KAYADAM Hotel
Cappadocia - Turkey
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Owners
Mr. Rudy COCHEZ and Mr. Attila CINER
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Housekeeper
Mrs Kismet CINER
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The restoration
In
1997, two friends in Ankara, Attila CINER and Rudy COCHEZ, decided to
buy a cave house to restore it. Attila is a professor of geology at
the university of Hacettepe with a speciality in volcanoes and glaciers,
so this region is an ideal one for him, and Rudy who was teaching French
literature, Greek and Latin in the Lycée français of Ankara fell in
love with the architectural style of the region. They chose an ancient
house in Esbelli, an old part in the cliff of Urgup. According to archeologists,
the house dates back to the 4th or 6th century A.D.
For three years the two friends went to Ürgüp almost each
week to supervise the restoration : the rooms which had been filled
in in the past were cleared up, the rock was scraped to enhance its
beautiful coulours, some damaged vaults had to be rebuilt, the damaged
stones were replaced by the same stones re-cut by hand…
Then they decorated the rooms with classy, authentic furniture, attaching
a modern bathroom to each room, they didn't forget to restore the terraces
and to embellish the whole place by creating a garden. Stéphanie, Attila's
wife, helped them for the decoration - Stéphanie's mother had already
bought and restored an old house quite next to the hotel a few years
before-.
The management team
In
2000, the hotel was ready and Attila suggested his mother - Kismet CINER
- should run it. Rudy approved and she left Istanbul were she was living
for Urgup and Kayadam hotel. Since then she has never wanted to leave
the place.
After the success of that restoration, Gönül, Attila's sister, was tempted
to do the same, so she bought another house in the same street and restored
it successfully. That house is called the 'Grapes House' and with its
suite and two double-bedded rooms, it serves as an extension to Kayadam
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TOTAL AMOUNT OF GUEST ACCOMMODATION
In Kayadam hotel itself
- three double-bedded rooms ;
- two double-bedded rooms - with two separate beds ;
- one triple-bedded room - with separates beds.
The rooms are spacious, bright and come with central heating. The en-suite
bathrooms are comfortable and well-equipped. All rooms face due west
and open onto terraces offering superb panoramic views of Ürgüp
area.
In its extension
In the ' Grapes House', an extension to the Kayadam hotel, in the same street, there is 1 suite and 2 other rooms for up to six/ eight people.
Private WC, shower or bath-tub and hair drier in each
room Orthopedic beds
Rooms with balcony, patio and panoramic view
Garden
Cave bar
Free access to swimming pool (300 m from the hotel)
Direct dial phone
Laundry
Central heating
Kitchen
Living room with TV
Fax services available upon request
Internet available at the reception desk
Turkish and continental breakfast
Dinner service
Shuttle from/to Kayseri airport available
Car rental and tour services available
Hot-air balloon outings and horse-riding outings available
Open from April to November and, during the off-season period, upon
request
