A troglodyte cave house? Well, that’s what they call it themselves, so we’re not being insulting here.Gamirasu is the name of a twenty-room hotel opened in 1999, in Ayvali Village, Turkey.
The hotel was built around a thousand-year-old Byzantine monastic retreat, which, according to the hotel literature, “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.”
Looking at the pictures, we must say it looks inviting to us. Of course, last time we slept in a cave it was on a wet and rainy backpacking trip. Believe us, our cave was furnished nothing like the one pictured here.
The twenty rooms available come in a standard double, a deluxe version, and three different suites: cave, family, and superior.
Depending on the room and the season, rates run from $100.00 to $500.00 per night.
