From the nomadic steppes of Kazakhstan to the frenetic streets of Hanoi, Asia is a continent so full of intrigue, adventure, solace, and spirituality that it has fixated and confounded travelers for centuries.
Late in the afternoon, we arrived at Avanos – Cappadocia’s Pottery Hub. The pottery industry probably dates back to Hittite times when they started using clay from the red silt of the Kızılırmak. Old Avanos is riddled with a network of small underground “cities” that may once...
Our last shortstop today we made in Devrent Valley. Its rock formations are some of the best formed and most thickly clustered in Cappadocia. Most of the rosy rock cones are topped by flattish, darker stones of harder rock that sheltered the cones from the rain until all the surrounding...
Cappadocia’s famous “fairy chimneys,” a surreal landscape of carved-out towering rock formations, was our next stop (🎫 65 TRY – valid also for Zelve Open Air Museum). The rock formations emerged due to a geological process that began millions of years ago. First, ancient volcanic...
