Esbelli Evi, A Cozy Cave Inn
A fine small inn of comfortable cave rooms hewn from the golden stone, with beautiful views of the Cappadocian landscape, and the warmest welcome you'll receive in Turkey
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Esbelli Evi

Esbelli Sokak, 8 (P.K. 2) 50400
rgp, Cappadocia, Turkey
Phone: +90 (384) 341-3395
Fax: +90 (384) 341-8848
E-Mail: esbelli@esbelli.com
ESBELLİ EVİ IN THE PRESS & WEB
Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel
Spring 1998
Tom Brosnahan

Cappadocia

Another example of Turkey's values is biblical Cappadocia, the volcanic "moonscape" region deep in the Anatolian heartland, a four-hour, 200-mile, $8 bus trip south of Ankara. Over a millennium ago, Christian monks sought refuge from marauders in troglodytic dwellings tunneled into the soft volcanic tufa. Their elaborate, highly decorated underground monasteries, churches, and homes are now preserved and museums. A bonus for visitors is that the volcanic soil and dependable sunshine are perfect for cultivating grapes, and Cappadocian wines are among the country's best. There's a wine festival in June. Talk about going native: Your Cappadocian accommodation can be a spacious cave-room with window and door framed in wood, but walls, ceiling and floor of volcanic stone. The best are in the pristine, utterly charming Esbelli Evi Pansiyon (tel. 384/341-3395, fax 341-8848) in the town of Urgup. The Esbelli, an old village house cut into the rock, has been lovingly restored and now boasts rooms with modern baths ,a sun deck-terrace, two lounges, and modern kitchen and laundry facilities at your disposal. An excellent Turkish breakfast is included. Esbelli is the best of the best.

Simple but clean and comfortable rooms with twin beds and private shower (plenty of hot water) are available in the family-run Hotel Elvan (tel. 384/341-4191, fax 341- 3455) at Barbaros Hayrettin Sokak 11. Arranged around a small courtyard, some rooms are cut into the rock, others built by traditional methods, and each costs only $25 for two. And even the Elvan would be considered expensive by Turkish vacationers, who prefer the many small hotels that charge as little as $7 per person in a room with shared bath.

Urgup is only one of a dozen towns in the region, all of which boast the same or even lower prices for typically Turkish accommodations and meals.

Visitors can sample the Flintstone lifestyle at a variety of guest houses in rgp, Greme and Uchisar. Rooms and noshing spots are cared from the flanks of fairy chimneys, and rock walls still provide natural insulation from extremes of weather.

One such place is Esbelli Evi (Esbelli House), the pension in rgp where we stayed. Esbelli is a district famous for its old cave houses. Owner Suha Ersoz spent seven years sculpting its staircases, sun terraces, arched sitting rooms and seven guest rooms from rocks overlooking the town. It's almost as hard to find as an underground city.

Like the monastics who were drawn to remote Cappadocia in ancient times, visitors to Esbelli Evi told us they think of it as a retreat. It is hardly a spartan one, however. Fireplaces, Turkish carpets, book laden tables, exquisite linens and other touches all testify to the spirit and imagination of a people who have carved out a simple and beautiful life in the rocks of Cappadocia.

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Kapadokya’nın ilk “butik kaya oteli” olarak bilinen Esbelli Evi’ni 3 yıl süren bir restorasyon çalışmasından sonra 1990 yılında 5 odası olan küçük bir konaklama tesisi olarak açmıştık. Aradan geçen 30 yıl boyunca yakınımızda bulunan diğer kaya evleri de alarak onları da mimarisinin ruhuna sadık kalarak restore etmiştik.

Son yıllarda, seyahat eden insanların konaklama tercihlerini otel odaları yerine kendilerine daha geniş yaşam alanları sunan bağımsız evlere yönelttiklerini gözlemledik. Bu arada Coronavirüs / Covid-19 salgınının baş göstermesiyle birlikte hızlıca bir konsept değişikliğine gitmeye karar verdik.

Restore etmiş olduğumuz evlerden bağımsız sokak girişleri olan 10 tanesinin birbirleri ile olan bağlantılarını kapatıp her biri için geniş teras, avlu ve bahçe alanları yarattık. Mutfaklarını yemek pişirilecek şekilde tam donanımlı bir duruma getirerek bunları ayrı ayrı ev olarak kısa süreli konaklamalar için kiralamaya başladık.

Yeni konseptimizi Kaya Evler adı altında sürdürüyoruz. Yeni konseptimize göz atmak için;

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