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Kayadam Cave
House Hotel
City center, Urgup
- Cappadocia |
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PRICES
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January
- February - November - December |
March
- April - September - October - May - June - July
- August |
| SINGLE
Room |
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| DOUBLE
Room |
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| TRIPLE
Room |
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bed & breakfast and taxes. |
The
Kayadam Cave House is an old troglodytic house (it is what means
its Turkish name), difficult to date : considering the presence
of a chapel nearby, it could go up in VIth century after JC. Situated
in the cliff of Ürgüp, it overlooks a vast area surrounded by
mountains.
Its
origin
The current assumptions let think that the cliff was, in fact,
a necropolis, as seems to attest the tomb stones discovered very
nearby. It was then dug small caves of dwelling.
Its
history
The Kayadam Cave House is an old residence carved centuries ago.
Until 1997, the house was always occupied by farmers, but only
two of its parts were still used as housing, the others acting
of attics, stables or furnaces.
Its restoration
The restauration, undertaken in 1997, made it possible to clean
the rock oxidised or blackened by smoke and to clear certain parts,
filled with soil over the centuries. The structure was also consolidated
: certain vaults were dimounted and rebuilt by original stones.
The restoration continues, attempting to respect original construction
while trying to create an authentic place as well as a pleasant
life.
For the moment, in addition to the common parts, five rooms are
restored : they each include a bathroom and a terrace, as well
as acces to the garden. Exposed to the south, they profit from
a good luminosity, but their construction in the rock preserves
them at the same time from strong heats.
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