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Sleeping Stones — A Cave Lodge Above the Valleys

Göreme, Cappadocia, Turkey

D by Dekeran Diador

Capacity 4 guests

Min stay 2 nights

Type Cave hotel

Setting Mountain

Languages 🇬🇧 English, 🇹🇷 Turkish

The story

About this place

Sleeping Stones is a small cave lodge in Göreme, restored over six years by the Yıldız family. The rooms are carved into living tuff, with modern beds, private bathrooms, and slow Wi-Fi when you actually want it.

Mornings start before sunrise, when the first balloons rise over Love Valley. The terrace is shared but never crowded — we keep occupancy capped at six rooms so the kitchen and the silence both stay generous.

Breakfast is included — village bread, olives, white cheese, two kinds of jam, eggs from the neighbour. Lunch and dinner can be arranged with the family kitchen if you ask the day before. The Yıldız family speaks Turkish and slow English; their teenage daughter speaks fast English.

This is a place for people who like cave-cool afternoons, cold mornings, and the kind of silence that arrives once the wind drops at sunset.

Amenities

What's in the house

Cave-carved private room Private bathroom Breakfast included Wood stove for cold nights Valley-view terrace Slow Wi-Fi (works for email
not video) Family kitchen lunch & dinner on request Airport transfer arrangeable

What's included

In and out of the price

✓ Included

Direct booking with host
Real photos, real expectations
14-day protection window
Bilingual support

× Not included

Travel insurance
Airport transfer
Daily meals (unless noted)

Where

The location

About the host

Dekeran Diador Host

Dekeran Diador

Host since 2026 · 5 listings

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From those who came through

I came back changed in the way that matters — slowly, quietly.

— Maya P.

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— David K.

The kind of attention to detail you only notice afterwards.

— Léa M.

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Cancellation policy

If plans change

Free cancellation up to 14 days before arrival. Within 14 days the host policy applies — usually 50% refund up to 7 days, then no refund. Travel insurance is recommended.

Why slow

Travira makes a small number of offerings, with small groups and long timescales. Slow, for us, is not a marketing word. It is the only honest way we know to do this — to give a thing enough room to change you.

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