Not that kind of a trip! We are on a road trip. First stop, Cappadocia, where the Fairy Chimneys live and magic happens.
Ok, it may not be called “Fairy Town” but the rock formations all over town have been nicknamed “Fairy Chimneys”. You don’t have to ask me twice, you had me at “Fairy”.
We left Istanbul and flew to a town an hour away from Goreme (where the “Fairies” live), so we rented a car and are now on a road trip.
As soon as I saw the Fairy Chimneys as we were on the outskirts of town, I got excited and emotional. They are amazing, not just as a weird freak of nature but they were carved out for people to live in, for churches and crazy enough to be tombs too. What is left is a town that now uses these places as businesses and hotels and restaurants. It is a magical place.
The area is called Cappadocia and it’s not only a world wide tourist spot, but people from Turkey come by the droves to see this cool natural thing and to maybe to stay inside a fairy chimney for the night as well. The Turkish people have been keeping a secret though, they come for the wine too. There is some good wine being produced in this area. So ending the day looking at Fairy Chimneys with a local red and white is the best thing we could do!
My photos do not do them justice. But it may get even better, because if weather permits there will be some colorful hot air balloons floating around the sky as well for even better picture taking!
The weather permitted one fine, but way early morning!
After we finally got up, we got back down, way down. We bent over and squatted our way down 8 floors below the surface into an Underground City! It’s amazing and a bit claustrophobic, but so worth it.
Like People lived in the Fairy Chimneys, People lived underground too. These particular Christian people were hiding from Arab Muslims a thousand years ago or so
Their cities were intricate and had everything, even wineries!
The Cappadocia magic didn’t end there, they have magic valleys as well. We danced through the Imagination Valley, with kissed through Love Valley, we were amazed through the Ihlara Valley and we passed through Pasabag Valley.
The Ihlara Valley
The Love Valley…
Can you tell why it’s named that?
Imagination Valley
The Pasabag Valley
The photos and my words do not relay just how magical this place was to me. Constant beauty everywhere you looked.
We left this morning along the Silk Road west. My next blog will be Silk Road Stops, Konya, Pamukkale and maybe Oludeniz…depending on my experiences, photos and the stories I want to tell.
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