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.
Aşıklar (Love) Valley in Cappadocia is a place of natural wonders. Famed for its phallic rock formations and rough mountain ridges, it is one of the most popular hiking trails in Cappadocia. The famous viewpoint (🅿️ – 30 TRY), where you can camp overnight, is located above the...
We hiked around perfectly pink Güllüdere (Rose) Valley rock formations the whole afternoon. The trails that loop around the valley are easily accessible to all levels of hikers and provide some of the finest fairy-chimney-strewn vistas in Cappadocia. As well as this, they hide fabulous...
Surrounded by epic sweeps of golden, moonscape valley, this remarkable touristic village hollowed out of the hills with the central “downtown” strip full of restaurants and travel agencies surrounded by boutique cave hotels. After we arrived in little Göreme, we walked to the viewpoint (🎫...
Uçhisar is a village in Cappadocia situated on the edge of Göreme National Park. The town was first mentioned in a 14th-century chronicle by Aziz ibn Ardasir although the general area had been occupied much earlier, perhaps from Hittite times. In the seventh century AD, the Byzantines...