't feel terrible about spending the rest of the money in my bank account. The next day we went on a cave tour. It lasted about ½ hour and wasn't extremely exciting. I keep thinking these caves are going to be better than they are and ...

... was a HOT shower.  Oh, I could have stayed in there all day.  The next morning, we took off for a hike around Goreme on supposedly well marked trails.  It took us about an hour of walking trails that dead ended at people’s houses to ...

Well, it finally happened. I'm sick as a dawg. I think it was breakfast (French Toast) as an hour later, the rumblings and pains started. I don't think it was cooked through enough. Oh well. I had planned on doing some hiking in the hills before ...

... this morning to a view of about 30 hot air balloons. We rented a scooter and drove an hour away to an underground cave city where ancient Christians lived to avoid persecution. It was a chilly ride(about 60 degrees) but that's nothing compared to what ...

... snapped some awesome pics.  Almost all of these spires have been carved out and lived in.  My hostel was, in fact, a cave. Took a tour to an underground city that had been built by early Christians.  Eight levels and 70 meters deep, it ...

... of these had caves carved out centuries ago creating an otherworldly community remeniscient of something out of Star Wars or Lord of the Rings. They had a hotel/pansiyon -across from the bus station relieving the need for touts soliciting particular ...

... peaked surface of a lemon meringue pie....you have to look at the photos...but I've never seen anything quite like it.   The hotel we're in, Nomad Caves Hotel, is built right into the rock...it's in the side of the mountain... so all the ...

... low-key.  It was not overcrowded in June; we’re told it picks up in July.  We stayed at the Arch Palace Hotel in a very big room with a sitting room and a great view over the town.  The owner, Mustafa, was very helpful with tips, ...

... lived in caves.   About 40 years ago, a Dutch architect had the idea of converting one of these cave homes into a hotel (he must have been an avid Flintstones viewer) and thus tourism was born in Cappadoccia.  Nearing the ...