Argos in Cappadocia
Uchisar, Cappadocia, Turkey
Location
Above Pigeon Valley
High above Uchisar village in Cappadocia, overlooking Pigeon Valley and Mount Erciyes, near Uchisar Castle and Goreme, in a UNESCO World Heritage area.
Transfer
A Cappadocia transfer
From Nevsehir Kapadokya airport into Uchisar, high above Pigeon Valley in the heart of UNESCO Cappadocia.
Villas
Around 60 rooms
Around sixty rooms and suites across seven to nine hillside stone mansions and caves beneath, with original stone carvings, antique furnishings, vaulted ceilings and fireplaces, some reached by underground tunnel; the Splendid Suites have private in-suite pools.
Best For
Who it suits
Couples for the romance of cave suites, fireplaces, valley views and balloons, the wine and gourmet crowd for the cellar, Seki and the own vineyards, the culture crowd and the slow-luxury Cappadocia explorer — a thousand-year-old monastery restored as a cave hotel.
Board Basis
Bed & breakfast
Bed-and-breakfast, with hyper-local Anatolian dining at Seki, traditional fireside dining at Nahita and a twenty-two-thousand-bottle own-vineyard wine cellar.
About the Resort
A restored-monastery cave hotel above Pigeon Valley
Argos in Cappadocia is the restored-monastery cave hotel above Pigeon Valley — a thousand-year-old monastery and Silk Road caravanserai restored over fourteen years, with around sixty rooms across hillside stone mansions and caves, some reached by underground tunnel. Its twenty-two-thousand-bottle wine cellar runs through hand-carved tunnels, fed by the hotel's own Cappadocian vineyards, Seki dines on hyper-local Anatolian cuisine with Conde Nast and Wine Spectator recognition, and a heated valley-view pool stays open year-round above Pigeon Valley as balloons rise at dawn. A cave spa, a music hall in the former monastery and daily tours of the tunnels complete it. The setting is the heart of UNESCO Cappadocia: the hotel sits high above Uchisar village overlooking Pigeon Valley and Mount Erciyes, the rock-cut churches of the Goreme Open-Air Museum and the fairy chimneys lie close, and the underground cities and balloon launch fields spread across the valleys. It is the restored-monastery and own-vineyard cave hotel of Cappadocia — distinct from the museum-antiques and Relais & Chateaux Museum Hotel. Year-round, with winter snow and balloons.
Accommodation
Rooms & suites
Around sixty rooms and suites spread across seven to nine hillside stone mansions and the caves beneath, with original stone carvings, antique furnishings, vaulted ceilings and fireplaces, some reached by underground tunnel, and the Splendid Suites with private in-suite pools. Restored over fourteen years from a thousand-year-old monastery and caravanserai, no two are alike, the valley and the balloons framed from the terraces.
Entry
Cave Room
Sleeps two. A king in carved stone with a fireplace, over the valley or courtyard.
Carved stoneValley outlook
Signature
Terrace Room
Sleeps two. A king with a private terrace over Pigeon Valley.
Private terracePigeon Valley outlook
Tunnel
Tunnel-Access Suite
Sleeps two. A vaulted king reached by underground tunnel, over the valley.
Underground accessValley outlook
Pool
Splendid Suite
Sleeps two to three. A king with a private in-suite pool and fireplace, over Pigeon Valley.
Private poolPigeon Valley outlook
Food & Drink
Dining
Seki dines on hyper-local Anatolian cuisine with Conde Nast and Wine Spectator recognition, joined by traditional fireside dining at Nahita and a twenty-two-thousand-bottle wine cellar in hand-carved tunnels, fed by the hotel's own Cappadocian vineyards. It is serious, terroir-led Anatolian cooking and wine, rare in the region.
Signature
Seki Restaurant & Terrace
Seki Restaurant & Terrace, Anatolian, recognised by Conde Nast and Wine Spectator.
Anatolian
Nahita
Nahita, traditional, by a fireplace.
Cellar
The wine cellar
The wine cellar, twenty-two thousand bottles, own vineyards.
Wellbeing
Cave spa & pool
The Argos Spa is a subterranean cave spa with holistic massages, a hammam and an indoor pool, joined by a heated outdoor pool open year-round with valley views and Splendid-Suite private pools. Wellness here is woven into the rock, a cave spa below and a heated valley-view pool above where the balloons rise at dawn.
A subterranean cave spa
A subterranean cave spa, holistic massages.
A year-round valley pool
A year-round valley pool, heated.
A 22,000-bottle cellar
A twenty-two-thousand-bottle cellar, own vineyards.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
The monastery, the cellar and the balloons define a stay — explore the restored monastery with its tunnels and music hall, taste through the twenty-two-thousand-bottle own-vineyard cellar, and watch the hot-air balloons rise over Pigeon Valley at dawn. The rock-cut churches of Goreme, Uchisar Castle and the underground cities all lie within reach.
A restored monastery
A restored monastery, tunnels and a music hall.
The 22,000-bottle cellar
The twenty-two-thousand-bottle cellar, own-vineyard wine.
Seki
Seki, Conde Nast and Wine Spectator.
Hot-air balloons
Hot-air balloons, over Pigeon Valley.
Uchisar Castle & Goreme
Uchisar Castle and Goreme, nearby.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By air
To Cappadocia
From Nevsehir Kapadokya airport into Uchisar.
In the village
Uchisar
High above Uchisar village, overlooking Pigeon Valley and Mount Erciyes.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
★★★★★
“The most extraordinary place I have ever stayed. Nothing prepares you for the depth of the silence, the beauty of the reef, or the sheer generosity of the experience.”
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★★★★★
“We’ve stayed here three times now. The house reef has no equal. The stargazing was, genuinely, one of the most moving experiences of my adult life.”
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“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting Argos in Cappadocia. They are all magnificent. But this is different in a way that is hard to articulate.”
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Bed-and-breakfast.
Year-round
- Year-round; heated pool, winter snow and balloons.
Made for couples
- Made for couples and the wine crowd.
Getting there
- From Nevsehir airport into Uchisar.
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