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Travel Blogs from Urgup
A hair raising experience
... studio each year. All the hair then gets put in a hair museum (also in a cave) which he started in 1979 and contains over 16,000 locks of hair and is consistently rated one of the Top Ten Weirdest Museums in the world as well as being in the Guinness Book of World Records! It was seriously creepy -- like something out of Silence of the Lambs! Despite urging from Master Galip himself, neither MR nor ...
1,000 Feet Up, 1,000 Feet Down
... given snacks and hot tea while we watched them prepare the balloons. The balloons were laid out and a fan was used to inflate them, and then they brought a heater and heated the air. As the air warmed, the balloon floated up until it was in position over a very large basket. The basket was put on its side and as the balloon rose, it righted the basket. The baskets were different sizes and ours held about 15 passengers, including two men to pilot the balloon. ...
The Road to Cappadocia
... that Göreme is a tourist town but it is for good reason. The surrounding landscape is quite stunning and curiously shaped by ancient lava flows. Erosion over time has left the land with strange rock formations that are sometimes known as fairy chimneys. Some would describe them as giant phalluses and, given that the region is known for its aphrodisiac qualities, it is probably an apt description. The Christian faithful put these rocks to good use and dug out churches, which ...
Prehistorical city tour of Cappadocia
... we (tourist) can go as it might not be safe to go deeper. There was this wall where we can peek over and we can see the depth of the underground cities, it was dark and creepy. It was amazing how people can actually lived there.
So about the Kaymakli Underground City, it was used by Christians to escape the Persian and Arabic armies during the 6th and 7th centuries. They would use huge round stone doors to block key entrances. There ...
Fantastical Fairy Land Flintstone Style
... so couldn’t come) and saw as much as could by foot while Deb worked her social magic and chatted up a couple of fellow hostellers and convinced them to rent a car with us. SCORE! We met one other guy who wanted in so the next day 5 of us piled into a rental and hit the road to see why the buses where charging $50US per person.
***another side note* by this point, Deb and I have decided that we don’t like Turkey so ...
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Other places to stay in Urgup
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Dinler Hotel Urgup
Mehmet Dinler Bulv. Urgup Merkez, Urgup | 5 star hotelfrom $129 -
Allstar Cappadocia Hotel
Goreme Kavsafi Orthahisar, Urgup | Hotel -
Perissia Hotel & Convention Center
Mehmet Dinler Bulvari, 25, Urgup | 3 star hotelfrom $72 -
Tassaray
Dua Yeri Mh., Suat Hayri Urguplu Cd. 16, Urgup | Hotel -
Burcu Kaya Hotel
Ortahisar Beldesi Ortahisar, Urgup | 4 star hotelfrom $97 -
Hotel Surban
Yunak Mah. No:55 Urgup Merkez, Urgup | 3 star hotelfrom $38 -
Melis Hotel
Istiklal Caddesi No: 35, Urgup | 3 star hotelfrom $73 -
Cappadocia Palace
Dutlu Camii Mah./ Dar Sokak No 3 , Urgup | 3 star hotelfrom $60 -
Selcuklu Evi
Yunak Mahallesi P.K. 55, Urgup | 4 star hotelfrom $84 -
Hotel Akuzun
Istiklal Cad No.9, Urgup | 3 star hotelfrom $61 -
Ilhan Otel
Kayseri Cad. No:58 Urgup Merkez, Urgup | Hotelfrom $32 -
Yunak Evleri
Yunak Mah. Urgup Merkez, Urgup | 3 star hotelfrom $181- Fantastic place to stay
- Lovely Staff
- Fantastic Place to Stay
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Esbelli Evi Cave Hotel
Esbelli Mah. Esbelli Sok. No:8 Urgup Merkez, Urgup | 3 star hotel- Awesome
- Incredible
- Absolutely incredibly stunning!!
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Serinn House
Esbelli Sok. No:36 Urgup Merkez, Urgup | Hotelfrom $133- Tranquility, elegance & Hospitality
- Absolutely amazing!
- Cinq étoiles pour cet hôtel de cinq chambres
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4ODA Cave House
Esbelli sok. No:46, Urgup | Hotelfrom $141 -
Dedeli Konak Cave Hotel
Karagandere Mah. Barbaros Sk. No:4, Urgup | 3 star hotelfrom $78 -
Yusuf Yigitoglu Konagi
Yunak Mah. Tevfik Fikret Cad. No:34 Urgup Merkez, Urgup | 4 star hotelfrom $141 -
Assiana House
Esbelli Mah. Dolay Sok. No:1 Urgup Merkez, Urgup | Hotelfrom $107 -
Alfina Hotel Cappadocia
Karahandere Mah. Istiklal Cad. No:89 Urgup Merkez, Urgup | Hotelfrom $134 -
Mustafa Hotel
Goreme Kavsagi Orthahisar, Urgup | 4 star hotelfrom $55 -
Asia Minor Hotel
Istiklal Cad. No 38, Urgup | 3 star hotelfrom $120 -
Vera Hotel Tassaray
Mustafa Pasa Cd. No:6 , Urgup | Hotelfrom $65 -
Club Urgup
Esbelli Mahallesi, Urgup | 3 star hotel -
Razziya Evi
Dutlu Cami Mah. Cingilli Bayir No:24 Urgup Merkez, Urgup | Hotel -
hotel elvan
Istiklal Cad. Barbaros Hayrettin Sok. No:11 Urgup Merkez, Urgup | Hotelfrom $31 -
Merit Urgup Inn Cappadocia
Eski Kayseri Yolu Uzeri, Urgup | 2 star hotel