Yeni Merhaba Hotel
Travel Blogs from Kahta
I want to be like village people
... smaller balls. And then the fund begins. She uses the round stick to roll the dough out to be paper thin. Somehow managing to get it perfect round. Then rolling it onto the round stick unfurls it onto the hot plate and uses the flat stick to turn it. Kind of like a big chapatti. At the same time she’s rolling another one. Back and forth until there’s a stack of them. The room is full of smoke. The big ...
A LONG CLIMB TO A MEETING WITH VANITY
... by 1713. Took a 400m stroll to see the Helios relief, the tomb of King Mithridates Kallinikos and a relief of Antiochus shaking hands with Hercules. The longest ancient Greek inscription is nearby. Making jokes with the Canberra Crowd about Antiochus liking Hercules' big stick.
Left at 1749 for the long climb to Nemrut Daj. We were leading a convoy of 7 vans. The road was very windy. Some snow was near the road. At the parking area at 1826, faced ...
Nemrut Dagi, Arsameia en de Ataturk Baraji
... om de watertoevoer te regelen.
In de jaren 50 v chr werden in opdracht van de Commageense koning
Antiochos op de top van de Nemrut Dagi, een 2200 m hoge bergtop, in
meerdere terrassen tempels aangelegd met reusachtige stenen koppen, nu wereldcultuurerfgoed.
We verblijven op de camping Karadut (www.karadutpansiyon.net) (4 Euro, internetaansluiting) aan de voet van de Nemrud Dag en beleven meteen de zonsondergang op de top. Hier op ...
Nemrut Dağı - Grabmal mit Aussicht
... und außerdem in netter Runde, da sich auch noch ein italienischer Schweizer und der Hotelmanager dazugesellte. Wir gingen dann wieder mal zu spät (so um 11) ins Bett und mussten schon um 4 Uhr morgens aufstehen. Haben uns ganz schnell fertig gemacht und sind dann 20 nach 4 wieder hoch auf den Berg gefahren. Diesmal hatte sich der Wind gelegt und ich hatte vorsorglich 5 Schichten angezogen, weil ich befürchtet hatte, dass es sehr kalt sein wird. ...
Towards Mt Nemrut
... across the hillside amongst the wildflowers to various stelae & Greek inscriptions. Further on a great carved stone relief of Mithridates I shaking hands with the god Heracles. Before returning to the bus we took a detour to a large stele - on its opposite face it had a wonderful depiction of Mithras (or Apollo) the sun god wearing a cap with sunrays radiating out.
A fabulous 16km climb took us to the summit carpark. From here ...
Other places to stay in Kahta
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Zeus Hotel
M. Kemal Caddesi No 20, Kahta | Hotelfrom $44 -
Euphrat Hotel
Nemrut Dagi , Kahta | Hotelfrom $30 -
Karadut Pansiyon
Karadur Koyu No:127 Kahta Merkez, Kahta | Hotel -
Hans Bardakci Hotel
Mustafa Kemal Cad. No:24 , Kahta | Hotel
* Exact location of hotel not known. City map shown. 