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Turkey Activities » Whirling Dervishes |
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 Come, come, whoever you are;
Be you infidel, idolator or pagan, come.
Our convent is not a place of despair.
Even if you have gone back on your oath a hundred times, still come!
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» Cappadocia |
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Cappadocia is one of the most important tourist destinations of Turkey, visited every year by hundreds of thousands of travellers from all over the world. Cappadocia |
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» Göreme Open Air Museum |
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The most famous attraction in Cappadocia is Göreme Open Air Museum, a complex of medieval painted cave churches carved out by Orthodox monks. The museum is located i |
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» Derinkuyu Underground City |
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The town of Derinkuyu (about 40 km south from Nevşehir) is notable for its large multi-level underground city, which is a major tourist attraction. The historical re |
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» Ihlara Valley |
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Ihlara is situated at about 40 km from Aksaray, near the town of Güzelyurt, and it is widely known for the nearby valley of the same name, Ihlara valley.
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» Paşabağ |
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Paşabağ in is located on the road to Zelve, about 7 km from Göreme. Highly remarkable stone pillars can be seen here, in the middle of a vineyard, hence the name o |
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» Pigeon Valley |
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Pigeon valley is situated between Göreme and Uçhisar and is ideal for walking, as the trek is relatively easy. The name comes from the thousands of pigeon houses that have been carved into the |
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» Avanos |
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Avanos, (Venessa in ancient times), is situated about 10 km from Göreme on the banks of the longest river of Turkey, the Kızılırmak (Red River). The most famous h |
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» Çavuşin |
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Çavuşin village, located about halfway between Avanos and Göreme, is surrounded by a valley which becomes gradually wider, allowing extended farming. Until the 192 |
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» Zelve Open Air Museum |
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Zelve open-air museum, which once was the home of one of the largest communities in the region, is an amazing abandoned cave village. Zelve is situated about 7 km fro |
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» Mustafapaşa (Sinasos) |
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The village of Mustafapaşa (formerly known as Sinasos), situated 6 km to the south of Ürgüp, is one of the nicest villages in Cappadocia. In the last century it was the centre of Cappadocia an |
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» Ortahisar |
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Ortahisar means "middle castle" in Turkish and as the name implies, it is situated between Göreme, Ürgüp, Uçhisar and Nevşehir. Somehow, when tourism w |
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» Ürgüp |
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Ürgüp is about 7 kilometers from Göreme and is a relatively big modern town catering for the needs of tourists as well as locals. It is also a market town for the |
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» Sultan Sazlığı Bird Paradise |
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This wetland, located in the middle of the Yeşilhisar-Develi Plain and known as Sultansazlığı (Sultan Marsh), consists of a freshwater marsh covered with reeds in its southern section, the sa |
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