Village House Cave Hotel

AKKOY

Akköy is situated in the middle part of Cappadocia region, with easy access to all historical sites and natural wonders. Daily tours and expeditions are arranged for our guests under the guidance of our hotel team. These include mountain hikes, safari tours, cave expeditions, site-seeing tours, tours to the best carpet weaving and pottery workshops in the region where the guests can have a hands-on experience, spa visits to natural spring waters, arranged visits to local farmers’ market, balloon rides, horse rides, and bike tours.

Once populated by hundreds of people and beaming with activities and trade, today Akköy has become one of the three adjacent ancient mountains villages in the vicinity inhabited mostly by the elderly.

The first wave of labour migrations from the village were to Germany during the 1960s, followed by the second and third waves to Turkish cities and again abroad. Today, the remaining population of 80 to 100 people is proud of their ancient settlement and protect and look after their village for future generations. The civil architecture of the village is preserved untouched. The unmatched beauty of the rows of sand-stone houses carved by local masons is a sight to be enjoyed on its own. The villagers also continue to till the land and engage in animal husbandry and horticulture keeping to seasonal routines, which allow visitors to engage in biotourism activities first hand. The village has a unique graveyard that keeps to the Hittite tradition of collecting and preserving the bones in a pile in order to open space for new burrials. Our guests are most welcome to spend time with the villagers, visit their households, the communal coffeehouse, and join them in their yearly activities.