Goreme Travel Guide

 risse73 Says:  The cheapest quoted price last year (late August to early September of 2011) for the hot air balloon ride was 125 Euros per person. I decided against it because I did not want to wake up as early as 4:00 a.m. for this ride (even though I heard it's GORGEOUS) due to the full... 

 namitas Says:  We walked aroung Goreme quite a bit. At places we would sit and talk to the shop owners or just lounge around in restaurants. Their hospitality reminded me of the famed Arab and Indian hospitality. On our way to the Open air Goreme museum we stopped at the last shop in line.... 

 namitas Says:  We have just finished our Hot air Balloon ride in Goreme. Considering it is expensive we had to make a choice if we really wanted to do it. Must say that it is DEFINITELY worth it. It was the most wonderful thing that we have done in a long list of wonderful things. Besides... 

 solopes Says:  One of the attractions of Cappadocia (the best!), are the old christian churches, built in the soft lava that covered all the region. Now, as the erosion is advancing, the churches come to daylight, announcing their inevitable disappearing. It hurts, seeing such historical... 

 June.b Says:  Cavusin Church Entry Fee = TL8. I ended up my hike for the day at the Cavusin Church. The Cavusin Kilise or the "Great Pigeon House" commemorates the visit of the famous Cappadocian Emperor Nicephorus Phocas.I hitched a ride on a small dyna truck back to Goreme just outside... 

 June.b Says:  Am I so glad I continued my walk from red to rose valley to Cavusin. It's a very interesting town with the tall and wide rock structure that looks like an old tenement building settlement. It's one of its kind. Never seen anything like it, well, except of course the Uchisar... 

 June.b Says:  I got confused really which is Red and which is Rose Valley, one thing I'm sure of -- they share the same color at most times, I think they're beside each other sharing the same space. The Red Valley isn't literally red and the rose valley isn't blooming with roses. I think... 

 June.b Says:  From Hacli Church in Red Valley I continued my walk up and down the rocky mountain. The road is clear but there are a lot of cliffs and no shades from the scorching heat during the summer (it wasn't summer as yet). Nice views here, and there's this huge jutting rock mountain... 

 June.b Says:  Entry is free at the rock-cut church - up onto narrow stairs leading to a chamber with frescoes and what appears to be a cross on the ceiling of the cave church (see pics).I took a rest here as there's a snack shop housed inside a cave (how cool is that, a cave snack bar up... 

 June.b Says:  I don't know which is which but signs are pointing that I've reached Rose Valley, so I walked up the rocky mountain onto an open space and the rock-cut church called Hacli Church, then I've realized this place is still a part of the Red Valley and there's a rock-cut church... 

 June.b Says:  The good thing about hiking in Goreme is that even if you get lost, you'll definitely end up some other sight and onto another site.From Kilclar, another kilometer (following the sign scribbled on rocks) onto the Red Valley.I don't know exactly why it's Red Valley, but do I... 

 June.b Says:  I was supposed to hike onto the Love Valley but I got lost and ended up in Kilclar Valley and saw the signs in red pointing to Red Valley.Kilclar Valley is very near the town, some half an hour walk. I don't have any idea actually where I'm going but the just-do-it (sounds... 

 June.b Says:  It's a lokantasi, a local eatery that serves delicious simple menu. Indoor and outdoor dining. You can order a little bit of everything displayed on the counter, costs TL10 per plate. A little of vegetables and meat. Baklava is also available and soups.The guy who's serving... 

 June.b Says:  Never again.... unless it's really the last option. As in this trip case. It was the bayram fest and most locals are going to their relatives so the Buyuk Otogar in Istanbul is so so busy with lots of people traveling. The first time I saw the chaos at the huge bus terminal... 

 solopes Says:  The landscape in Cappadocia is astonishing. Goreme is the most remarkable site, but what hits us more is the sensation of incapacity face to nature - the Turks know that they have a gem there, they try to preserve it, but erosion seems unbeatable, destroying inch by inch...