Enchanting & Surprising – Cappadocia & Eastern Anatolia

  On the way to the centre of Cappadocia, around the village of Göreme, there are other not insignificant sites. The tuff not only shapes the region above ground, but also enabled people to create a “world of their own” underneath. Thus, over the centuries, not only cave dwellings and cave churches have been built, as we have already discovered in the Ihlara Valley, but also entire underground towns and cities! We first try our hand at visiting a smaller… Read more…

Across wide volcanic plains to the gate of Cappadocia

At what feels like 27 degrees Celsius and sunshine, we set off at the beginning of April near Side in the direction of Cappadocia. More than 500 kilometres lie ahead of us. Of course, we don’t want to just “drive them to death”, but also experience something of the route and its special features. The road leads us through parts of the Taurus Mountains, it is already dark, and when a sign announces the current altitude metres, we can hardly… Read more…