Sunrise hot air balloons over Cappadocia
Before sunrise, the valley near Göreme filled with the soft roar of burners and the rustle of fabric as balloons slowly lifted from the ground. One by one they rose into the pink...
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Göreme (Cappadocia), Turkey
Göreme is a fairytale village carved directly into Cappadocia’s surreal landscape of wind-sculpted volcanic rock formations and "fairy chimneys." Every...
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Walking among the fairy chimneys
A footpath outside Göreme wound between tall rock columns carved into shapes that looked both natural and sculpted by someone with a strange sense of humor. Small doorways and wi...
Staying in a cave hotel
My room in Göreme was carved into the rock, cool and thick-walled, with soft lights bouncing off rough stone and arched ceilings. Outside, terraces stacked up the hillside, each...