Houses carved into the rock

This is only one example. You can see something like this carved in almost every second rock here. It makes you assume that there must have been thousands - if not tens of thousands - of people living here in former times.

Hiking in the wonderland

October 20th 2009
Day 6 The second day in Göreme I went out for some 17 km hike with two women from Canada and California. Directly north of the town there is a rock massif consisting of several small and compact valleys, each of which is a little bit different from the others in terms of landscape and rock formations. I can tell you that you hike really slowly in this landscape - about every 100-200m y ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Cappadocia » Göreme

Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more

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