{"id":67737,"date":"2013-03-14T10:53:44","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T08:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=67737"},"modified":"2023-04-15T17:40:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T14:40:09","slug":"see-how-turkeys-ancient-cave-dwellings-were-transformed-into-a-5-star-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2013\/03\/14\/see-how-turkeys-ancient-cave-dwellings-were-transformed-into-a-5-star-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"See How Turkey’s Ancient Cave Dwellings Were Transformed Into A 5-Star Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"

See How Turkey’s Ancient Cave Dwellings Were Transformed Into A 5-Star Hotel<\/h1>\n
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The Museum Hotel, in Cappadocia a historic region in Turkey, was created out of thousand-year-old cave dwellings. <\/p>\n

It took\u00a0four years of excavating and renovating\u00a0before the hotel was operational.<\/p>\n

The visually stunning hotel is now filled with antiques and artifacts, many of which are registered with museums.<\/p>\n

It has outstanding accommodations, unique rooms, and views fit for a king.<\/p>\n

Click through to see how ancient cave dwellings became a five-star hotel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Museum Hotel is a luxury hotel in Cappadocia, Turkey that opened in 2002.<\/h2>\n
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However, the hotel isn’t exactly new. It is built into ancient cave and stone dwellings, some that date back thousands of years.<\/h2>\n
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Before the hotel was ready for guests, the site had to be excavated and renovated.<\/h2>\n
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The project began in 1998. It was a long and tedious task to make the space hospitable.<\/h2>\n
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The site was inhabited by a number of different civilizations throughout history including, Hittites, Persians, and early Christian Romans.<\/h2>\n
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The last inhabitants of the area were a nomadic people known as the Tekeli, who brought a different breed of horse to the area.<\/h2>\n
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Some of the structures were in better condition than others.<\/h2>\n
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The location is on uneven terrain, but is elevated above the surrounding area.<\/h2>\n
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The ancient buildings were used for a variety of purposes, and the hotel planned to create a “living” museum out of them.<\/h2>\n
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The project was completed in 2002. The hotel and pool now look spectacular.<\/h2>\n
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Even though the walls may be thousands of years old, the accommodations and amenities are worthy of a five-star rating.<\/h2>\n
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The hotel is renowned for its spa, which has unique treatments like an “experience shower” with sound and light effects to a four-handed massage.<\/h2>\n
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It’s also home to the upscale restaurant Lil’a, which serves traditional Cappadocian dishes.<\/h2>\n
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You feel like you are on top of the world with this view.<\/h2>\n
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The hotel has 30 unique rooms and suites.<\/h2>\n
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The decor is everything you would expect from an upscale establishment. Rooms start at around $350 each night.<\/h2>\n
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Read more:\u00a0http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/cappadocia-museum-cave-hotel-in-turkey-2013-3?op=1#ixzz2NVBdXcBX<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

See How Turkey’s Ancient Cave Dwellings Were Transformed Into A 5-Star Hotel Max Rosenberg |\u00a0Mar. 13, 2013, 6:08 PM\u00a0 Courtesy of Museum Hotel The Museum Hotel, in Cappadocia a historic region in Turkey, was created out of thousand-year-old cave dwellings.  It took\u00a0four years of excavating and renovating\u00a0before the hotel was operational. The visually stunning hotel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":33840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1094],"tags":[3622],"class_list":["post-67737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism","tag-cappadocia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}