Cappadocia | where to stay and what to do

Anatolian Houses Hotel in Cappadocia offers fairy-tale surroundings for a vacation experience unlike anything you have ever experienced. Each of the hotel's 19 suites is a cave, hewn in the soft rock of the area, that has been transformed into a luxurious and unique accommodation, and each room is completely different from the next.

Each of us had our own room (very low occupancy rate in February when the average high in the area was about 25 degrees Fahrenheit), and it was an adventure just to visit all of our rooms. Some had multi-levels and some had displays of incredible artwork. Every room had a fireplace and most had jacuzzis; what a setting for a romantic getaway!

While the hotel itself is a destination, Cappadocia is an area abounding in fascinating things to see and do. We took a hot air balloon ride at dawn, visited the Goreme Open Air Museum (an entire ancient village of cave dwellings that housed a monastic community), explored an underground city, gazed at the conical rock formations called "fairy chimneys," and had a tour of a pottery factory where some of the area's hand cast and painted pottery is made.

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