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Travel Blogs from Avanos
Cappadocia - The high country of central Turkey
... This was a town of 35,000 in 1920 says Savas. Now 5 million as the function of government has been centralized here as Attaturk first fought the war of independence after WW1 and then put Turkey on the road to political and economic reform. A brief visit to the Anatolian Civilizations museum, with exhibits dating back to 7000 BC - some remarkable stuff. I was particularly taken with the wooden table from about 500. AD. Exquisitely carved, but still in excellent ...
Goreme - Great place. Shame about the weather!
... rock formations. Other's had their houses attached to them.
On the Monday, 13 of us were up at a bright and early 4.30am for the event of the day which was to be a balloon ride. However, the weather omens were not good because it was raining and misty.
We were picked up by the Balloon company and taken to the launch site. The company treated us to coffee and biscuits and then we were put into our groups and ...
1 Week in Turkey turns into 3
... is not too bad.
We spent another day exploring the city before heading off to Gallipoli.
After a 6 hour journey, we arrived at a small town on the western side of the Dardanelles which we stayed at. That night we had the worst dinner, we ate at a local place- I ordered the chicken soup that I'm pretty sure was entrails and not chicken. We went to sleep early that night.
The next morning we went on the Gallipoli tour. ...
La Cappadoce - Avanos
La vieille cité d'Avanos, dont le nom était Venessa dans les temps anciens, surplombe la plus longue rivière de Turquie, la Kızılırmak (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 ...
Onto the tourist trail of Turkey
... that we had reached the tourist trail of Turkey and for a good reason, as Cappadocia was sensationally stimulating to the eye.
Our excitement grew as we woke early the next day to join 80 other hot air balloons full of tourists to view the amazing Cappadocia region from a bird's eye view. Watching the sun rise over this mysterious region was breathtaking as we were soaring through the air thinking of how lucky we were. Hot air ballooning was such an amazing ...
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Amenities
- Swimming pool
- Restaurant
- Pets allowed