Sota Cappadocia

What a magical place! Up in the hills overlooking Urgup, with a rooftop terrace taking advantage of the view. Tastefully renovated and spacious rooms, delicious and extensive options for breakfast and best of all, Nil, acting not only as host, but guide with wonderful advice as to sights and restaurants. A great stay!

Sometimes when we travel we get to meet special individuals and their teams who are passionate about their part of the world as well as getting their guest to discover and enjoy their adventure. Nil and the Sota team are special and a must visit when in Turkey! Merci!

Hotel Sota is a fabulous boutique property with a location that has a great view but is also easily walkable to great restaurants. The breakfast spread is incredible, not just in quality but also variety. The afternoon snacks and wine is a brilliant touch. Nil takes amazing care of you for your entire stay, arranging drivers and outings / outings in accordance with your particular interests and desires. The stars allocated to the property reflect its size, not quality. The rooms are immaculate and very high quality. This hotel should be at the very top of your list!!!

Sota Cappadocia is centrally located in the nice little town of Ugrup. Walking distance to the town proper. Nil the owner, took care of us immediately to include our restaurant dinner reservations. Everything was wonderful. The rooms were the original cave houses. Nil took us to the cultural history of the hotel. Showing us before and after pictures of the hotel. Some rooms were the dining hall of the previous inhabitants. Some were chicken coop, and food storage. It was magically renovated into a beautiful hotel. The third floor is the kitchen and breakfast area with outdoor sitting overlooking the town. Yunis, Hibe and Memal were the staff at that time. And they were all down to earth, warm, very accomodating people. Nil arranged for our three day trips with a taxi and driver Erogan. They went overboard with the arranged trips. Thank you Nil for the historical cultural trip. You made our adventure truly awesome.

This guesthouse is stunningly gorgeous and incredibly gracious. Nil (owner / operator), and her fabulous team have created a slice of paradise in a converted cave. Yes, a cave. Inherently it’s rustic, but it’s thoroughly chic and sophisticated. My partner and I stayed in #5 with a private terrace and stunning view of the landscape. It was very hot in August but Yunus (the best), kept the drinks and snacks flowing so we were perfectly comfortable. Air conditioning helped too!! Nil knows the area very well and took great care to assist with touring the local sites. A hot air balloon ride is a MUST. Also don’t miss the underground cave village and the open air museum. Two nights were perfect for us. There is a lot to see but it gets redundant quickly. Buy a museum pass if you’re planning on visiting more than 4 locations (including those in Istanbul). I suggest researching restaurants before going and figuring out transport to them in advance if needed - this was our one challenging area. Be sure to check out the nearby shop of Oytun Berktan who is the incredibly talented interior designer of the guesthouse. Great experience overall and I HIGHLY recommend it!!!!