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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This is a unique one of its kind places and definitely worth going to experience life as it used to be.
Just so amazing to see this natural feature and how it had been adapted. Well worth the walking and climbing to see these features. A real must if you have ventured to this area.
This place is not worth the 15 TYL to get in. There are no explanations/descriptions for what you are looking at while in the museum. Nor does the aduio guide explain any more than what little is written on the plaques. In addition, you have to pay 8 TYL more to see the black church while you have already paid…
This was a wonderful place to go to on our last day. We had lunch at river side restaurant in the town of Belisirma, with our table literally on stilts in the water. We went on the hike to Ilhara and back. Not strenuous at all, return it takes three hours or you coudl o it one way and arrange…
I walked the valley from Uchisar Castle down to Goreme with my two sons. The scenery was FANTASTIC! There are lots of side trails and we took one only to come upon a steep drop that was too dangerous for my sons to attempt so we turned back and hiked up to the main trail. Along the way we stopped…
Very unique landscape, easy to hike. The view of uchisar castle from the valley is beautiful. Our room at Goreme suites had an excellent view of the valley and the fairy chimneys. The colors are beautiful at sunset
Pay the extra 8 lira to go to the dark church… well worth it!
absolutely packed with coach tours, not really worth a visit if you have limited time, much better to just wander the national park just outside of the museum
It was a life time experience to understand a bit about the History and the culture of the people who and how they lived. People interested in History should visit once in a life time, if possible.
You can wander aimlessly without being bothered by any others