Last night in Cappadocia

We found out that our rescheduled balloon ride for today was canceled yesterday at around 4 pm. We slept in but before bed we made a plan to explore a few more places. After breakfast we were talking to the hotel owner and he knew of course that the balloons were canceled. He encouraged us to go for another spot first thing and that he would arrange our airport transfer for no charge bc of slight issues on the drive out. We found one place that could give us 5 spots. After this was arranged, we took a taxi to a nearby village of Uçhisar to see the Uçhisar kalesi (castle). This is the highest spot in Cappadocia and the castle was impressively preserved and incredibly tall. You explore about 8 stories of different rooms and see where water and food were stored. The castle was used as a safe place when invasions occurred.

We grabbed a Döner kebab and took a taxi to the Göreme open air museum. We shopped a little and then looked at the cave buildings from a distance.

We had planned to finish on a high with another Hamam visit in light of the balloon letdown and just kept our appointments (which was such an arm twist). We walked back from the museum to Deep Cappadocia, a local Turkish bath/Hamam. We booked a 60 min massage and Hamam (scrub and bubble massage) for everyone. This place wasn’t as fancy as the first, but still received rave reviews. I fear that they re ruined at 8,10,13 and will expect spa life going forward. No more of us going to a spa while the stay at the kids club.

After that we went to a wood fired bbq restaurant and had a delicious last dinner here. We walked home, packed our suitcases and backpacks, and if all goes well in the am we will have flown in the balloon and have made our flight to Istanbul!Read more