HOW TO GO TO CAPPADOCIA? BY PLANE (90 MINUTES) TO NEVŞEHİR CITY FROM ATATURK AIRPORT TO NEVŞEHİR TURKISH AIRLINES: 06:15 à 07:35 PRICE: (100-180 TURKISH LIRAS) 17:20 à 18:40 PRICE: (100-180 TURKISH LIRAS) TO KAYSERİ CITY FROM ATATURK AIRPORT TO KAYSERİ TURKISH AIRLINES: 09:00 à 10:30 PRICE: (100-180 TURKISH …
CAPPADOCIA The region known as Cappadocia includes the centres of Ürgüp, Göreme, Avanos, Üçhisar, Derinkuyu, Kaymaklı and Ihlara. It is a stunning area of other-worldly rock formations, subterranean churches and underground dwellings, the scale of which is over-whelming. The area is also famous for its carpet-weaving, wines and the distinctive …
TEMENNİ TEPESİ VE ASLAN GAZİ TÜRBESİ Tarihsel süreçte prensler, emirler, vali ve sultanlar yenilgi ve “kaçgunlarda” tüneller ve yeraltı kent / köyleri ile önemli bir güvenlik merkezi olan Ürgüp’e sığınırlardı. Anadolu Selçukluları Devleti Döneminde, sultanların kardeş kavgaları ve Moğol İstilasında, Selçuklu Sultanları IV. Rüknettin Kılıçarslan (sultanlığı 1246-1266) ve III. Alaattin …
Ortahisar Kalesi Köleye çıkış yolu doğal etkenler sonucu, kaleden düşen kaya parçasıyla kapanmıştır. Günümüzde kaleye belediyenin sonradan yaptırdığı demir basamaklar yardımıyla ve damdan dama geçerek çıkılmaktadır. Kalenin yüksekliği: Kuzey cepheden 85 m., güney cepheden ise 120 m.’dir; üç tarafı derelerle çevrili bir plato üzerinde bulunmaktadır. İshak Kalesi Merkezdeki kale kadar …
Beautiful Cappadocia offers visitors a landscape of natural wonders that seems sprung from a dream. Cappadocia, meaning the Land of Beautiful Horses in the Persian language, comprises the provinces of Aksaray, Nevsehir, Nigde, Kayseri, and Kirsehir. Major towns include Uchisar, Avanos, Urgup, Derinkuyu, Kaymakli, and Ihlara. Millions of years ago, …
It was some 60 million years ago that nature began its work, a process that is still going on, to decorate Cappadocia. From that time onwards, the canyons, plateaus, valleys and most of all the Peribacalari (Fairy Chimneys) that have become the symbol of the area started to be formed. …
Goreme and the Open Air Museum Goreme is a settlement of some 2,000 locals, many of whom still live in homes carved out of the fairy chimneys. Before you enter the open air museum itself, you will see tombs cut into the stone, dating from the pre-Christian period and the …
Avanos Avanos is the greenest part of Cappadocia and divides the Kizilirmak (Red) River into two. Its hills are full of vineyards and fruit fields. In the entrance of Avanos there is a pottery monument with an inscription reading, “Even the blind know the way to Avanos / Full of …
Yesiloz and Karain When you travel for 8.5 km along the road from Urgup to Kayseri, if you turn to the right and go another two km you arrive at Karacaviran. Keep continuing for a six km and you arrive in the village of Yesiloz, the site of the Tasar …