Pretty much everywhere in Cappadocia, because of the deep layers of volcanic ash now turned to stone, all the houses and villages have dug huge complicated rooms, corridors and houses underground. TheRead more
Pretty much everywhere in Cappadocia, because of the deep layers of volcanic ash now turned to stone, all the houses and villages have dug huge complicated rooms, corridors and houses underground. TheRead more
Just a few minutes drive from Hattusa in the site of Yazilikaya, a religious sanctuary with wall reliefs of the Hittite kings and gods, from the 13th century BC. Hittites burned their dead so thereRead more
We spent the morning in the Ankara museum. Its quite a small museum in a beautiful 15th c ottoman Palace and, like all the museums we've been to here, is well thought out and presented. It contains aRead more
We spent the morning in the mosaic museum in Gazientep and after lunch had a walk through the old town and bazaar, before going to the airport for our flight to Ankara.
The mosaics in the museum areRead more