"Cappadocia: Scars Of Mother Earth" Top 5 Page for this destination Urgup by ozalp

Urgup Travel Guide: 109 reviews and 363 photos

One of the most visited places of Turkey

Cappadocia Region was a volcanic area. All the valleys and fairy chimneys are formed from the lava and tuff. Mother Nature tried to ease her pain and formed green valleys between the volcanic rocks. And the ancient citizens carved little holes for pigeons to help her. You can hear the songs of the birds in the deep valleys. They are still singing for her.

Fairy Chimneys

My First Fairy Chimneys

Tuff is a substance which is easy to carve, so ancient citizens of the area used the rocks as houses. Also they carved shelves, benches and tables in the houses. It is really practical to be able to carve some new holes for new needs. If you buy new books, you can carve some more places. I’d like to have a house like that.
Also nature herself carved many different things from tuff. Fairy chimneys are some of them.

Beautiful Sunsets

From Kizil Vadi

Thanks to my friends, this was the most exciting and unbelievable vacation I’ve ever had. I kept smiling after one week while I was looking our photographs.
This one is our last evening and last sunset in Cappadocia.

I put all my Cappadocia tips in Urgup page because our base (Elkep Evi) is in Urgup. So, don't miss my other pages like Uchisar, Goreme, Hacibektas... They are some other locations of Nevsehir and all related to this page.

Pros and Cons

Pros:Unbelievable nature
In a nutshell:Meet unspoiled, helpful and kind locals

Last visit to Urgup: May 2008
Intro Updated Jul 14, 2008
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Reviews (37)

Hospital Monastery Things to Do (20)

This is one of the most heard monasteries, but I couldn’t see it until my third visit. We read about the monastery at... more travel advice

Babayan (Ibrahimpasa) Things to Do (20)

If you want to see a beautiful village in Urgup, try Babayan. Babayan is its old name, now it is called as Ibrahimpasa.... more travel advice

Testi Kebabi (Pot Kebab) Restaurants (4)

This place is also a hotel. There were some Spanish tourists having their lunch in this restaurant. We examined the... more travel advice

Vintage Off The Beaten Path (4)

It is already vintage time now, when I am writing this tip. It starts in September for my country. There are several... more travel advice

Hotels (3)
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Local Customs (1)
Hospitality

Travelogues (1)

Written Aug 22, 2007

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BruceDunning Oct 16, 2010 at 3:18 PM

We see this on TV a lot and hope to get there one day. You have done a fine job of showing the wonderful living and cultures.
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Arkeolog Apr 20, 2010 at 6:01 AM

Special pages for an unique landscape. Congrats...
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Zvrlj Aug 19, 2009 at 11:32 PM

Marvelous place. Underground cities are stunning. Hope we'll see them some day (we adore Yerebatan Saray). BTW pumpkin seeds are great and very common in Serbia.
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balhannah Aug 18, 2009 at 2:01 AM

I didn't get to Pasabagi and a few other places that you got to visit. Ran out of time, and like you, after long days of hiking, was exhausted at the end of 4 days. One area I would like to re-visit.
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Donna_in_India Apr 6, 2009 at 11:03 PM

Great information! Thanks for sharing.
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Kuznetsov_Sergey Oct 27, 2008 at 2:18 AM

What an interesting full of details page about Urgup and Cappadocia! Thank you Ozlem for bringing back sweet memories about your wonderful country!
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mindcrime Sep 11, 2008 at 11:10 AM

amazing tips and photos! thank u so much!
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travelinxs Sep 3, 2008 at 11:31 AM

Fun story well told... how lucky were you! Very jealous, and over Cappadocia too. Perfect.
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angiebabe Aug 29, 2008 at 12:50 AM

Great page, a place Ive not been to yet but want to one day. Love frescoes too-the Catalanya museum in Barcelona has FANTASTIC collection (some pics in my pages)and pics in Kritsa,Crete if you want to see.I love the art of Europe!
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nicolaitan Jul 17, 2008 at 6:23 PM

well, it took a while but I wanted to go thru everything you have written and photographed so well. You're right - the crater lake is indeed very nice. Enjoyed this page, thanks for sharing, will be back for Istanbul page. N.