Uchisar Castle

Thursday, May 5, Urgup, Cappadocia Region, Turkey

Ok for those of you who have forgotten your Turkish geography, the Cappadocia Region is in the middle of Turkey. There are seven regions in Turkey all together. If you start with Istanbul and work your way clockwise this is what they are. Mammara region, the Black Sea region, the East …

Asmalı Konak
Yeraltı Şehirleri
Trion Kilisesi
Derinkuyu Park Camii
Temenni Tepesi
Pancar Vadisi
Üçgüzeller Peribacaları
Uçhisar Kalesi
Güvercin Vadisi
Aynalı Kilise
Saklı Kilise
Çavuşin Kilisesi
Avanos Kızılırmak Köprüsü
Alaaddin Hamamı
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... and under things, scramble up hills and explore for ourselves.   After Goreme we headed a few kilometres up the road to visit Uchisar, a 'castle' created out of bare rock. Before we tackled it, Jess suggested we sit down for a while, grab a cup of ...

Yesterday, after school with mom, we went to see the Rumeli castle, which we saw from the boat on Sunday. It was built by Mehmet and his soldiers in only four months to conquer Constantinople. It is a huge fort, with walls all around, an amphitheatre ...

Bus to Uchisar to catch the trail in pigeon valley with Ash, Tash, and Will. Stopped to check out the Uchisar Castle on the way. What an amazing view of the open air museum. Turkisk natural Viagra, different types of nuts wrapped in a dried appricot. 2 ...

... lot of elsewhere).  We then went to a quaint town nearby named Ortahisar for a quick lunch and a look at their castle built into a fairy chimney.  Little did we know that we would also encounter "Crazy Ali" - the tourism information ...

... to try and understand why.  Marco’s explanation was that it was the Greeks final act of vengeance for their expulsion from Turkey in the 1920’s.  From Soğnali we drove on to Sosebos, an archaeological site where ruins of a ...

Sunday, October 30 We had another busy day in the Cappadocia region.  Daylight saving time ended, so we had the extra hour this morning to get ready.  We started at a carpet museum, which is also a school for weavers where we saw Turkish ...

UCHISAR AND UCHISAR CASTLE Uchisar is situated at the highest point in Cappadocia, on the Nevsehir-Goreme road, just 5 km from Goreme. The top of the Uchisar Castle, provides a magnificent panorama of the surrounding area with Mount Erciyes in the ...

... welcome.  This little village is the highest point in the entire region.The former citadel and watch tower resembles a legendary castle..Our room looked over the valley and each morning we could see and hear the hot air balloons float past.We ...