Cappadocia is one of those rare regions in the world where the works of man blend unobtrusively into the natural surroundings. Dwellings have been hewn from the rock as far back as 4,000 B.C. During Byzantine times chapels and monasteries were hollowed out of the rock, their ochre-toned frescoes reflecting the hues of the surrounding landscape. Even today troglodyte dwellings in rock cones and village houses of volcanic tufa merge harmoniously into the landscape. The area is covered by wonderful valleys where the weather has eroded the stone into peaks, cones and obelisks called fairy chimneys. For more information about "Cappadocia", Please click here

SITES OF INTEREST: Göreme Historical National Park, Uçhisar, Ortahisar, Çavuşin and Ürgüp historical settlements, Kaymaklı and Derinkuyu underground cities, Peribacaları, St. Basil at Ürgüp, Tavşanlı, Karaçalı, Elmalı churches, Başmelek Monastry, Nevşehir and Ürgüp castles, Hacı Bektaş Veli Dervish Lodge, Avanos Grand Mosque, Damat İbrahim Pasha, Taşkın Pasha and Karavezir mosque complexes, Kaya, Alaeddin, Kızılkaya village, Aşçıbaşı mosques and Taşcami (Stone Mosque), Beylik Hanı (inn), Sarıhan, Kozaklı hot springs, Nevşehir, Mustafapaşa, Soganlı, Hacıbektaş and Ürgüp Museums, Göreme and Zelve open air museums.