Gupu hotel

In recent years, more and more people travel to Turkey. It seems that they are more fascinated by Capadocia than Istanbul, a world-famous tourist destination. Some netizens commented on Capadocia in the forum on poor travel: If you have seen the "long river setting the yen" of the motherland and visited the "beautiful scenery and spring scenery" of the earth, then Turkish Capadocia must be your next travel list.

A long time ago, Capadocia was called by many people as "the place most like the surface of the moon on earth". Actually, I think it's more like Mars. For example, Mars has more craters and gullies than the moon, and its surface is rich in iron oxide, which looks pale red, just like the landform of Capadocia. Once, National Geographic magazine published an album "Beauty of the Earth", which listed the "Top Ten Natural Beauty of the Earth", and Capadocia was one of them.

There is no direct flight from China to Capadocia. Visitors have to transfer from Istanbul or Ankara to arrive, and they can only fly to Nevsehir Airport, which is famous for its pocket terminal, and then take a 50-kilometer bus. To tell the truth, this trip is very frustrating. Even so, in recent years, more than 3 million foreign tourists come to Capadocia every year, more than Turkish tourists.

Goreme, the central town of Capadocia, is very small, and people with good physical strength can basically see it in one day by walking or riding. Many people like to rent a bicycle and ride around the mountain, which not only saves physical strength, but also won't miss any valuable attractions. The distance between scenic spots is mostly within 20 minutes. So many people can complete the basic sightseeing of the local "red line" and "green line" in one day.

Capadocia with complex karst landforms can be said to be the most attractive tourist attraction in the middle of the Turkish Plateau. Most of the local mountain cone landscape is riddled with holes, so it is also called "strange stone castle" by the outside world. Many local peaks are hollow inside and have holes outside. When you walk in, you will find that these caves are naturally formed and connected with each other.

Take a few representative scenic spots casually, and you may also agree with why local people describe these towering mountain cones as "fairy chimneys". They really look like chimneys on fairy-tale houses in the magical world. In addition, the local area is full of wrinkled rock formations and barren land, which really seems to have a sense of scene in the movies Avatar and Mars Rescue. Turkish tour guides said that Capadocia, a seemingly barren and ancient land, was mentioned many times in the Bible-New Testament and was a "holy land". If we continue to trace back to history, as early as17th century BC to 8th century BC, the Hittite Empire actually dominated here.

Some tourists will mistake Capadocia for the name of a Turkish city. In fact, it is a general term including Gorem, Mustafa Pasha, Elgup, Avanos and Usisar (most people will choose to stay in Gorem). No matter which town you go to, you can find something suitable for adventure. I think go on road trip is more suitable for renting a car, and the time and schedule are relatively more flexible.

If you don't know what you can see in this area with the same Martian landform, I can tell you responsibly that "looking from the outside to the inside" must be right! "Outside" is naturally to look at the landform from a height, while "inside" is to walk into a cave to visit. Many local caves contain an amazing number of ancient murals and exquisite churches, mosques and other historical sites. If you visit underground caves, you can even see coffee shops, restaurants and department stores inside.

The underground city of Oz Kunak is a famous "underground" scenic spot in Capadocia. Located tens of meters underground, with 8 floors above and below, the internal passages extend in all directions and are connected with the surrounding buildings through back channels. According to the tour guide, there are 1000 grotto rooms in this small underground city. During the Middle Ages, this underground city was inhabited by nearly 20,000 residents. Most of them were born, grew up, married and gave birth here until they died, and some even never left the underground city. There are nearly 40 underground cities like Oz Kunak.

The caves in Capadocia can be used not only for tourists to visit, but also for tourists to live in. Of course, this is also one of its original uses. There are several cave-style hotels in Gorem town. You can try to stay for several nights (about RMB 400~500 yuan/night). Maybe you won't get used to it, even curse the street, but you may also fall in love with this alternative theme hotel. We belong to the latter.

Many people know that there are three high-quality destinations recognized by the FIA, namely Masai Mara National Park in Kenya, Bagan in Myanmar and Capadocia in Turkey. So when traveling here, even if the flight cost is very high (between 0/30 and 200 euros per person/kloc, flying for 45-90 minutes), most tourists will still bite the bullet and take a hot air balloon.

We get up at three in the morning and take off after four. Fortunately, I was not disappointed when I enjoyed the panoramic view of Capadocia from the hot air balloon. Tens of thousands of years ago, volcanoes frequently erupted in Capadocia, which gradually formed numerous grotesque lava peaks, overlapping mountains and winding valleys. At this time, they are all under our hot air balloon. This kind of satisfaction is like eating a big table of delicious food in one breath, which makes people very excited.