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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just a quick hop out the bus to take a 10 minutes fotobreak. just enough to hear the story about the pigeons and why the locals keep these birds. nice!
the museum was fascinating the frescos were amazing especially in dark church. it is so important to find and good tourist guide we were so lucky about that. special thanks to Gönül CEBECİ.
This was very beautiful. The frescos are mostly badly damaged but this doesn't detract from their beauty. There is a lot to see and I didn't go in every single one. It's easy to walk from Goreme centre. There are toilets near the entrance.
This is perhaps one of the key highlights of Turkey. There are lots of these cave dwellings located all over this region. In fact, many of them are not inhabited by anyone. As a backpacker, my friend and I had serious consideration of staying in one of these dwellings for a night or two just to experience how it must…
very well protected, well organised…
ıf you are Turkish bu directly "Muze Kart" that is valid for one year in every musaum in Turkey…
We waited until almost 4PM to go to the Park, per our hotel's suggestion as a way to avoid all the lines. Even so, there were so many people and tour buses it was tough to see everything. We actually preferred some of the other Cappadocia cave sites/monastary more. Of course, you have to go to the National Park when…
what a place to live. Impressive carved monastary, large-ish church, quarters. A little off the beaten path. We saw it along with the Ilhara Valley on a tour – better if you can go on your own, since we didn't have enough time to look.
Watch your step.
this is why you go to Cappadocia. Great formation, great introduction to the area, very unique to see.
We have enjoyed the visit and seeing the old ancient churches but we see that all the churches are quite similar to each other and we have spent so much time with the audio tour guide, but with no gain. But overall we have spent a good day there. The day we have visited the museum, it was a little…
Full of bus tourists, but go the first day, rent the headphones and get an idea of the history of the area. Then go exploring. Everything you see in the museum, you can also see out hiking the valleys, without rubbing elbows with anyone else.