Cappadocia Cave Dwellings Urgup

Urgup , Cappadocia, Turkey
  • Traveler Rating 5.00
    31 reviews 2 travel blogs

    Attraction Type:

    Cavern/cave

TravelPod Member ReviewsCappadocia Cave Dwellings Urgup

  • wine, dark, and clay pots

    4

    bassmanms 4 contributions Chicago, United States Mar 9, 2012

    how they dug these underground cities is unfathomable to me. would have been very lost w/ out a tour guide. Though they do kind of speed you through w/ out being allowed to roam at your own pace.

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    Sand Cave people, where Star Wars IV wasn't filmed

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    The snow this time of year was a nice contrast to the monotonous brown/tan landscape that envelopes the entire area. Wondering around finding my Cave Pension I was confused on the similarities of names and the lack of creativity in the tourist destination town of Gerome (star cave hotel, cave star, cave suite across from suites cave hotel... C'mon …

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    The Erotic Monoliths and Caves of Cappadocia

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    I. Cappadocia

    Cappadocia (Turkish: Cappadokia) was one of the early western caravanseria (rest and re-refurbishment stations) on the Silk Road trading route(s) between Europe and China.

    The area is marked by striking archeological formations because of its ancient location between two currently inactive volcanoes. Millions of …

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    ... . This village was occupied until relatively recently (the 1950s) but abandoned due to the erosion. In fact most of the cave dwellings in the Cappadocia region were abandoned after the proclamation of the Turkish state in 1923. At this time there were ...

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        From Konya we headed into Cappadocia to see the famous Fairy Chimneys and cave dwellings.  We loved Urgup and Cappadocia.  Urgup is located within Neveshir Province in Central Anatolia and has a particular charm to it. ...