Turkiye Central Cappadocia marketing relies heavily on photos of colorful hot air balloons floating above the otherworldly volcanic rock formation landscape in the region.
Bird’s Eye’s perspective is ideal for mastering the degree and beauty of this natural miracle.
But the balloon’s basket ride can only last for an hour. What attracts the area most is what is outside the basket or under the ground.
Just surveying the towns of Goreme and Uchisar, it caught interest as Skylines married Nature’s Pinnacles seamlessly. In the past, soft rocks also provided cave houses.
Now, visitors live in caves. We live in high-end Kayakapi Advanced Cave In urgup. The Ministry of Tourism said that most of the 450 to 500 hotels in Cappadocia are inside caves or represent some changes in the theme of cave hotels.
And more: Cappadocia is known for its carpets, pottery and wine, all with its ancient roots. Additionally, visitors can watch the spinning fever here.
Fairy tale smoke is formed through volcanic action and erosion. Image source: Nadine Godwin
Other Word Landscapes in Cappadocia
Early Christians carved more than 200 churches from soft rocks in Cappadocia. Some locations become monasteries. The murals appeared later in the 11th to 13th centuries.
The Goreme Open Air Museum is a great example. The site includes rock houses for monks and nuns, kitchens and cutlery, and at least seven churches.
We entered the church, first seeing light colors and simple murals, and then looking at the resistor, the dark church, with little natural light. It was accidentally preserved when a fallen rock blocked its entry and ignored it for centuries. Its walls are immersed in full-color illustrations of Christ’s life.
The Turkish Ministry of Tourism hosted the news tour I am opening and he said there are 15 to 20 underground cities that cut rocks from rocks before the age of Christ. It lists five available for visit.
We visited Kaymakli. Four of its eight stories are open to visitors. Kaymakli, whose history can be traced back to the Hittite era (1350 BC to 1350 BC), was recently occupied in 1963 and was a safe haven for dangerous periods, especially during Muslim Arab attacks, later Mongol invasions and even World War I.
The trip required bent over through the tunnel and tolerated the narrow space, but facilitated by smooth roads, some modern stairs and electricity.
Underground space includes stability for horses, wineries, churches and private family residences. Artifacts include giant bolt stones to prevent invasion entries.
Pasabag or Monks Valley is home to a bunch of thick soft rock cones with hard rock similar to hats. These strata, called fairy chimneys, are as high as 50 feet, explain how to create a Cappadocia landscape. The volcano poured over soft tuff and lava, but later spewed out harder basalt. The steady erosion tore the soft rocks, leaving huge spikes with larger rocks on them that seemed to collapse.
Early Christian hermits created cells for themselves and we can walk into some of these spaces. Additionally, customers can roam the site on horseback.
Salih Akcan, director of Aldag Ceramic, showed off the Hittite-style wine decanter created by his company. Image source: Nadine Godwin
Ceramics, carpets and wine
Avanos is known for its red clay and is one of the two centers of Turkiye’s pottery making (along with Iznik). exist Aldag CeramicsWe were introduced to a wine wine and then looked at a potter, showing how he made the ship, which had a large hole in the middle.
Hand-painted Aldag products using mineral dyes, including original designs and historical designs. As we saw during our shopping at De Rigueur, statues, plates and other items were displayed like museums. Larger fragments are shipped for free.
To book a demonstration, please contact Koray at +90 538 097-4291.
The rotating dervish ceremony near Turkiye Avanos. Image source: Nadine Godwin
The award-winning Cinar Carpets Avanos facility has 8,500 pieces for sale, supported by an additional 55,000 warehouses. Yes, it was a shopping experience, but we also spent some time watching the carpet makers perform magic.
Cinar’s rugs are handmade using wool, cotton or silk, and are women (“men have no patience,” our host says) using the company’s 5,000 looms in Cappadocia and beyond.
We saw a surprisingly extracted design and color scheme that included designs originating from ancient times and other designs unique to Cappadocia or Cinar. Carpets are available for free upon request. touch kapadokya@cinarhali.com.tr learn more.
We tasted the wine in the Efendi Wine House in Urgup, which offers a walk-in tasting. This is one of the many choices in Cappadocia for sampling wines, which are often distinguished by high mineral content due to their unique soil.
The dervish ritual of the spinning is a gloomy, pious event associated with the Sophie Muslims and origins in Konia. The performance we participated in was performed in the 13th century Saruhan Caravanserai, now an event location near Avanos. Photos are allowed within the last three minutes.
For bookings, please visit saruhan1249.com.
