Uchisar Castle

This castle is on the highest point in Cappadocia. Climbing to the top of it had been removed from the tour because some tourists had died of heart attacks doing the climb. I was glad for the reprieve!

Cappadocia 2: The Red Tour

August 12th 2011
When we went walking around the town of Goreme, we were intrigued to see the variety of cave houses, many of them amalgams of both human and fairy work. We were also impressed with the prevalence of solar hot water heating (we were told electricity is very expensive here) and the town was like time travel all in one place, with caves/cars/satellite dishes/hot air balloons/giant Mercedes tour buses ... 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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