Gamirasu Cave Hotel, Urgup, Turquía

Gamirasu is the name of an exquisitely restored eighteen-room troglodyte cave house opened in 1999, in Ayvali Village near Urgup in the heart of Cappadocia, Turkey.

The hotel is located in a restored thousand-year-old Byzantine monastic retreat which offers modern conveniences without distracting from the spiritual feeling of the area which has been known to be inhabited for more than five thousand years

Gamirasu cave Hotel is featured in major international travel guides as one of the best cave hotels of Cappadocia. It is also mentioned as a romantic escape for honeymoons in wedding magazines.

The hotel has a total of eighteen rooms: nine standard double, four deluxe rooms, two Cave Suites, two Family Suites and one Deluxe Suite.

Rooms

Gamirasu has eighteen rooms. Part of the hotel was used by Christian monks until recently. Some of the rooms were actually monk cells. The quality of the cave rooms makes you feel cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Volcanic rock called "tufa" is perfect insulation material which keeps the temperature between 17 - 20 degrees Celsius throughout the year.

Cuisine

In the hotel kitchen, organically produced food is used. The chef presents the typical Cappadocian style of dinner with six Turkish dishes.

Breakfast is presented as open buffet style where you can find home made jams, from locally dried apricots, pure village honey, and cream straight from the owner’s cow.

After Nevsehir, drive to Urgup, and then continue towards Mustafapasa town (Urgup - Mustafapasa 7 km). On the halfway after leaving Urgup, after the first bridge, turn right following the yellow sign pointing to Mazikoy Roman Tombs, and Ayvali village (misspelled as Ayvalik). Continue driving 5 more km. We are in Ayvali: "Gamirasu Hotel."