Goreme Hostel

... VODKA TO VINO TOUR From Poland to Greece through the lands of "ism"s and "ion"s, otherwise known as Eastern Europe. Encounters of the Slavic kind and general lingual confusion ensue as we hike and hostel, camp and cavort our way south.........

... - it is a combination of desert and lushness, that I have never seen anywhere else before in the world. The bus empties at our hostel in Goreme. It is called 'Special Caves' and is a mix of rooms cut into the side of one of the Volcanic Tuffs. I take ...

... the Shoestring Hostel you might see some of my shots hanging around the place. Finally the time came to bid farewell to all the workers at the hostel and shop owners of Goreme (again!) and before I knew ıt I was waving goodbye to Goreme... ...

... with nice beds and an en-suite! The hostel told us we could not check in for 2 hours so we just sat in the hostel courtyard having breakfast. After checking in, we just fell asleep the moment our hit our heads hit the pillow. Not wanting to ruin our ...

... Matt had to angle his towards me, all in all it was soooooo uncomfortable! But we got here safe and well and found a hostel without any problems! Its called Flintstones so you can imagine the laughs we had walking up to it this morning.....we shall have ...

... of the strangest looking rock caves and structures I have ever seen. We took an overnight bus to the town of Goreme in the region of Cappadocia. We didn't have a hostel lined up but it is a small town so it was no problem to wonder around a little bit. ...

... the key to our room was about 7-8 inches long and heavy). This hotel was delightful. It was a combination of hotel, hostel, restaurant, lounge, tour guide operator and we loved every minute of our time there. Gorgeous grounds, well kept and ...

... is apparently a famous name. We never found out what for though. We drove up to one of the look out points which overlooked Goreme. It was amazing. A huge sea of columns and rocks formations which houses had been carved into. If you have seen Star Wars it ...

... way into town. We were dropped off at the bus station right in the center of town and only had a 5 minute walk to our hostel. The Rock Valley Pension is an absolute gem! The owner is really friendly and helpful ... if somewhat lecherous ... but is ...

... did a tour of one which was pretty cool, they even had ventilation shafts and wine making rooms. Our other exciting event in Goreme was the Turkish night. This was an all you can eat and drink affair with entertainment from whirling dervishes and belly ...

... he is becoming an old man... Arrived in Göreme, we swarmed out to fınd a place to stay. Heli and Manuel in one hostel and Jonas in another. Lucky Manuel, Helmut went to take a shower and after stating that this might have been the coldest shower of ...

... . The trip cost me about 40 bucks. Here I could feel I was finally back on a backpacker trail.    Goreme is set right in the sandstone hoodoo-like hills of the region known as Cappadocia, one of Turkey's premier ...

... of Fred Flintsotne on the wall. Because of the history of the region with people living in caves (and some still do), Goreme is affectionately called "Bedrock". I didn't really go anywhere today. I lazed about the Pansion and explored the town a bit. ...

... at the speed of a lawnmower. We stopped to search for the elusive map as we neared the fairy chimneys outside Goreme. Our rusty steed didn't appreciate being parked on a gravel incline and promptly jammed it's brakes, making it impossible to move. ...

... hop on hop off network around Turkey - not a public bus) as they were the only operators that did a direct bus from Olympos to Goreme - very bad decision. The bus was a small 25 seater (not a nice coach like the public Turkish buses) and we had 25 people ...

... by the bus from the night before, we had a quiet night in preparation for our early morning balloon ride the next day.  Tonight we stayed in a hostel where the dorms are caves within the fairy chimenies- a novelty, but a little cold and ...

... ones the world is used to), they didn’t share the same imperious sense of power as mosques in Arab towns. Near Goreme, we even visited a beautiful village with a Greek Orthodox church, not a mosque, as it’s centrepiece. Millions of Christians ...