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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Built on rock inumerous caves and very old paintings. Christianity first churches. Famous fairy chimneys. Lessons about geology.
It is a very nice holiday destination, a lot of think to do, nice restaurant, very nice hotel and on the a lot of historical place to visit
The open air museum was well wortwhile especially if you are interest in history and archeology.It also has significant interest for the ealy christians
The churches are very interesting to visit with lots of very very old paintings. However it gets just so busy with lots and lots of bus tours and it is hard to squeeze into the churches because of this. Also we were a little upset to find that the guides and the people on the tours, dont seem to have…
This is really full of caves with early christian paintings. The paintings are so-so though the history is interesting.The tour groups would often fill up the caves which are very small and then its a bit annoying.
I visited this place toward the tail-end of my trip to Goreme, and I would recommend either getting the audio guide or going with a tour. I had neither, and there was only sparse information about some of the rooms. I also didn't know until after the fact that the frescoes were defaced intentionally by Muslims and assumed they were…
Goreme specially is very interesting because you can see how the monks lived and decorated their churches. Definitely a don't miss. But be there at 08:00 in the morning or during other groups lunch break if you go by a group otherwise you will end up waiting 15-20 min in front of every church. If you are alone there is…
One of the more unusual places on earth……. the scene of more than a few films.
Natural rock formations with a difference.
It is a great walk to the open air museum from the town of Goreme. The museum is not expensive to get in, and offers a great overview of the history of the area. Make sure you walk around the rock formations outside the museum too.
The chapel at the entrance was beautiful, but the staff there were hawking their…
Its beautiful valley, nice trip from Uchisar to Göreme. It takes aroung 45 minutes.