Travel Blogs from Derinkuyu, Turkey

Deep underground

A travel blog entry by guykb

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... our relief we found the road and after a bit more driving found what we were looking for. The underground city of Derinkuyu. Commenced almost 3000 years ago and enlarged over the centuries, Derinkuyu was developed to provide a place of refuge. ...

Cappadocia, Derinkuyu

A travel blog entry by jaredwall

Cappadocia. Where do I start with the history of this place? I suggest you Google it. Additionally, the underground city of Derinkuyu is 1 of 37 known underground cities in Cappadocia. It has 18-20 stories, according to some archaeological estimates, 8 of ...

Day 250 - Subterranean Cities

A travel blog entry by craigadventure

... cooking and living as well as churches and temporary gravesites. A short bus ride had us 10km further south at the Derinkuyu underground city where pleasantly (and unexpectedly) there were a lot less people. With its eleven floors extending to ...

Meeting With God In A Muslim Country

A travel blog entry by trockie

Today we visited an underground city which the Christians used to escape persecution. The hilight however was we met up w/ a couple from our hotel, who invited us to join them on a hike through a valley, which ended up being a canyon ...

Hunchback

A travel blog entry by houseofmonsters

We ate breakfast about 3 times and then headed to the bus stop to catch a ride to Nevişehir to then catch a ride to Derinkuyu to see the underground city. It was awesome, pretty freaking awesome to go down about 100 meters (maybe a bit less). We end ...

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