WHERE TO BURN YOUR PHOTOS ON DVD / CD ?
by Jawnuta
We have tryed probably all places in Goreme, as we took lots of photos and needed to burn them on DVD quite often.
The best place is located close to pharmacy and post office in a internet cafe connected to a gift shope.
The lady was nice, proffesional, and fast. The price was good and she had 4.7 G DVDs which allowed for an easy transfer of our 4G memory cards.
She spoke fluent French The store name was
BESTE INTERNET
Adress: Bilal Eroglu Cadesi
on the North side of the street with vehicular traffic
close to PHARMACY
phone 0384-271-22-50
Goreme Valley
by Kuznetsov_Sergey
After the eruption of Mount Erciyes about 2000 years ago, the lava formed soft rocks in the Cappadocia Region, covering a region of about 20,000 km2. The softer rock was eroded away by wind and water, leaving the hard cap rock on top of pillars, forming the present-day fairy chimneys.
Cappadocia was the ancient name for this region where the land comprises the out-spill of two volcanoes. The volcanic ash hardened to become tufa, a soft porous rock. Over millions of years this rock has eroded to form natural cones and columns, locally termed peribacalari, or "fairy chimneys", on the landscape and, for centuries, these have been carved and hollowed to form cave-dwellings, stables and places of worship.
Approximately three hundred cave churches and monasteries dating between the 9th and the 13th centuries still remain scattered throughout the valleys in the entire region. The Göreme valley that was studied by Jerphanion, however, is a particularly concentrated area of monastic settlement.
You may watch my high resolution photo of Goreme Open Air Museum on the Google Earth according to the following coordinates 38° 38' 21.03" N 34° 50' 44.13" E or on my Google Earth Panoramio Goreme Valley.
Biking festive in July
by FAIRYCHIMNEY
If your into biking , well more than biking (in the numerous valleys) there is Biking festival in Cappadocia that has been held every july (12th - 15th ) Its real adventure though as long as your not clumsy...No matter your professional or not you can participate . If you interested in you can contact one of the sponsors of this organization.
Pigeon Valley
by Tijavi
As the name implies (Guvercinlik in Turkish), this area is filled with dovecotes - colorful dovecotes. Unfortunately, the cold, damp weather prevented me from going down the valley and enjoying the dovecotes up close. The rocks here have a soft pinkish color with brownish undertone - good for a few shutter snaps. Also interesting are the carved edifices on the rock face, including one that looked like a church (see picture 2).
The trail leading to the valley could be accessed from the Goreme-Uchisar road. The trail starts from a lookout across a shop selling onyx souvenirs, where a signpost has been erected for hikers' benefit.
Dolmus from Goreme to Uchisar
by balhannah
The Dolmus to Uchisar (it continues on to elsewhere) leaves from the Goreme Otogar. It has the sign in the window of the Bus. I can't remember if it runs half hourly or hourly, your Hotel will be able to tell you, as that is who told me. They drop you off on the main road, and you have a short walk to the Uchisar castle.
Cost was 1.75 t/l in 2009
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Ihlara Gorge
Cappadocia from the air
Love Valley - near Goreme
Meal in a clay pot
