Turkey 13 - Cappadocia
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Turkey 13 - Cappadocia
©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd Cappadocia Why Go? Göreme .........................448 Uçhisar ..........................458 Çavuşin .........................462 Zelve ..............................463 Avanos & Around ..........464 Nevşehir & Around........466 Ortahisar .......................468 Ürgüp ............................469 Mustafapaşa ................. 475 Soğanlı .......................... 479 Niğde .............................480 Ala Dağlar National Park.. 481 Ihlara Valley (Ihlara Vadisi)................482 Güzelyurt ......................485 Kayseri .......................... 487 As if plucked from a whimsical fairytale and set down upon the stark Anatolian plains, Cappadocia is a geological oddity of honeycombed hills and towering phallic boulders of otherworldly beauty. Fashioned through lashings of volcanic ash, moulded by millennia of rain and river flow, this fantastical topography is equally matched by the human history here. People have long utilised the region’s soft stone, seeking shelter underground, leaving the countryside scattered with the fresco-adorned rock-cut churches of early Christians, cavernous subterranean refuges, and villages half-burrowed into the earth itself. Cappadocia woos both outdoor enthusiasts who revel in the lunarscape and the cultured set more likely to enjoy the panoramas from the balcony of their boutique cave-hotel with fine local wine in hand. Whatever your tastes, this region’s accordion-ridged valleys, shaded in a palette of dusky orange and cream, are an epiphany of a landscape – the stuff of psychedelic daydreams. When to Go Best Places to Eat Kayseri » Köy Evi (p456) °C/°F Temp » Ziggy’s (p473) 40/104 5/125 30/86 4/100 » Seten Restaurant (p456) » Topdeck Cave Restaurant (p456) Rainfall Inches/mm 20/68 3/75 10/50 2/50 0/32 1/25 -10/14 Best Places to Stay 0 -20/-4 J F M A M J J A S O N D » Esbelli Evi (p471) » Hezen Cave Hotel (p468) » Kelebek Hotel & Cave Pension (p453) » Koza Cave Hotel (p453) » Serinn House (p472) 22a-cappadocia-tur13.indd 444 Apr & May Wild flowers shock the valley moonscapes into a photogenic riot of colour. Jul–Sep Listen to classical music concerts in natural outdoor rock venues. Dec–Mar Disperse the snow bunnies atop Erciyes Daği (Mt Ericiyes), a rugged Turk ski spot. 14/11/2012 12:54:00 PM 445 To Ankara (200km) 0 0 40 km 20 miles Topraklî Kî z îlîr Hacîbektaš ma k Himmetdede er îlîrm Özkonak Yakatarla Gülšehir Zelve Çavušin Göreme Nevšehir Kozluca Tepesidelik Hanî Kayseri Ürgüp Ortahisar Mustafapaša Ayvalî Acîgöl Özlüce Yešilöz Bašdere Taškînpaša Šahinefendi Kaymaklî Gölü Çöl Dörtyol Akköy Baraji iz yu Su Göllü Daÿî (2143m) Erciyes Daÿî (3916m) Kara Daÿî Develi Gölü Yešilhisar Eÿri Soÿanlî nd ele M Gaziemir Kizilören Gölü Yay Güzelöz Derinkuyu Selime Güzelyurt Belisîrma Sivrihisar lhlara Ilîsu Valley Ihlara Karkîn Çiftlik Helvadere Încesu CAPPADOCIA Aÿzîkara Hanî To Sultan Han (35km) Sarîhan Aksalur Uçhisar Airport Alay Hanî ak Avanos Open Palace Kalebalta Kîz r ve Ri Riv Sultan Marshes Bird Paradise (Sultan Sazlîÿî Kuš Cenneti) Edikli Gölcük Sekkin Boÿazî Ovaçiftliÿi Hasan Daÿî (3268m) Yahyalî Ala Daÿlar National Park Altînhisar Niÿde Eski Gümüšler Monastery Kapuzbašî Waterfalls Mt Demirkazîk (3756m) Gümüšler Bor Çamardî Demirkazîk Çukurbaÿ Kemerhisar To Adana (190km) To Mansurlu (40km) Cappadocia Highlights 1 Delve downwards into the Byzantine tunnels of underground cities, such as Kaymaklı (p478) 2 Examine the fresco- covered finery of churches in the Göreme Open-Air Museum (p448) 3 Tackle nature in the waterfalls and trails of Ala Dağlar National Park (p481) 6 Munch on multiple mezes in chic Ürgüp (p469) 4 Seek out hidden churches, fields and soaring cliffs, seeking rock-cut churches, in Ihlara Valley (p482) amid cliffs and fairy chimneys in Göreme’s labyrinthine valleys (p449) 5 Clamber atop Uçhisar Castle (p458) to gaze over a surreal panorama of rock 22a-cappadocia-tur13.indd 445 7 Stroll between verdant 8 Trek through a secluded monastic settlement in Soğanlı (p479) 14/11/2012 12:54:15 PM