The Turkish region of Cappadocia, a region of exceptional natural wonders, in particular characterized by fairy chimneys and a unique historical and cultural heritage, boasts one of the most dramatic sights in the world.
Visiting Cappadocia is such a change from visiting many other busy bustling sights all over Turkey. It is a great pleasure to wander in the vast open space filled with captivating natural attractions which have seen human history dated back in the Bronze Age.
While in Goreme Open Air Museum , the conical formations resulting from the volcanic eruptions that took place millions of years ago, just follow the path up to the top of one of the ridges where a spectacular view of the fairy chimneys awaits you. The natural cone formations contain caves and labyrinths. As early as the third century, those chimneys became a hiding place for early Christians who fled persecution from the Romans, and then later from raiding Muslims. In modern tourism, many caves have been turned into cave houses for tourist stays and the lunar-like setting of Goreme Valley has become popular for hot-air ballooning.
Many say the extremely unique landscape of Cappadocia resembles some scene in a Star Wars movie and yet you may be surprised to discover that no major commercial movies have been filmed there. It would be a perfect setting for movies such as Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter series.
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there are magnifacant fairy chimneys which settle around the pasabağ and there are some vineyards. the people who works there are so kind and I Recommend everyone.
The Open-Air Museum gives you the overall idea of every other place you might otherwise venture into if on your own in various parts of Cappadocia. Churches, cave dwellings, etc. Its all here. Worth a visit and I enjoyed it quite a bit, but after awhile it all does start to look the same. After visiting this, you can easily…
The place was so tourist-packed that they were all out of audio guides. This made the experience a bit dull – this is really a place where you need to hear about the history. Otherwise it is just some carved out rocks and a couple of cave churches.
The thing is we had already seen the Kaymakli underground city so…
Actually, whenever I saw the photos, I was excited to visit the city, the hotel manager organized car for us. I did not tell my family about it. Once we went through the first underground tunnel( barely you can move), I felt my heart beating unusually, so I asked the tour guide( ask someone at the ticket office, 30-50 TL…
The first few caves/ places were interesting… and then the heat started getting to us… This is definitely a better winter destination!
The most important parts of the area are the amazing views, the magnificent rock formations created over hundeds of thousands of years ago and great photography opportunities. The museum contains beautifully preserved painted churches from the 9-11th centuries which are nestled amoung the rock formations. The churches are located about 1.5 miles from the village, but is usually filled with…
Cheap kiosk to drig orange juice at the top!
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This area is definitely worth a visit if you are going to Turkey. It's an easy drive from Kayseri. Fascinating to see how people lived. Lots of tourists so go early or late. Mid-day is busy and, when I was there, hot.
Near Uçhisar, this lovely place was a surprise for me. Thousands of pigeons flying above and though the valley. Nice spectacle!
Unique architecture. Couldn't have enough of photo-taking and time to appreciate every corner of it. May be slightly slippery and steep to climb at certain areas.