Cappadocia

After an early breakfast, we departed to Konya at 7:00am. After 2.5 hours enjoyed a break for coffee and some rest before getting back on the road, many stops along the way. Arrived Konya for lunch at 2:00pm. Tasted a wonderful dessert called "Saa Aradi". After lunch, we went to the imposing green - tiled Mausoleum of Mevlana, or Rumi the mystic founder of the Sufi sect (Whirling Dervishes). Arrived Cappadocia around 6:30pm. For our first time, we stayed in a Cave hotel.

CCR Cave Hotel Cappadocia

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Cappadocia, a semi-arid region in central Turkey, is known for its distinctive “fairy chimneys,” tall, cone-shaped rock formations clustered in Monks Valley, Göreme and elsewhere. Other notables sites include Bronze Age homes carved into valley walls by troglodytes (cave dwellers) and later used as refuges by early Christians. The 100m-deep Ihlara Canyon houses numerous rock-face churches.Read more