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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Definitely worth seeing, but the tour busses flock there and unload all day. We tried to go during an “off” time of day, but there were still continuous lines of people arriving in busses. The power was out so the Dark Church was too dark to see. The Rose Valley is nearby and almost deserted in comparison with similar examples…
They are all over Cappadocia, don't get stuck seeing them all, it can be too much of a good thing. We thoroughly enjoyed the ones we saw.
The beautiful mountains and cave houses are a site to see but the very same phenomenon that made them is getting rid of them. There are also several churches and cave houses that are open and easy to get to. They are so open that unfortunately people have not respected it. Large pieces of the ancient churches are missing or…
My fiancee and I really enjoyed climbing all over this ancient castle. Time and erosion have taken a toll on some of the rooms but it's quite managable if you have good shoes and are in reasonbly good shape. The views from the top are outstanding.
İ liked it so much you can see many stones in all colors. They are red, white, grey, yellow, and brown stones in the valley. Also they are many houses builded in the history it was nice experience.
Amazing rock formations. Some were jaw-dropping and really hard to describe.
In the valley, felt like Tatooine.
With many cave hotels and restaurants, Urgüp is a useful base for exploring Cappadocia. It is one of the largest towns in Cappadocia, and offers the highest quality accommodations, dining, and nightlife in the area. It is situated in close proximity to the major sights, which are best explored by rental car or by tour as many of them are not easy to reach by public transportation. There are, however, buses during the day to Goreme, Avanos, Nevsehir, Mustafapasa, and other neighboring towns.
Urgup offers the greatest selection for accommodation in all of Cappadocia. Most of the posher hotels are located here, but every year more and more locals decide to cash in on tourism and convert old houses into pensions, assuring that supply is always greater than demand.
In recent years a building boom in Cappadocia has created a surplus of accommodation and driven prices down, so that budget travellers should have an easy time of finding a place to stay. While there are no hostels in Urgup, budget hotels here can be a better value and much more comfortable, especially if you are not travelling alone and can split the cost of a private room.
Staying in Urgup will also put you closer to the heart of the social scene in Cappadocia, which thrives in Urgup’s numerous restaurants, shops, cafes, bars, and discos.
Even if you don't want to pay admission, it is so worth coming here. You can walk around and in and out of the caves and the view is spectacular.
Amazing cappadoccia. We stayed in a cave hotel – super!
And travelling around and seeing the sights,could hardly believe that towns, roads, stables had all been built underground.
Its certainly worth the travel.
The crowds were awful especially trying to get into small spaces. If you go, try to go when it first opens.