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 open-air museum is rather a archeological sight where you can find very old caves. These were monasteries, churches and houses. It is pretty interesting and also you get a great view of the valley.
Very Good. Now it is wasted, no one lives there, and only for feeding pigeon. Maybe some rich guys or family would use one of these cave for vocation.
You can see examples of any of the structures in the Open Air Museum if you just go out into any of the valleys or hikes and find them, but here they are marvelously preserved and well explained.
Like nothing I have experienced before, was exciting hiking around the valleys and up over fairy chimneys.
Gorgeous geologic formations and beautiful with balloons aloft in the early morning hours. One of several scenic valleys in the Goreme region worth a visit.
Like. Loved flu in Ballon
Food are so nice
Landscape is unbelievable beautiful
We flu with Butterfly Baloney . Was a reliable company
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.
Stunning; best suited to folks on a cultural visit. kids will be bored unless they are old enough and well educated enough to appreciate the majority of sites in Cappadocia.
We didn't climb the castle, as we didn't have enough time, although i've heared that the view from the top over Capadoccia is unique.
It is beautiful and good to see a representation of most of what the area is about in one place. But I expected a bit more for that entry fee and the extra charge for the church inside was a bit much!