The House Hotel Cappadocia

Gone is the stuffy, museum-like quality found in many of the region’s properties: the understated guest rooms deftly blend past and present, with frescoes and fifth-century natural stone walls alongside rain showers and heated Turkish-marble floors.

This is a new arrival with an ancient feel, from the hotel brand that could write the book on sympathetic, authentic refurbishment.

The once-spartan spaces that sheltered holy men are now sumptuous suites with worn stone steps, rugged stone walls, stone arches, stone nooks, stone fireplaces, stone EVERYTHING. Also marble – new, cool, sleek – in the bathrooms.