- 5 months traveling in Europe - Turkey
For those who can only be in Cappadocia for shot, they will opt for different routines operated by travel agency. Most people will go for the green line or the red line. Apart from taking you to those must take photo places, they will also take you to Kaymakli Underground City or Derinkuyu Underground City and the valley (Ihlara Valley)
The tour usually includes with lunch, admission fee and transportation. But cons will be:
1. Many people, each of the attractions must line up to take pictures and get into the sites
2. There is no free time so if you like a place you cannot stay long.
Some people would like to visit the Göreme open air museum, some people prefer this but I did not. I saw many tours and people coming to this museum, I prefer to have some places with fewer people.
If you are in the town of Göreme in Cappadocia, do not worry about cannot join any group tour at all. By your own you can play at least 3 days, I promise. Happy and unforgetable, but you have to train your legs first, to walk minimum 5 hours per day. You can find mysterious cave and colored church in your own way which will be more happy and exciting.
Let’s look at the map first
For those who can only be in Cappadocia for shot, they will opt for different routines operated by travel agency. Most people will go for the green line or the red line. Apart from taking you to those must take photo places, they will also take you to Kaymakli Underground City or Derinkuyu Underground City and the valley (Ihlara Valley)
The tour usually includes with lunch, admission fee and transportation. But cons will be:
1. Many people, each of the attractions must line up to take pictures and get into the sites
2. There is no free time so if you like a place you cannot stay long.
Some people would like to visit the Göreme open air museum, some people prefer this but I did not. I saw many tours and people coming to this museum, I prefer to have some places with fewer people.
If you are in the town of Göreme in Cappadocia, do not worry about cannot join any group tour at all. By your own you can play at least 3 days, I promise. Happy and unforgetable, but you have to train your legs first, to walk minimum 5 hours per day. You can find mysterious cave and colored church in your own way which will be more happy and exciting.
Let’s look at the map first
From www.katpatukatravel.com
The following is the three major route I recommended:
1. Göreme - Kiliclar Valley, Red Valley, Rose Valley - Göreme, about 3.5 hours
This is a path for beginners. Start walking towards Göreme open air museum
(east), before you reach the museum on your left you can see open spaces and
you just need to get into the valley through any one of those paths and start
your journey.
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| in the direction of Göreme open air museum |
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| On the left side of the road, any place can enter the valley area and explore |
The shape of the
stone here is like the inverted ice cream cone, and many of them have tiny windows
on them, it is difficult to imagine how the former people live here.
When you see any entrance, you can get into and see, maybe there will be unexpected gains
When you see any entrance, you can get into and see, maybe there will be unexpected gains
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| Random getting into the house, there will be an unexpected harvest |
Some of the churches
that are well preserved usually are closer to the roads, I didn’t get into any
of these. These churches usually have signage to let you know where are the
entrance.
I did not get very close so everything is quite far away, especially the Rose Valley.
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| Rose Valley in far |
2. Göreme - Love Valley (Baglidere Vadisi), Uçhisar, Pigeon Valley - Göreme, about 5.5 hours
From the town of
Göreme, follow the road to the north, the right has been looking at the
beautiful Rose Valley, and then there is a point to turn left. After turning there
is a big signage telling you have arrived Love Valley
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| To the entrance to the valley of love on the way, the right is the beautiful Rose Valley |
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| Love Valley entrance |
This path is easy
but you need a gps mobile as you may found dead end at some points. Mushroom
like poles and series of elephant legs like mountains. I only saw 5-6 people on
the way, I was so close with the nature.
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| Mushroom like poles |
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| Silence and me |
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| Love Valley |
Uçhisar is
another town,
You can see Uçhisar Kalesi (castle) from far, it is the highest point nearby Unfortunately, I did not go up.
You can see Uçhisar Kalesi (castle) from far, it is the highest point nearby Unfortunately, I did not go up.
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| Uçhisar Kalesi |
Afterwards, I
walked from Pigeon Valley back to Göreme. As I was walking through the at the
bottom of the valley, I saw lots of mushroom like at the top and elephant legs
like cliff, so interesting, Soon after passing Uçhisar there was tea room, the
price was ok. $ 2-3Lira has fruit tea, $ 4 Lira for coffee. This path is less people than the previous one.
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| Pigeon Valley |
3. Göreme - Rose Valley, Çavuşin, Paşabağ - about 6.5 hours
Although this hike
is quite long, but I think it is worth it. From Çavuşin to Paşabağ nobody was
there. But the scenery is really beautiful, it is difficult to use pen and ink
to describe it. Today was my last day in Göreme and I would say it was the most
amazing day among the days in Göreme.
The entrance is almost the same with the first routine, but today it would be going more north.
In the Rose
Valley, there are several churches that can be visited free of charge, there
are very beautiful ceilings carved churches, there are also super-large
abandoned churches, there are also churches with fresco.
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Preserved quite
well with fresco
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| Another church |
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| No color for this church but great carving |
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| Big Cave Church, huge church. All are carved. |
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| Seeing Rose Valley, with multiple layers of color |
In Çavuşin, there
is a large piece of wall with windows, and there are ruined churches inside.
After climbing up to the top of it you will feel so good. You can overlook another
big wall with windows. Just like you are in a movie scene.
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| Çavuşin |
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| Just like you are in a movie scene |
Walking from Çavuşin
to Paşabağ, you are walking in the highlands. You will see a lot of pillars, no
matter on the grassland or near the road. In addition to these, I think the
most beautiful scenery is the mountain that is far from your left. Like a
sacred mountain for me.
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| Seeing from middle of the mountain |
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| This is the mysterious mountain! |
Lastly I arrived Paşabağ and saw many tourists and tourists’
buses. There are booths selling drink but not cheap. If it is too late there
will be no public bus going back to Göreme.
Lastly I chose to hitchhike back. It was easy to hitchhike here, I hitchhiked
for 2 times and both cars stopped.
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| Paşabağ |
1. As the hotel will only provide you with a simple map, you should have your charged phone for GPS. It is recommended to use the mobile apps maps.me, the trails were clear. However, sometimes there are wrong routes too.
2. Be sure to bring enough water, at least 2 liters, because all the places had no trees shade. If summer time you need to consider is that weather still doable.
3. It is recommended to wear long-sleeved clothes, in May, my friend walked for 3 hours and got burnt
4. Company is very important
5. Self-evaluate if you can cope with hours of hiking with hot weather. Winter is not recommended to do so.
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