Gamisaru Cave Hotel, Ayvla Village, Cappadocia, Turkey

Set in a restored 1,000-year-old Byzantine monastic retreat built into a cliff over a stream, the 25-room "troglodyte" hotel combines marble bathrooms and other modern facilities with what has been called "a spiritual feel."

Remains of frescoes hundreds of years old can be seen at a nearby dirt-floored church, and the Middle Anatolian area has hundreds of volcanic pillars from which people carved homes.

It's certainly photogenic - from the Gamisaru's terrace near sundown, a lone shepherdess may be seen leading her flock.