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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Good for a photo opp, but there's a lot of stunning landscapes competing in Cappadocia, so I wont say it's one of the best. If you have little time, you can give this a miss.
In this place you will see things never imagined before. This is a unique view of an ancient city in the hills of Kappadocia. Churches all over the place, with nonrefined afrescos. The history of the Bible told over the walls with images. Prepare your cameras!!! 1000 phtotos there won't grasp the beauty of the place. Go into the caves,…
My advice: don't waste your time or money on the audio tour. It was very dry and not very helpful. Most of the information was repeated on the signage outside, and what little extra information was provided in the guide is probably easily found online. We partly bought the tour because it came with a map, and they do not…
To do a walk into rose valley is mandatory. there is a path of a few kilometers, which allows of visit churches and beautiful landscapes
This was the worst meal i've had after a week of traveling around turkey, which includes many meals of street food. It is unfortunately the restaurant tour companies choose to use as their inclusive lunch.
Quite interesting but we suffered from a "church"overload.
Visting the Zelve Open Air Museum was one of the highlights of our trip. We were able to explore the area on our own with relatively few other tourists (mainly Turkish.) Most of the area is open where you can climb in and out of places. Having visited many rock caves, this was by far the best perserved cave houses…
It was a long walk, but quite enjoyable since our group and even our tour guide (Jehad of New Heritage Tour) made it fun. We didnt see much of the rock formations due to the heavy fog that day.
The fairy chimneys here are certainly REALLY cool geologically. The basalt caps are really well shown here and you get to see different processes of erosion for the different chimneys. The really narrow necked chimneys are especially interesting.
It is a must. You need to visit the open air museum. It is best to rent the audio guides and learn yourself about all the history of the place. If you take a tour with a guide, it is usually too crowded.