Bozkurt Hotel, Kemaliye (Eğin)

Imagine a breathtaking wild gorge in steep rocky mountains, a deep green river, colourful gardens, forests, cosy stone and wooden houses, waterfalls, fresh mountain air and warmhearted locals... This is Kemaliye, one of Balkanatolia's most exciting places in terms of natural beauty and architecture. The landscape here is a fascinating mixture of Alps and Orient, a true paradise in deep Eastern Anatolia.

After a two hours curvy drive close to Euphrates River and the impressive Keban Dam, historical Kemaliye (former Eğin) will welcome you with her unique old houses and mansions and a rather developped infrastructure, a handful small hotels, pensions and restaurants, a former Armenian church and some nice small mosques.

BOZKURT HOTEL, consisting of two buildings, is our favourite. Rooms here are perfectly clean, modern but also traditional, and most of them have a splendid view on the Euphrates canyon and the steep rocky mountains.

Sezai Bey, one of the owner brothers, is a true Eastern Anatolian - friendly, warmhearted and really caring for his guests. He will be happy to show you this historical place and if you are lucky, he will take you to the old "Lökhane" (mixture of sweet things without artifical sweet! Impossible to describe the taste, really.) or down to the canyon, where locals have constructed the famous impressing "Taş Yolu" with their own hands, a scenic 30 km stone road with plenty of tunnels and "windows" for paragliders.

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BOZKURT HOTEL, Kemaliye, Turkey