There are several towns you can stay in if doing Cappadocia – but if you want peace and local charm and a central location for the various sites (Goreme, Urgup and Uchisar, then Ortahisar is a good bet. Dilek Kaya is one of the better hotels in Ortahisar, together with its sister hotel Durcu Kaya. The hotel is constructed from the local volcanic stone tuff. Even the rooms are similarly built in the same fashion, lending an air of ancient authenticity. The suite we had was really large, with two rooms, each accommodating two persons – but an open passageway in between the two areas. The locks are opened by traditional keys, with a plastic tab that doubles as room power card. All the furniture are heavy-set and the woodwork are nicely done, especially the headboards, door, and mirrors frames. Five wall lamps dot the main room walls. The work desk is set too high, so when seated on the chair, there’s hardly any clearance for your elbows. They have a hot water kettle with coffee powder sachets. The windows look into the pool area, which was nice. The ceiling is similarly very rough hewn stone. There’s a TV in both room areas but they are extremely small 24 inch affairs. And no English channels. They have both heater and ac which was nice since you could combine them for the most effective temperature for you. The staff are prompt and speak decent English. For example, we didn’t know how to turn on the heater and the person sent to help us spoke very well and very service oriented. So were the wait staff at the huge restaurant. The dinner is buffet and offered quite an extensive variety. They kept grilling hamburgers the whole time – and they were very tasty. And the dessert section was enormous – The Turks really love their sweets! The breakfast, at the same place, has a wide assortment of cheeses and local vegetables, plus several variations on eggs – but unfortunately, very little meat – they only offered sausage slices in tomato sauce.
