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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We spent the day walking down pigeon valley to Goreme, through the beautiful shaped and coloured rocks, amongst the trees and plants with hardly anyone there. It was brilliant.
The organization of life in these cave dwellings, was something remarkable. I do respect the perople were forced to live their lives in caves because of very severe reasons. I could not do it!
Buildings, churches and homes which housed hundreds of people set out over a large area. The people were religious which is apparent from the drawings inside the caves and churches.
Glad UNESCO are funding it as it is worth viewing.
The site was recommended by the hotel and travel agent but it was really a waste of time and money. Not much to see and what was there was not very interesting in comparison to many of the other sights of Turkey.
Not to be missed! Just as beautiful as other sites in Cappadocia and worth visiting. We had a wonderful tour guide who explained everything to us and that makes a big difference. Some structures are falling apart due to the erosion, but there is still a lot of beauty to be enjoyed!
To put it simply that is…if you have an interest in the slightly unusual and the way people used to live you should definitely come here. It is visually stunning and so interesting!
I've been in multiple tunnels in the world including Viet Nam and Kiev, Ukraine. This one is quite crowded with flocks of tourists. If you've never been in a tunnel before it's worth a trip. Expect to wait in narrow spaces some of the time, and this wasn't even peak season. In contrast to some tunnels, they don't manage how…
The rooms were cozy but for senior citizens, going up the stairs to the upper floors can be really trying.
Do not visit if you have knee or back problems or do not like closed in spaces. My guide did warn me of all of this and said there is a secret exit after you go into the first set of rooms. I wanted to plunge ahead so we did. Being very tall I found that I had to be…
Climb up to the top to have a fantastic bird's eye view of Goreme and the surrounding scenery. To avoid the hordes of Turkish schoolkids, visit during the weekdays.