Cappadocia, Turkey Travel Blogs

Lunar Landscapes
Nov 2, 2005 (35 photos)

... (i.e., the Flintstones). It is a weird and wonderful place; there are many unusual land formations in this area of Turkey called Cappadocia, a World Heritage Site. Our first day was spent exploring the Goreme Open-Air Museum, a cluster of rock-cut 11th ...

Where are all the Whos?
Dec 16, 2007 (71 photos)

A big day of checking out Cappadoccia...it's a region of central Turkey with some pretty unique landforms.  Looks like Who-ville in the Grinch..  But there are no Whos inside anymore... There's all these rock cones called faerie chimneys that ...

More Turkey
Jul 17, 2007 (10 photos)

İ read a very interesting book İ got from one of my tourmates:  Nine Parts of Desire, The Hidden World of İslamic Women by Geraldine Brooks written in 1995.  Very interesting if you want to know more about women and Islam.  To expand ...

Hosca Kal Turkiye!
Jun 4, 2006 (17 photos)

After an 11-hour overnight bus ride from the coast, we finally arrived in central Turkey in the Cappadocia region, known for its amazing landscape of unique rock formations. It was a relief to get to our hotel after the uncomfortable ride through the ...

Kids' entries
Jul 5, 2007

Kate: The hotel in Cappadocia is fantastic. Mom and I shared a bed with a canopy in the honeymoon suite room. The idea of having a hotel in a cave is just brilliant. The manager is really nice. This morning during breakfast I saw and pet a kitty and ...

Off to Cappadocia
Jul 5, 2007 (15 photos)

... far as modern civilization goes. So, I'm pretty much going to stick to a few anecdotes about the journey and expound on Cappadocia after our tour tomorrow. The bus drive included a connection, but aside from some near-bursting bladders (again, I'll ...

Making and buying pottery in Avanos
Jul 6, 2007 (5 photos)

... , 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 pants" to protect their ...

Back to the Caves
Aug 24, 2005 (21 photos)

... houses and hotels, which we didn't get to do last time. According to the Lonely Planet the beautiful landscape of Cappadocia was formed around 30 million years ago with the explosion of three volcanoes. The resulting landscape has been eroded over ...

fairy chimneys and hittite caves, capadoccia
Sep 24, 2006 (9 photos)

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Istanbul.
Nov 5, 2008 (26 photos)

A work trip to Turkey.

Classic Cappadocia
May 7, 2006 (29 photos)

... century AD onwards, so many monks descended on this remote area seeking refuge from religious persecution. The tufa of Cappadocia is extremely simple to carve and tunnel through, so the Christians built camoflaged communities above and below ground - ...

The Underground City and the Flinstones.....
Nov 25, 2005 (11 photos)

... we were too tight as it was 100 quid - sorry paul!) After that they came back and we went to the amazing underground city of cappadocia (One of many) The caves are 1000 years old and 2000 people used to hıde from the arabs at one time, There are many rooms ...

The Fairy Chimneys
Aug 1, 2007 (9 photos)

Eastern Turkey is nice enough and long-term travellers say it can be the most interesting part of the country. We are down to the last three months of our trip though and we still have a lot of countries to see, so we start to head back west. One place ...

Magical Cappadocia
Sep 28, 2008 (31 photos)

Cappadocia is a fairy tale. Not necessarily one of those fairy tales with dragons and prncesses, but there are fairies, or at the very least fairy chimneys. This is what these incredible rock formations present throughout the region are called, though in ...

Boy Has This Place Changed..
Aug 4, 2006 (18 photos)

... hours but our bike time was almost up so we sadly had to call it a day. If you're reading this and considering going to Cappadocia or Goreme in particular make sure you hire a scooter (ask for a new one) and make a day of touring the valleys by yourself ...

Kids' entries Cappadocia
Jul 6, 2007 (2 photos)

... to run around on the different rugs and it was fun except mom got mad at us sometimes. Other than that, it was a great day in Cappadocia. Kate: Hi everyone! For the entire day in Cappadocia we had a guide we had to wake up at 7:30 to we could eat and ...

Ruins and more ruins
Dec 4, 2007 (5 photos)

We woke again to a wonderful scene from our window - the Aegean Sea in all its glory. Fishing boats were coming in and out of the small harbour and small waves were breaking on the shore. The girls found time for another swim and then we were on our way. ...

Cappadocia rocks- a lot!!!
Aug 10, 2008 (31 photos)

... us up from the pension and took us to a bus, the size of the overnight bus, filled with tourists from Spain, France, Turkey, and wherever else.  Our tour guide spoke Turkish and English.  We first went to Pigeon Valley, where we could see the U- ...

Magical place with fairy phalli
Aug 11, 2008 (44 photos)

I'll get around writing this entry... Balloon ride at 5:30am Red valley hiking                             & ...

The magic of Cappadocia
Nov 20, 2007 (7 photos)

... 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 massive 'population exchanges' ...

Making/buying a carpet
Jul 6, 2007 (10 photos)

I'm giving the carpet buying experience its own entry because I took a lot of pictures. Although we did not opt for the silk carpet, we enjoyed seeing how the silk threads were teased out of the cocoons, then wound together into thin threads, then ...

Goreme, City of Fairies
Sep 5, 2004 (4 photos)

Hi All, Our original plan was to take the train from Istanbul to Ankara and then rent a car to tour the rest of Turkey. When waying the expense and hastles of taking the train with renting a car in Isanbul and driving, the car won out. We drove all day ...

Castles, Carpets and Caves
Nov 20, 2007 (5 photos)

... the highest point of the surrounding area. The view was nothing short of spectacular. Probably I have used superlatives too much in my Cappadocia posts, but that's how it is here.   We asked Faruk for a nice place to eat in town (Uchisar is not a ...

Goreme - Cappadocıa
Aug 22, 2005 (7 photos)

... - The ultimate backpackers village with log cabins and tree houses to where we sit now - Here in Goreme - Cappadocia...the Volcanic rock area of Turkey set high in the mountains.....weve not seen it all, but weve seen a lot and seen many different places ...

Goodbye Cappadocia
Jul 6, 2007

... carpet or two here and my options were to buy them here, in Istanbul or down in tourist land on the coast. I believed Cappadocia was our best bet. I also had an additional sense of security from going to a place that was recommended by my excellent guide. ...

Crazy rocks
Mar 30, 2005 (5 photos)

Cappodochia is a wonderfully strange land of beautiful hikes, psychedelic rock forms and kind people. Tina and I spent two days there and got off to a good start by staying at Kose Pension, owned by Dawn, a Scottish lady, who was full of information and ...

Cappadocia
Oct 20, 2005 (4 photos)

... freshen up from the bus trip before commencing a full day tour. When the travel agent had booked us for 2 full day tours in Cappadocia we wondered why but as the scenery and things to see unfolded, 2 days was not even enough! The landscape is Turkey's ...

Our last day in Cappadocia
Nov 22, 2007 (2 photos)

... our bags ready for an early start tomorrow. We have had a marvelous stay here, and I have to say that staying at Esbelli Evi has been a very smart decision on my part! If you are considering where to stay in Cappadocia, stay here! Long drive tomorrow!

Cruising along the country roads of rural ...
Jul 16, 2002 (22 photos)

Cruising along the country roads of rural Cappadocia in a pale blue '72 convertible. It doesn't get any better than this. It is the epitome of cool. We waved, they waved back and for a day we were THE Celebraties of Cappodocia. We ruled rural Turkey and ...

Goreme (blog)
May 4, 2007 (67 photos)

... am finally up to date after 4 weeks!) I had probably my 2nd favourite day. Was rock climbing up and down the Ilhara Valley in Cappadocia and ran about 10km. Definately the most active of days also! Thats all for now but I plan to blog a bit more when in ...