"Urgup - Our Temporary Home in Cappadocia" Top 5 Page for this destination Urgup by mikelisaanna

Urgup Travel Guide: 109 reviews and 363 photos

Urgup is one of the main towns of Turkey's Cappadocia region. It has a population of approximately 15,000 people, and is within a short drive of most of Cappadocia's main sights. We enjoyed our stay in Urgup not only beacuase of its convenient location, but also because of our excellent hotel and the good meals that we had in some of the town's restaurants.

We stayed in a hotel (the Elkep Evi) whose rooms were actually caves carved into the hillside, with masonry facades across the fronts. Urgup has a number of these cave hotels, which are common in Cappadocia. It also has numerous cave houses, where families live in caves carved into the hillsides above the town. Even in the heat of summer, their rock walls keep the rooms cool and comfortable.

Last visit to Urgup: Aug 2008
Intro Written Oct 8, 2008
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Another good restaurant in Urgup Restaurants (2)

Han Ciragan is a restaurant set in an old han (caravanserai) in the center of Urgup. The restaurant has two levels of... more travel advice

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Cave rooms and patios at the Elkep Evi - Urgup

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Yaqui Feb 27, 2010 at 5:51 PM

The food looks so good and that cave hotel looks awesome. What a memory you all created. Nice page!
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balhannah Feb 14, 2009 at 9:52 PM

I bet your daughter was excited to stay in a cave hotel! It looks very nice, and what an experience to tell others about.