Cappadocia: nature’s playground

After spending a full day in Cappadocia, I’ve come to the conclusion that this city brings out the kid in everyone. How can it not? It’s full of underground cities with a seemingly endless amount of tunnels and crevices to investigate and hide in, oddly-shaped sand castle-like structures, and even camels! It’s almost as if Cappadocia came straight out of someone’s imagination and onto the earth for people of all ages to run around in, explore, and release their inner child. Today was an extremely enjoyable day spent visiting several spots:

Kaymaklı, Cappadocia’s famous underground city…




Uçhisar, where we visited someone who lives literally on the side of the mountain in the rocks and experienced an amazing view of the whole village…



Avanos, a pottery making and carpet weaving town where we had lunch…



and Göreme’s open air museum, the site of several cave churches with beautiful frescoes.



Cappadocia is famous for its fairy chimneys, which are the huge rock structures that slightly resemble odd sand castles. These formations came about through erosions via wind and flood water. They are incredible to look at, and even more so to be in!



*picture on L is of souvenir fairy chimney models; picture on R is of the real fairy chimney village.