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Gomeda Urgup

Ayvali Yolu Uzeri Urgup, Cappadocia, Turkey

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View from a Balloon

A travel blog entry by concerto33

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... before our guide, Younas, came at 10 am for the rest of our tour.



Early Christians were evidently very fond of pigeons. They were used for carrying messages and served as an early warning system of anything unusual happening in the surrounding hills and valleys. On our way to Kaymakli, the underground city, we stopped at high point overlooking Pigeon Valley. There one can make a contribution to the preserve the pigeons fund. ...

Wet day ending with a great Turkish Party....

A travel blog entry by atlantakevin

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... and they drove us to the "Underground City" which was similar to the cave houses, except this was an extensive tunnel system dug into the volcanic rock initially by the Hittite civilization. Our tour guide was an 84 year old Turk who grew up playing hide-n-seek in these tunnels and knew them like the back of his hand. He was a cute little guy that taught himself English at the age of 70 so he could converse with travelers. He took us ...

Rising With the Sun & Setting on the Moon

A travel blog entry by joe-and-jill

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... carved-out stone churches. After the hike, we enjoyed yet another gorge, but this time it was at the lunch buffet. BOOM! (Annnnnnd…..waiting for Jill to make fun of me here) (Wellllllllll, c’mon…. Would ya blame me?!).

Back on the mini-bus after lunch and a short drive to another cool cave complex called the Selime Monastery. This is the largest rock-cut monastery in Cappadocia and was carved out by monks in the 13th century. What made this ...

So cool!

A travel blog entry by annrowberg

... water. It was so beautiful. There were dozens of columns in the water that were lite from below. Very romantic but cold and wet. Son took pictures with his better camera and will send me a link to it.
We then went to the Grand Bazaar. Fortunately Cindy and Son did not want to shop either so we strolled thru a small part of it.
Next Ali took us to a rug manufacturer and we got to see how a they were made as well as drink some Rafi (an ...

Whirling Dervishes

A travel blog entry by bruceandanne

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... orders were closed shortly after the foundation of the Turkish Republic, they were soon allowed to perform as a "cultural organization," as they were not overtly political and reactionary as were some other orders. Unfortunately no pictures were allowed during the performance.

We crashed into bed quite late ready for our early morning start to go ...

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