Zelve Museum Cappadocia

The valley was inhabited until 1952. Apart from monasteries and churches, houses, a tunnel joining two of the valleys, a mill, a mosque and several dove-cotes are found in the valley. Like the ones in Uchisar, Goreme and Cavusin, it is not known when the rock dwellings in Zelve were first inhabited but it was an important settlement and religious area during the 9th and 13th centuries. The first seminaries to priests were given here. The Direkli Church (with Columns), situated at the bottom of the slopes, dates back to the early years of monastery life in Zelve. The main decorations are high relief crosses belonging to the Iconoclastic doctrine. Some of the most important churches in the valley are Balıklı (Fish),Uzumlu, (Grape) and Geyikli (Deer), belonging to the Pre-Iconoclastic period. Also, there is an option that you can visit Zelve museum by one of local travel agency in Turkey which is organizing daily trip to Cappadoca. 

Uchisar Cappadocia

Cappadocia Uchisar Castle summit, with the most beautiful point of view. For more than a thousand years until the 1950s or even the people who lived in rooms carved into the castle. At a point where the dominant region for a very significant and strategic. Also said to be connected to different points of the region through the tunnels of the castle, but no trace has yet been encountered on the tunnels. Many of the valley, as well as the formation of fairy chimneys of great importance in the region Erciyes, Hasan and can be viewed in view of the majestic mountains, especially due to the hours of sunset approached captivates visitors. Uchisar area and Uchisar castle one of very highlighted and famous place in Cappadocia that you can include in your daily tours by local agency in Cappadocia and in Istanbul.

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Cappadocia is located in the eastern of Turkey. Region has a altitude high over 1000 m which is made by volcanic peaks, with Mount Erciyes near Kayseri at a altitude of 3916 m. The boundaries of historical Cappadocia are particularly at the west. the Taurus Mountains form a boundary at the south and separate Cappadocia from the Mediterranean Sea. To the west, Cappadocia is bounded by the historical regions of Lycaonia to the southwest, and Galatia to the northwest. The Black Sea mountains separate Cappadocia from the Black Sea, while to the east Cappadocia is bounded by the upper Euphrates, before that river bends to the southeast to flow into Mesopotamia, and the Armenian Highland. Cappadocia has a markedly continental climate, with hot dry summers and cold snowy winters. Rainfall is sparse and the region is largely semi arid.

Cappadocia is a very popular tourist destination. It has many areas with geological, historic, and cultural features. The region is placed southwest of the city Kayseri, which has airline and railway service to Ankara and Istanbul. The most important towns and destinations in Cappadocia are Urgup, Goreme, Ihlara Valley, Selime, Guzelyurt, Uchisar, Avanos and Zelve. Among the underground cities worth seeing are Derinkuyu, Kaymakli, Gaziemir and Ozkanak. The best historic places and cave houses for tourist stays are in Urgup, Goreme, Guzelyurt and Uchisar. Hot-air ballooning is very popular in Cappadocia and is available in Goreme. Trekking is enjoyed inIhlara Valley, Monastery Valley (Guzelyurt), Urgup and k. Sedimentary rocks formed in lakes and streams and ignimbrite deposits that erupted from ancient volcanoes approximately 9 to 3 million years ago. The rocks of Cappadocia near Göreme eroded into hundreds of spectacular pillars and minaret-like forms. People of the villages at the heart of the Cappadocia Region carved out houses, churches and monasteries from the soft rocks of volcanic deposits. Göreme became a monastic centre in 300—1200 AD. The first period of settlement in Göreme goes back to the Roman period. The Göreme Open Air Museum is the most visited site of the monastic communities in Cappadocia and is one of the most famous sites in central Turkey. The complex contains more than 30 carved-from-rock churches and chapels, some having superb frescoes inside, dating from the 9th century to the 11th century. Turkey Tours from Cappadocia. Cappadocia city tours and Cappadocia balloon trip. Tours from Istanbul to Cappadocia or tours from Cappadocia to Ephesus, or trips from Cappadocia to Pamukkale. Cappadocia to Antalya tours, Cappadocia to Konya trips, and more.

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