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Goreme Slideshow
Goreme
Travel Blogs from Goreme, Turkey
Hiking in the Rose Valley
... part which would be a challenge since paths were hardly marked. The Rose Valley was a huge valley located between the villages of Goreme and Cavusin. It got ıts name after the rocks colour of varıous different shades of rose. Depending on ...
The word of the week is... WOW!
... to believe I am here. When I first started thinking about the European leg of my trip, Inever even considered going to Turkey. Then I saw an article about“8 of the most unique walking paths in the world,” which featuredthe Cappadocia region ...
"How much for the love heart?"
... panorama? And our tour van was so full that Kristen and I rode up front with the driver. But actually, the Goreme Panorama was a different look out spot that was phenomenol, and a place for phenomenal jumping photos. It was also a great ...
Snow Capped City
After much debate in Istanbul, we sort out our touring route around the country and head to Cappadocia next. Sometimes as a traveler you really have no interest in certain sites or cities but you end up going because it's on the trail or it has good ...
Hiking through the Rose Valley
After breakfast, which we ate out in morning sun. We were told we were going for a hike this morning and had a local guide with us for the day. Was hoping it wasn't going to be too much hard work. We went for a short drive, then began walking into the ...
Trekking round Turkey
... creatures currently enjoying its beauty are a few stray dogs and large puddles full of wild turtles. Our final destination in Turkey was Cappadocia, with its famed rock formations and cave houses (check out our Flintstone-style cave room above). The ...
Those Troglodytes sure knew what they were doing!
... wearing flip flops. She swears she will never drink a drop on any overnight bus again. Two hours late arriving in a town near Goreme, apparently our bus finished there where we needed to transfer to a smaller bus, we were ushered into a ...
Cappadocia
... region of Turkey and nearing the end of our time here. I'd like to take this moment to reflect on a few things about Turkey I found "peculiar". First, not having exact change is almost a crime here. My guess is that this is from the hyperinflation they ...
Gallipoli and Cappadocia
Of course I don't drink tea here!! It's rank, just like tea anywhere else. Lemon tea and mint tea etc. are not really tea so I've had the odd cup to be polite. I left Istanbul and toured the Gallipoli peninsula including snorkeling on a WW1 ...
Cappadocia Balloon Flight
6/7 Words can't describe what a wonderful experience this was so I'll just share my favorite ...
To Cappodocia
... took small pieces of the saints', and particularly Jesus and Mary's faces from the fresco's with them when they left Turkey, and even more recently some really unfortunate vandalism (stupid XXXX was here type stuff). The more important cave churches are ...
The places in between
... and paid for a quiet, air conditioned, hassle free 14 hour journey to Goreme right in the heart of Turkey. I spent two nights in Goreme which is the tourist capital for the Cappadocian region and filled to the brim with white faced ...
Back in Goreme
... when I realised that my pottery kebab was simmering in its own juices and would soon be ready for me to devour. Once back in Goreme from that torturous experience with the bike I run into one of the guys I was hanging out with in Antalya. It was good ...
Up, Up and Away
This morning we went for a hot air balloon ride over the weird and wonderful Cappadocia landscape. We floated in the air for over an hour putting our trust in Murat our pilot who tells us he once lived in the Hunter Valley flying balloons. He ...
UNDERGROUND CITY
... ticket man, and did return the change. The ones around us were laughing at it all. We got off the bus at the look-out over Goreme. It was a great view and we just had to walk down hill to get to the town. Back to the hotel to rest before supper ...
Off roading
... doesn't provide you with helmets or goggles. Not having protection made me a bit nervous, but what can i expect we are in Turkey. During the ride I was hanging back a little bit behind the guide and Adam as to avoid some of the dust Adam was ...
Capadocıa
Passeamos em uma microonibus com um grupo com muitos australianos. Pessoalzinho que fala rapido!! Comecamos o tour visitando uma cidade subterranea construida antes de Cristo e que serviu de abrigo para a populacao nas guerras. Eles ficavam abrigados ...
Fairy Chimneys
... like him back home? *whine* Did I mention he was hott? Seen and Done a Lot The Cappadocia region in central Turkey is famous for its fantastic rock formations. The landscape was formed from repeated eruptions from three volcanoes in the region beginning ...
How does that happen?
... beds for tourists to sleep in. The reason everyone comes to this distant and barren land, smack in the center of Turkey, is the incredibly interesting landscape. The mountains in this area had naturally occurring caverns which were used by ancient people ...
Devrent Valley
Went hiking again today. Man, was it HOT. I had a week of bad weather, but now I've had almost a week of great weather. Today it almost hit 26 degrees. I was out there dragging myself around for about 6 hours so was real beat end of day. Took a little ...
Derinkuyu underground city
Took the public bus today about 40km out to see a cool underground city today http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derinkuyu I took a little video inside despite the low light... ...
"Pide with cheese...and...WEDGE-IT-TABLES!"
... 's "Dudu" when it was playing in the shop where we bought soda. Man it was a long day... We didn't get into Goreme until around 8. Cappadocia is a phenomenal region. Goreme is the town, Cappadocia the region. Hundreds of thousands of years ago ...
Capadocıa
Neste dia batemos todos os recordes de fotos. A regiao eh surreal, parecia que estavamos em outro planeta. E cada novo local que visitavamos era uma novidade. Surpreendente! Eh um local pouco conhecido no Brasil, mas eh o local mais diferente que fomos ...
Goreme - On Tour To Nemrut, Day 3
Up at 8.30am with a hastily skoffed breakfast, we drive away from Urfa for the long haul back out of Central Southern Turkey to Goreme. Mike, who has suffered from a dodgy-bob stomache for a couple of months now, is having an ordinary time of it. Not ...
Goreme - This Place Is Sick
... way to spend the last hours in Olympos. Ayse caught her bus home to Kayseri, and I boarded the evening Fez Bus for Goreme in Central Turkey. The Bus is unfortunately full, and being a smaller bus the leg room is minimal. Every two hours or so we were ...
Open Air Museum and an old friend
... has a bunch of churches built into the rock chimneys with amazing paintings inside... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churches_of_Goreme_Turkey I also bumped into an old friend! ...
Highs and Lows in Cappadocia
... Lesson learned - always have two debit cards with you when travelling! The highlight of the trip in Turkey also happened in Goreme - Hot Air Ballooning over the amazing Cappadocia landscape where volcanic eruptions and eroding winds and rains have created ...
Of Troglodites and Erosion: Cappadocia
... men on equally ancient tractors hauling these goods around. Our favorite village just happened to be the one we stayed at, Goreme. It's the quintessential Cappadocian village with loads of caves and fairy chimneys. In fact every hotel seemed to be a ...
Bons baisers de Turquie
Salut a tous! Ca y est je suis en plein coeur de la Turquie et je suis conquis par ce pays. La rupture a ete immediate apres le depart d Istanbul et j ai rapidement renoue avec la campagne l authenticite et l hospitalite voire meme la "trop-spitalite"... ...