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Avanos Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Avanos, Turkey
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Making and buying pottery in Avanos
This is a top pick! ... . I can say, however, you do get to shop in some really nice places with very personalized attention. Avanos is known as Pottery Central in Turkey. During our visit the kids enjoyed throwing pots/vases, whatever on the kick wheel while wearing "clown ...
Television, backgammon, camels and pigeons
... a culture, but the only one I have caught so far is their version of Who Wants to be A Millionaire. Likewise, the music in Turkey is completely Turkish. They dont even import bad American music like most countries do, they prefer to make their own. I ...
Touring around Cappadocia
... like nothing you have ever seen. Thanks to millions of years of volcanic eruptions or calcium deposits or erosion or whatever... Turkey contains some landscapes that look like another planet. Cappadocia's fairy chimneys are a good example, and you'll see ...
Balloon ride and overnight bus to Pamukkale
As some of you may recall, I was going to do a balloon ride over the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. Well... that didn't exactly happen. A few days before my arrival in Luxor, one of the balloons was taken by the wind into the airspace of the Luxor ...
Cappadocia and caves
... around and explore, these were fascinating. After we had finished the walk we moved to another hotel ın a town called Avanos, in central Cappadocia. The hotel was fantastic with lots of character set in an Ottoman mansion wıth the perfect ...
Cappadocia
Cappadocia underground city fairy chimmeys in tghe Goreme Valley National Park. Beginnings of Christian Mysticism In the early fourth century BCE, the three great Cappadocian fathers: Gregory of Nyssa, his brother Basil the Great and their ...
Cappadocia
... so much. I can at least attest to the accuracy of the last of these three comments. The next morning, with coffee onboard, we hit the road bound for Istanbul. We had a truly amazing trip through Turkey and can’t wait to return as soon as ...
Cappadocia Balloon Ride
Well I am ging to keep this short and sweet. It was an amazing experiemce. Except the bit where I had to get up at 4:00 in the morning and Steve was sound sleep! The ride itself was about 1 hour, which was 15 minutes more than we paid for! I like it when ...
Cappadocia dreaming
For over 3 years I have waited to see these Fairy Chimneys of the Cappadocia. This day I have once again made my dream real. Cappadocia is like a childhood dream of a place you thought could never exist. It did and still does. Formed from Volcanic ash ...
With Katie J in Avanos
October 22 and 23, 2010 Okay… where do I start with this crazy and hectic couple of days in Avanos visiting Katie Janyk, our friend from Gibsons. I guess chronological is the best bet. Warning… this is a long posting because we have crammed in ...
Fairy Chimneys and Underground Cities
Headed inland to Turkey's main natural attraction - the bizarre landscape of Cappadocia. Getting there involved a 12 hour overnight bus to Göreme - which was complete luxury after India with an an on-board waiter, Turkish movies and 2 seats to myself due ...
Turkey - Cappadocia Region
April 28 - 29, 2006 (Cappadocia Region, Turkey) Goreme is like a jacked up Flintstone's world. The landscape features cave dwellings and bizarre rock formations that the locals call fairy chimneys - a much more pleasant term than the one that ...
i Have A Nose
Well well well - after 3 days in Goreme Im now in another Cappadocian town - Avanos. Today was a great day. After another delicious bfast at my hostel -this time French toast - I had to wipe 2 inches of snow off TIPO as İ was packing up my gear. Then ...
Silk carpets from start to finish
... in the morning for the optional balloon ride over the tufa (for $180). Later in the morning, our group coached to Avanos, a village known for the carpet-making. We spent most of the morning there to see how they spin the silk from the ...
Star Wars and Underground Cities
Mixed opinion about the tour. We did see a lot but almost too much. there was so much trying to be crammed in that there really wasn2t enough time to spend in each place. I felt a bit too rushed. One of The interesting places that we hit was an ...
Cabaret
La surprise finale pour clore en beauté une journée bien remplie. Invitation voyage nous a prévu une soirée " danses et musiques truques" dans un restaurant/ Cabaret à Avanos. Bonne ambiance, le sourire et le sens de l'humour en prime. ...
Hot Air Balloons, Caves, & nasty twist on tequila
After countless hours in the car, a speeding ticket, snow, fog, and one nasty night spent in a busy city, we made it to Cappadocia! This is the land of crazy rock formations, hiking, and...hot air ballooning!!!!!!! ----------------------- On our ...
Winding up in Capidocia
My last day here in sunny Capidocia was a sad one, getting ready to swap the clear blue sunny skies that show every single day for rainy Istanbul. At least the rain in Istanbul will prep me for going back to dreary London. I will certainly miss the ...
Cappadocia: The Land of the Beautiful Horses
... -day Turkey, much of the development of the Christian paradigm and (catholic) church took place in various locations around Turkey, including Cappadocia, during the 2nd century through the 10th-11th centuries. You will see from the pictures the outside of ...
Land and Farming
... 10 years a net importer of food. Most of it is coming from US. I suppose that wheat might be cheap and possibly Turkey, unlike EU, does mind less the hormone beef. Accordingly, just as everywhere, farmers are leaving the land and although the ...
A Day in the Life in Cappadocia
... sleeping areas and kitchens, wells and ventilation systems are all connected.There are thought to be 36 underground cities in this area of Turkey, built in the 6th century, with 20,000 people living there. Our last stop of the day was a pottery ...
Camels, Caves and Cappadokia!
... taken care of, a little thirsty at the moment and just want to let you all know how much we miss you and wish we could share these crazy special moments with all of you! Turkey 2007? See ya'll later, ciao, adios, and we forgot how to say it in ...
Raki bad....
... of sleep solved the problem and I was able to make my 9:30 am tour. The Goreme Open Air Museum, Fairy Chimneys, Pigeon Valley, Urgup, Avanos (where I tried my hands at pottery - was thinking of Geraline! - and made a crazy bowl) etc, etc, etc... Dinner ...
Trekking the valleys of Cappadocia
Today, we were all set to finally get some exercise, hike the amazing valleys, and work off this delicious Turkish food...we got way more than we asked for. After asking travel agents and trekking companies about group tours or arranging a private...we ...
Caveland!
Arrived and couldn't check in till later. Six bed dorm room for $2.80 or so though. Rooms are in a cave, a fairy chimney. It was believed that fairies lived here till people came and when they did the fairies turned into pigeons so they would't be ...
La Cappadoce - Avanos
... ;rmak (Rivière Rouge), qui sépare également Avanos du reste de la Cappadoce. La plus importante caractéristique historique d'Avanos, qui est toujours vivante et très aujourd'hui, est sa production de poterie enterre cuite ; c'est l'activité ...
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