Goreme 1

Day 15 - 16 Istanbul to Goreme

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July 20th 2010
Day 15 Istanbul to Goreme (Sun 18th July) Up for an earlier start today, our last goodbye to Gettis. From here to the Iran border we will have a local driver with a local coach. Its a larger air conditioned coach with leather seats and just enough space for us all to have a double seat each to sleep if we need. I don’t really like air conditioning, but I must admit it’s really nice not to be ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Cappadocia » Göreme

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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