The lava flows formed tuff rock ... many of the Cappadocian homes, like that of my host Okhtai, have been converted into ...

Cappadocia is home to hundreds of underground ... the maze of cave dwellings carved into the soft volcanic rock. The cave houses and churches, many with ancient frescoes, tell the stories of ...

Cappadocia is an upside-down world ... breeze and trees ripe with plums and black mulberries line the path. Rock-cut houses rear up above our heads on either side, like wasps’ nests papering ...

What captivates visitors most about this region is what's on or under the ground, from its otherworldly landscape to numerous ...

The rock fortress of Uchisar Castle stands ... For dining, try the Old Greek House and Areni Cappadocia, both in Urgup, and Nahita Cappadocia in Uchisar. When: The best times to visit Cappadocia ...

including a look inside ancient houses, stables, kitchen, churches and monastic chambers carved out of fairy chimneys and rock faces. Here it’s possible to imagine what Cappadocia’s fairy ...

Located on the central Anatolia plateau within a volcanic landscape sculpted by erosion to form a succession of mountain ridges, valleys and pinnacles known as “fairy chimneys” or hoodoos, Göreme ...

Turkey’s Cappadocia region is famous for its subterranean safe houses carved from tuff—a light, porous rock composed of volcanic ash. Geophysicists from Nevşehir University conducted a ...

They house a long table and benches ... serving up speciality dishes from Cappadocia’s Nevşehir province. Called Nahita, the dining spot inside these rock-hewn walls offers a menu using ...