The Yunak Evleri Hotel aka the Cave Hotel, TURKEY
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| Photo credit: Flickr user leyaya |
We're sure most of you have heard of this hotel by now, but the Yunak Evleri Hotel in Turkey is absolutely unique and we had to add to our collection in Worldwide Wednesdays.
In Cappadocia’s magical landscape of fairy chimneys, in the ancient village of Urgup, is a unique hotel carved into a mountain cliff, the Yunak Evler. The hotel is a combination of six cave houses with a total of 30 private cave rooms dating back to the 5th and 6th centuries and crowned with a 19th century Greek Mansion.
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Click on photos to view larger sizes and get the 'feel' of living in a cave!
Photo credit: Flickr user leyaya |
According to their website, the name of the neighbourhood "YUNAK" comes from the old days when women used to do all their washing and of course, socialising by the fountain located at the village square. Being by the fountain and at the Yunak was the center of daily life.
The hotel is so unique with its labyrinth of narrow passageways and curved stone stairways which leads to unique, modern as well as tastefully decorated rooms, that one has to see it to believe and appreciate it. All rooms by-the-way, include private patios overlooking the Turkish Mesa. Can you just imagine the amount of work as well as the type of work involved in order to bring this amazing hotel up-to-date for the modern world?
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| Photo credit: Flickr user leyaya |
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| Photo credit: Flickr user leyaya |
The name “Cappadocia” dates back to Persian times, when the region was called as “Katpatukya” meaning “The Land of Beautiful Horses”. Since then Cappadocia has seen the rise and fall of many different civilizations. It is a land of vast plains, rolling hills, rugged mountains and extinct volcanoes. It is a veritable treasury of historical relics from the Chalcolithic era to the Seljuk Turks period. The visitor may seldom travel more then a few miles without encountering some derelict reminders of Cappadocia‘s colorful past.
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| Photo credit: Flickr user leyaya |
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| Photo credit: Flickr user leyaya |
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| Photo credit: Flickr user leyaya |
And we just love how the rustic feel is combined with modern throughout each room.
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| Photo credit: Flickr user leyaya |
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| Photo credit: Flickr user leyaya |
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| Photo credit: Flickr user leyaya |
Apparently, Cappadocia is famous for many other 'cave hotels' like this next one such as the Hezen Cave hotel listed below:
The Hezen Cave Hotel, TURKEY
This unique Cappadocia Hotel has been built into an exceptional old house of cave bedrooms and was fully renovated and refurbished to the highest standards. The Hotel’s interior has been designed by Halide Didem, with a unique eclectic style.
We're just loving the colours, aren't you? They are so wonderfully decorated and the light, natural walls just brings all the colours out even more!
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