Goreme Center, Aydınlı Mah. Cakmaklı Sokak No:4, Goreme, Turkey | (888) 708-2081
Family-run, budget hotel with warm welcome
Set on hillside with superb views of the surrounds
Convenient location a five-minute walk from the town center
Some rooms have furnished terraces and hot tubs
Free Turkish breakfast on panoramic terrace
Free Wi-Fi throughout
Standard rooms are basic
Lots of steps in property
Set on fairly steep hill
The 17-room SOS Cave Hotel is a family-run, value property perched on a hillside with excellent views over the Göreme scenery. A
few modern architectural touches detract from the charm of the building and the Standard rooms are very basic in decor and amenities, with dated tube TVs. More upscale rooms,
however, provide a few luxuries and furnished balconies are a bonus. All in all,
it's not the best hotel in the area, but the family are known for their excellent
hospitality and there are few places in town with rates this affordable.
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Scene
Family-run, renovated Cappadocia-style small hotel
Renovated from a
typical Cappadocia dwelling in the 1980s, the SOS Cave Hotel is a family-run
hotel that has been managed by the Kanlibas clan for over a decade. The feel is
certainly more contemporary than many other similar hotels in the area and --
although it does retain some of the original elements and charm -- due to the
use of more modern building materials there's less of an authentically ancient
ambience to the place. The welcome is warm, however, and the family put a
genuine emphasis on personal and attentive hospitality. Its on-the-fringes
location perched on an incline also gives it a peaceful and relatively secluded feel.
Location
Set on the hillside a five-minute walk from Göreme center
The hotel is
located in the west of Göreme on the hillside overlooking the Pigeon valley with
views of Uçhisar Castle and surrounding rock formations. The town center is
about a five-minute walk away with many restaurants and cafes, while the Open
Air Museum and balloon take-off spots are within 15 minutes on foot. The hotel can organize shuttle transfers
to and from both Kayseri and Nevsehir Kapadokya airports -- for a fee -- as
well as free pick-up from and drop-off from the bus station.
Rooms
Mostly simple rooms with basic amenities -- some have furnished terraces
The hotel has 17
rooms in total, eight are cave style and the other regular stone wall rooms.
Rooms are pretty basic and simply decorated -- especially the standard level --
with Turkish touches and wooden furnishings, and some cave rooms suffer from a
little dust. Amenities too are no-frills -- some TVs are tube style -- and
bathrooms only provide basic toiletries. The Deluxe Cave Room, however, has a
bed carved out of the rock and many rooms have hot tubs and furnished terraces
with superb views.
Features
Free Turkish breakfast and Wi-Fi
A free Turkish breakfast
is served each morning on the terrace -- with uninterrupted views of the
surrounding peaks and "fairy chimneys" -- while dinner can also be
arranged. All the usual activities are catered for -- ballooning, quad-biking,
horse-riding -- and the hotel provides free Wi-Fi plus pick-up and drop-off
from the bus station. Those arriving by car also have access to free on-site
parking.
