(Updated 10/10/23) My first experience of sleeping in a cave hotel many years ago in Santorini, in one of the typical whitewashed hotels, carved out of volcanic rock and once used as reasonable dwellings. Locals dug into the earth rooms without foundations, with vaulted ceilings and narrow entrances reinforced with limestone. They were also warm in winter and cool in summer and exhibited wonderful earthquake resistance.
In Cappadocia, Turkey, the amazing underground cities were built by the first Christians persecuted for their religion in Byzantine times. The city’s population used the cave formula to cover up the Arab-Byzantine wars. Today, the domain is one of the most popular tourist spots. attractions of the world, with countless cave hotels available.
My fascination with underground dwellings and exclusive hotel rooms continues with this current advisor to the world’s cave hotels. From budget to natural luxury, here are some of the most productive cave features to be found in hotels and personal rentals for Instagram-seeking travelers. -Dignified excavations.
This award-winning hotel created from a reconstructed 19th-century castle enjoys an enviable cliff location overlooking the Bay of Palma. The hotel offers two pools, restaurants, and a charming spa, originally designed for defense, carved into its sandstone walls. Architect Antonio Obrador remodeled the military fort into a decadent haven with wide, winding underground paths.
There are 26 suites and two rooms from former military installations. The stunning Sentinels Cave Suites are 3 ordinary rooms that were once used as gazebos, carved into the rock face of the peninsula on which Cape Rocat sits. These secluded suites offer stunning views of the sea from personal terraces with plunge pools.
Six Senses Ibiza offers Cave Suites and the magnificent Royal Cellar, which is the resort’s best accommodation overlooking the bay of Xarraca. With an oversized bed, a huge bathroom, a giant living room and interior, a full bar, and an oversized bathtub, this is one of the most sought-after areas of the resort. The living room also has a secret door leading to the recording studio which is located below for music-loving visitors.
Cave Room for Deep Sleep
This deserted Victorian slate mine is part of an adventure camp located 1,375 feet above sea level, beneath the Snowdonia Mountains in northwest Wales. Deep Sleep offers four single double cabins in a giant cave, each with a double bed. It can only be enjoyed on a Saturday night during the week beginning in the spring.
A steep 45-minute hike into the mountains will take you to a small chalet where you will be fitted with a helmet, harness and lights before setting off on the adventure underground. The address passes old miners’ stairs and ruined bridges, and an hour later you’ll arrive at the giant metal gates where their hotels are located. Food and beverages are served in a common area. Your consultant and staff spend the night in their cabins to help calm nerves.
Aerial view of Paros and the troglodyte suites built on the hill of Agia Irini
Cave Suite with Private Pool in Mythic Paros
One of my favorite resorts on the Greek island of Paros is the Mythic Paros. With a huge double infinity pool and maximum sunset views, this paradise is an adults-only retreat offering luxurious, cool cave suites built into the hillside of Agia Irini.
The two-bedroom Cave Suite is furnished in the Cycladic style with iconic bohemian textures and warm stones, shiny sliding doors, and a stone-clad terrace. It offers a queen-size bed in one bedroom with an ensuite bathroom and rainfall shower, a single bed in the other bedroom, and a sitting area with a sofa bed for an additional guest. My favorite option is the Cave Suite with personal pool, which offers the most romantic spot on the island to watch the sun go by.
Bedroom Suite at Aquatio Cave Luxury Hotel
Aquatio Cueva Luxury Hotel Pool
Aquatio Cave Luxury Hotel is on the ridge of Sasso Caveoso in Matera, Italy. The reception, restaurant, breakfast room, and wellness center are components of two giant open spaces that were once ninth-century neighborhoods. The cave rooms are located in the upper component of the structure, with striking perspectives of the Caveoso cliff and the ancient city.
The cave rooms were once ancient shelters for men from Neolithic settlements. The 35 stone-walled rooms and suites are modernized with sumptuous furnishings, and visitors have access to the gigantic wellness spa and pool buried directly in the rock.
Splendid troglodyte suite in Argos Cappadocia
Splendid troglodyte suite in Argos Cappadocia
Created from volcanic rock and shaped by wind, snow, and rain over thousands of years, it is the monastery of the Hittites, the largest in the world. This exclusive hotel is located where underground cities have been dug and where priests have retreated for centuries. The 51 rooms with graduated terraces have been designed to blend into the landscape, with perspectives of the Pigeon Valley, Mount Erciyes and the famous fairy chimneys. The charming Splendid Cave Suites have personal pools, a fireplace, a living room with vaulted ceilings, and a personal lawn or terrace.
Cave Suite at Big Bend Summit in Texas
Indoor Cellar Suite in the Most Sensible Big Bend, Texas
These unique cave suites are carved into the look of Three Caves Mountain in Texas. In 2021, The Summit at Big Bend began renovations of two man-made mining caves. These caves, located halfway through the most sensitive part of the mountain, have been remodeled. in a series of surprising retreats with fashionable luxuries.
Perivolas Hideaway near Santorini
Perivolas Hideaway Cave Suite
Built in a secluded cove on the island of Therasia, just outside Santorini, this striking hideaway sits on the site of an 1850s pumice mine that has been recently renovated. This space has direct ocean views and provides extreme privacy with four cave-like bedrooms. adding a king-size suite separate from the main space, all with their own bathroom.
Accessible only by sea, this waterfront asset has its own beach and includes personal boats and a water sports facility with sea kayaks, water skiing, and wakeboards, as well as windsurfing, snorkeling, and scuba diving equipment.
White Grotto Suite at Masseria Torre Coccaro in Puglia
Private Pool with White Cave Suite at Masseria Torre Coccaro in Puglia
An old fortified farmhouse from the 16th century, the Masseria family and its whitewashed tower that served as a defence to protect the coast. At the lowest point is an old dovecote used to send war messages.
Later, a vegetable meadow was created in the 17th century, surrounded by walls and irrigated by old wells and canals. In 1730 the small chapel was built, which has been a place of pilgrimage for fishermen for more than three hundred years. The olive groves are 800 years old and the old oil mill, sheepfolds and ancient caves attract legions of fans.
The White Cave Suite is located, as the name suggests, in a cave of white herbs and offers a bedroom and seating area with a giant stone fireplace and a bathroom with bath and whirlpool. There is a giant personal lawn with a heated pool and hot water. bathtub, dining table under pergola and living room with stove.
Entrance to the Art Suite of the Ice Hotel in Sweden
Interior of the Ice Hotel Art Suite
In addition to this winter hotel’s 20 popular ice rooms, it also offers 12 uniquely designed, hand-carved, artistic cave suites, all created for the first time. The Icehotel opened in 1989 and is a mix of hotel and exhibition with evolving artwork. art reshaped in snow and ice through commissioned artists from around the world.
Every year, when the Torne River freezes over, a new ice hotel is created in the small village of Jukkasjärvi in northern Sweden. The ice of the river is transformed into exclusive works of art that once existed.
The Silvermine Mining Suite in Sweden