Heading out on our Ihlara Valley walk

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Valley Walks and Ancient Rest Stops on the Way to Konya

September 21st 2011
We checked out of Hotel Ciner in Goreme this morning, and drove to Ilhara where we embarked on our 1.5 hour walk by the Melendiz River from Ilhara Village to Belisirma. Ilhara Village is a cute village, it looks very traditional and I would've loved to have spent some time in the village. It was a really pretty, enjoyable walk. On the way we saw two Byzantine cave chapels - Agaculti Church and Yil ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Konya

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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