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Goreme Slideshow
Goreme
Travel Blogs from Goreme, Turkey
An influential church
This region of Turkey was a key region for the early church, and even more so after Constantine moved his capital up near here. Christians have been living in this region from very early on, and in a completely different context than in Jerusalem. ...
Captivated by Cappadocia
With the exception of Istanbul, Cappadocia seems to be Turkey's star attraction. It seemed that everyone I met in Istanbul had Cappadocia on their itinerary; for some, it was their only stop outside of Turkey's largest city. This is certainly ...
More rocks
Our road had taken us to the village of Göreme and its rock houses. Having seen many monuments along the way, they looked nice enough, but failed to impress our discerning eyes. Into many of the small pointy rocks people had hewn out houses and ...
Last day in Cappadoccia
... time, there were no tour groups and we had each of the churches pretty much to ourselves. The buckle church on the road back to Goreme was quite spectacular. It is by far the largest, and has some good frescos. However, because of its size, it is not very ...
Farewell to a beautiful place
... Valley is so-named. The rock in that valley is a striking rose color that contrasts with the lighter, beige rock closer to Goreme. This really is a unique and wondrous piece of God's creation. I head out of Cappadocia tomorrow. This has ...
A Slight Detour
... Falk ranch. He's the runaway champion of the Falk clan in the poultry category for his perfectly cooked capons and a smoked turkey breast approached the level of high art. Hopefully, we can get a bigger contingent from that side of the family ...
Pottery & Beer Funnels
... the clay with my hands, especially when the head of the clay came clean off in my hands! That night, as a farewell to Turkey and birthday celebrations for 3 people in our group, we had our traditional turkish night out, filled with traditional dishes and ...
The Balloons Rise On My Last Day in Cappadocia
... nap while I listened to some rockin' tunes. After lunch, we hiked through the Red Valley and then made our way back to Goreme. It was only about 2:30 so I watched "Dancing with the Stars" on my laptop, took a shower, then headed to a nearby cafe to ...
Travelling to Cappadoccia
... had asked him for a price initially and he'd said no, he had a meter! Crook! Sadly the first rip-off in Turkey leaves such a bitter taste despite all the dozens of really nice and kind encounters. The Cappadoccian landscape is truly indescribable. The ...
Cave Churches
Went to the open air museum in Goreme. It is a bunch of carved out churches with mosaics in them. It was a bit pricey though. Getting to the point where an attraction costs as much or more than a night in a hostel! Did nothing else today. I felt bad ...
Transport Tycoon
De nouveau sur la route, déjŕ! Honnętement, le seul truc qui est emmerdant en Turquie est le fait que leur systčme de train est désuet et que le pays a plutôt misé sur une armée d'autobus pour réaliser le transport inter-cités. ...
au Centre de la Cappadoce
en Cappadoce pour 6 jours de visite des cheminées de fée et des villes ...
A MUST SEE
... as middleman to the stores all around Cappadocia, and for me it was a great oppotunity to see a lot of places. Now I am at Goreme, which is very special. Ancient cultures build their twon in the rocks. Tomorrow morning I will shot some photos so you ...
Turkish Delights
... the two massive structures there were beautiful fountains and gardens full of chestnut vendors and stray cats. The people in Turkey are very interesting, they always try their best English impressions to try and get your attention or joke around with ...
Chapter Ten - Some archeology and dinner
The odd sounding Göreme Open Air Museum awaits us. "Is it a museum without a roof?" asks Miryam. "Not exactly. It's more like an archeological site. It's a huge complex of rock-cut churches and monasteries. These places are cut into the limestone just ...
Goreme - Cappadocia
... is apparently a famous name. We never found out what for though. We drove up to one of the look out points which overlooked Goreme. It was amazing. A huge sea of columns and rocks formations which houses had been carved into. If you have seen Star Wars it ...
Cappadocia
Took the night bus (12 hours!) from Selcuk to Urgup which is a town near Goreme in Cappadocia. For the next two days, will be looking at... yes, you guessed it :) ... more rocks *laughs* However, these rocks are naturally formed and they ...
Beautiful Cappadocia
... ’t have a patch on the South America ones – this just amazes me. Despite the large distances involved in travelling around Turkey, they don’t even have toilets. Instead the bus stops every hour or so for people to buy food and drinks and ...
Snow?!
... neither of us could feel our feet or hands. After what seemed like an eternity we arrived at the town of Uchisar, only 6 km from Goreme and found ourselves the first warm place posssible to sit by a fire and drink some tea. This is the coldest either of ...
Chapter Nine - Peri Cave Hotel
When booking the Peri Cave Hotel there was the option of a regular hotel room or a cave room. However can you consider staying at a cave hotel, and not staying in a cave? The difference in price is not great, so I opt to live like a troglodyte for one ...
4 amazing days In GOreme
... today and were the oldies but.x..we did manage to keep up....yeah... Rose Valley, which was quite a hike. If you look up Goreme, Turkey, it will show the landscape. sorry haven't had time to Download photos and sort....too many. Lots of village women ...
Goreme
This is just a brief entry today. Cappadocia Day was yesterday followed by Turkısh Nıght. The sights in Cappadocia are ıncredible. Underground cities, volcanic formations, and views that have been descrıbed as The ...
Underground Cities, Monasteries and Pigeon Poop
... MacGilligy and Blonde Ambition 2 seats behind us). We drove for a while and stopped at a beautiful panaramic scene overlooking Goreme. Seeing all of the peeks and rocks from above was pretty spectacular. Our time limit there came quickly ...
olives and cucumbers at breakfast?
I know I can't believe it, but it comes with the omelette at breakfast and I kind of like it. We've been here in the Cappadocia area since Sunday and the contrast with Istanbul or anywhere else for that matter is striking. This is the ...