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The CappaDOCİA Luxury cAVE Hotel
About Hotel
The Bezirhane, which operated and existed until the population exchange in the town of Mustafapaşa (Sınasos), and the old Greek mansion located on the upper floor, were destroyed and left in ruins after the population exchange. In 2003, as part of a 5-year restoration project, the Bezirhane and the mansion were restored. Today, it serves as a boutique cave hotel with 23 rooms (19 cave rooms and 4 stone arch rooms), offering local breakfast and evening meals in an open and enclosed area. The old Bezirhane section has been transformed into a closed restaurant. Situated on the Aios Nicholas Manastır Valley, adjacent to the historical Maraşoğlu Bridge, the hotel is built on a terrace floor, leaning against the valley slope, and provides scenic views.
About Bezirhane
The Bezirhane, located in the center of the town, was built by carving rocks and consisted of interconnected rooms. The interior rooms of the bezir hane included rooms for storing oil, accommodations for workers, rooms for pressing screws, a stone oven for roasting the bezir seeds, stables for animals used to turn the pressing screws, and pits for collecting oil. The wooden pressing screws, made for extracting oil and operated by animals, are still present in the bezir hane. The prepared oil would be placed in hand-woven sacks, tied at the mouth, and placed on a workbench.
The wooden pressing screws, when the animal was tied and turned around the screw, would squeeze the herbs between the screws, allowing the liquid to flow into a container, resulting in the extraction of oil. The obtained oil from the bezir seeds would be boiled to remove bitterness and then used in cooking after it cooled down. The excess oil would be used to light clay lamps for illuminating homes. In this way, oil was obtained from the bezir seeds. The bezir hane has been preserved until the present day.
Its architecture and artistic wall decorations defy the passage of time. However, the colors of the frescoes have faded and disappeared over time. Stone presses, a pool, an oven, and a wooden pressing screw machine are among the visible features. Many settlement areas consisting of similar rock-cut shelters can be found.
About Mustafapaşa (Sinasos)
Mustafapaşa Village has been selected as one of the best tourism villages that preserve their communities, local customs, and cultural heritage through a program initiated by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in May 2021. It was chosen as one of the “Best Tourism Villages” during the organization’s 24th general assembly held in Madrid, the capital of Spain. The village, formerly known as Sinasos, stands out with around 200 registered structures dating back to the 9th century AD, spanning from the Byzantine era to the Ottoman and early Republican periods, as well as its local culture and traditions. Mustafapaşa presents a unique cultural mosaic that successfully blends the common living culture of the non-Muslim and Muslim communities from the pre-exchange period with the richness brought by Macedonian immigrants through the population exchange.
