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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The walk from Goreme to Uçhisar through Pigeon Valley is quite an easy stroll from the centre of town. Although the pathway is quite distinct, the signage is a bit lacking and one must be careful to not miss the right hand path that starts the ascent out of the valley towards Uçhisar.
Stopped by here and toured the site….pretty cool to see. Watch the low ceilings!
There are no decorations or setups to give you a good mock up on how people lived in these dwellings, so all the rooms look alike. No need to visit more than one city as they are all the same.
Most of the attractions were closed, very crowded with school children running all over the place.
You can get better photos walking to the site rather than at the site
Had never thought of the cave dwellings , the fairy chimneys, the underground cities, all a amazing experience .
You can't miss it, since it's one of the main tourist attractions in Göreme. But it gets old after a while, because everything looks the same. Still worth the experience.
We enjoyed a lovely guided walk through the Rose Valley. Unique landscape, lovely spring day, couldn't have been better!
History in Cappadocia interesting places I know and the trip was well planned and programmed to examine.
Directories can be a bit misleading because the book before I did the work.
Our guide helpers are of little help.
They gave me the way I want full information.
Not surprising to know that in advance of other local attractions
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My wife and I decided to explore the red region (north east portion of cappadocia) trekking route in the morning as our Aydinli hotel offered free dropoffs to various locations and i have to say what an experience it was. Climbing up and down the rocks for some parts of the journey added flavor to the adventure. Though it is…
A great place to wander around the site to see the rock formations and caves.
A wonderful place to visit in December. We were lucky to have clear blue skies although. It was quite nippy. The caves are excellent and the audio guide is pretty decent. Although some specific sections have extra entry feein addition to what you pay to get in.
People with claustrophobia should be careful though as some of the caves are…