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Cappadocia
March 12, 2020 in Turkey
After an early breakfast, we departed to Konya at 7am. After 2.5 hours on the bus we took a break
for coffee and some rest before getting back on the road, many stops along the way. Arrived
Konya for lunch at 2pm. Tasted a wonderful dessert called "Saa Aradi". After lunch, we went to
the imposing green - tiled Mausoleum of Mevlana, or Rumi the mystic founder of the Sufi sect
(Whirling Dervishes). Arrived Cappadocia around 6.30pm. For our first time, we stayed in a Cave
hotel.
CCR Cave Hotel Cappadocia
ABOUT
Cappadocia, a semi-arid region in central Turkey, is known for its distinctive “fairy chimneys,”
tall, cone-shaped rock formations clustered in Monks Valley, Göreme and elsewhere. Other
notables’ sites include Bronze Age homes carved into valley walls by troglodytes (cave dwellers)
and later used as refuges by early Christians. The 100m-deep Ihlara Canyon houses numerous
rock-face churches.
Partlycloudy Altitude
⛅ 13 °C 995 m
