Ortahisar · Cappadocia
About Us
Ortahisar has carried the traces of countless civilizations since 1800 BC. Hittites, Persians, Romans, Byzantines, Seljuks and Ottomans all lived in this geography. Cappadocia's volcanic rocks preserve not just geological, but human memory.
Anitya Cave House is situated within this stone of over 400 years. But its story stretches much further back.
Cappadocia was once a sea.
Then the volcanoes rose.
Wind, water and fire shaped this land over millions of years. The rock masses that emerged were long silent. Unclaimed. Then people came. They carved, settled, sheltered, created, prayed, waited.
How many generations this stone has seen, we don't know. How many children grew up here, how many people slept here, how many seasons passed — we don't know. But we know that every era left its own mark on this rock.
Living Room
Centuries ago it was part of daily life. The shelf niches carved into the rock still whisper the traces of that era today.
Bedroom
In the past it was a place of worship. The silence that remains from that era is the most enduring inheritance.
We are a doctor and an actress. When we first saw this space we felt not the loneliness of the stone, but its continuity. Together with the village artisans, we restored it while preserving the building's original texture. We preferred to reveal rather than to add.
Anitya
The word Anitya means “impermanence”.
Nothing is permanent.
Not civilizations.
Not buildings.
Not us.
This cave was once part of another life. Then another era's. Now it welcomes people of the modern world.
The stone seems unchanging. But the life that passes through it changes constantly.
Anitya is a small stop in this flow.
400+
Year-old stone
4.9
Airbnb rating
12+
Year Superhost
3
Independent suites