Goreme Hotels - Reviews and Rates

We've made it to Cappadocia, and I feel like death. Tired, sore, sweaty and a little bit delusional, I rested in the back of the van while Chris and Damo tracked down some kebabs. Found a very scenic spot to park, ate stale sandwiches and went to bed.

12th June - Olympos to Goreme

A massive 12 hour trip today down the coast and then inland to Cappadocia (a mountain range in central Turkey). Once we went inland the road followed the ancient Silk Road that used to wind its way through Turkey all the way from Beijing. We stopped and visited a camel stop (caravanserai), which were ancient ...

After a night spent busing through falling snow and over mountain passes we were shaken awake by the bus attendent. It was 5am, much earlier than we had expected and it was cold. Obviously nothing was open and so we were happy to hear the familiar "Hello, where are you from?" Our welcome party ran a pension and invited us to have a look at the r...

Early morning hot air balloon ride ($172) was a little anti-climactic. Unfortunately, the wind gods were not smiling and we didn't move much at all. It was a nice view from up there though. My juvenile side won out and as I spit off the side, the sunlight was just right and I was able to follow it all the way to the ground. The time it took made...

Thursday (Oct 25) Well another scheduled "lazy day" to get on top of the travel blog, photo processing and the laundry (I was up to the stage of going the inside-out thing with the undies!), so really not a lot to write about. It was an enjoyable day and I thought I better take it easy after yesterdays "accident" That night however I booked myse...

May 31st we boarded a 1700 hours bus from Fethiye - this about 5 horas after our sail around the Greek Isles terminated. Did I not mention the 4 day sailing trip around the Turkish islands?! The bus station said we'd arrive into Goreme at 7 or 7:30 Hrs. At 4:45 Hours I was smacked on the head by the bus attendant - "GOREME! GOREME! GET UP! GET U...

So I get up for breakfast. Remember from the last posts, I have no idea who the tour company is and have no receipt/itinerary. However, as I was sitting there having breakfast, Dirvish says "James, that was the tour company on the phone, they will be here at 9 AM". Cool. Goes in line with my new belief that the Turkish people actually value and ...

After an overnight bus, we arrived at 6:30 to sun rýsýng over the moonscapes and hot aýr balloons floatýng past, and collapsed into our cave bed for a couple more hours sleep. We had a relaxýng and easy 4 days sýghtseeýng around the varýety of very ýnterestýng and strange land formatýons. We watched the sun set make the smooth pýnk curves of ros...

I'm in Goreme now. This place is amazing. It is in the Cappadocia region of Turkey. It's this incredible land of the most bizarre rock and troglodyte dwellings you can ever imagine. I will admit - I'm been getting a little too excited about these rocks. They are crazy looking. Apparently some of Star Wars was filmed around here, and it's not har...