The church is located on the steep hill which is located to the south of Kiliclar–Swords Church at an approximate distance of 250 meters to the open air museum behind the ridge of Church of the Buckle . Kiliclar Kuşluk Church, one of the most beautiful churches […]
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El Nazar Church is situated in the El Nazar valley, about 800m to te right from the road to the Goreme Open air museum. This church was carved from one piece of rock in a “T” shape. It is cruciform with three apses, the main apse opening […]
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This basilica style church differs from the others in that it has a pulpit in the centre, its columns are thick and rectangular in shape, it has a baptistery and graves hollowed out of the walls in the first section. The church, dating back to the 6th […]
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Built by a donor named Anna, the Chapel of St. Catherine dates from the 11th century. It has a Greek-cross-shaped nave, with a dome over the center and barrel-vaulted cross arms. The narthex has nine floor tombs and two burial niches. The bodies of holy martyrs and […]
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The Dark Church is the most important sight in Goreme open-air museum and is the most richly decorated of the churches here. Lit by only one skylight, the darkness has preserved the frescoes, which have been carefully restored and can now be seen in all their glory. […]
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This church has the name of Çarıklı Kilise (The Church with Sandals) because of the footprints scooped out of the ground in the Southern transep, under are a copy of those of Jesus which were venerated in the Sanctuary of the Ascension in Jerusalem. The series of […]
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Asikli Huyuk is a settlement mound located nearly 1 km south of Kızılkaya village on the bank of the Melendiz brook, and 25 kilometers south – east of Aksaray, Turkey. Aşıklı Höyük is located in an area covered by the volcanic tuff of central Cappadocia, in Aksaray […]
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Akhisar is a county district and its town center in Manisa Province in the Aegean region of Western Turkey. Akhisar is also the ancient city of Thyatira or Thyateira. With archaeological findings that are proving settlements going back to 3000 BC, Akhisar has been a busy trade […]
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Two of the four rivers in the Creation account have their source in eastern Turkey. The Euphrates and Tigris Rivers flowed through the Garden of Eden (Gen. 2:13). Some traditions suggest that this garden in which Adam and Eve lived was located in southeastern Turkey. After the […]
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Semistra seems to be the name of the first settlement of people on the Golden Horn some time during the first millennium B.C. This was at the head of the Horn where the two streams, Cydaris (Ali Bey Suyu) and Barbysus (Kâğıthane Suyu), come together. In the ninth […]
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The big tip is to try and go completely private. Many of the large tour companies offer private tour and they are going to charge a significant amount of money for the tour guide. However, many locations offer self-guided tours and therefore you have the ability to supply your own tour guide. Easily Book your guided private Ephesus tours, to see all the treasures of Ephesus Turkey. It's often said that Turkey has more ancient cities and classical ruins than does Greece. Well, it's true, and the Aegean coast holds a great number of sites, including Ephesus, the grandest and best-preserved of them all.
