When You've Gotta Get Underground
The UK Times this week decided to dish us up a serve of underground accommodation options for those of us feeling we're spending too much time up on earth. So if you're feeling like you need a change of scenery, there seem to be two highlights from the Times' diggings.
First off, the Cappadocia Caves in Turkey, in an area where entire villages are dug underground:
Some of these ancient cave homes have been turned into elegant hotels and self-catering apartments, decked out with antiques and featuring whirlpool baths and Turkish steam rooms dug deep in the bowels of the earth.
That certainly sounds cosy. An alternative is the underground village of Matmata in Tunisia, inspiration for and location of some of the filming of the Star Wars movies. Here some of the traditional Berber houses have been converted into hotels, with tunnels and interconnecting craters and pits.
The Times goes on to give tips about other underground accommodation options in Spain, France and Greece, so almost whichever warm part of Europe you're headed for, you'll be able to get the troglodyte experience.
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· Where To Sleep in a Cave [Times UK]
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