Cappadocia

	Göreme is a very good place to stay if you want to explore this fascinating landscape. A great daytrip on your own is to take the bus up to the city of Uçhishar, visit the fortress (the top of the picture) and then walk the 4 km way back to Göreme through the Dovecote Valley. Remember your waterbottle, and be careful with the climbing!
	Göreme A small village where many people still live in their rock houses. A lot of the pensions have rooms cut into the rocks. This is convenient in summer, because the temperature stays low inside the rocks. The Göreme Open Air museum is 1 km out of town.
	The Ihlara Valley From Göreme you can take a daytrip, with one of the many local tour operators, to the beautiful Ihlara Valley. It's a gorge that stretches 16 km through the Anatolian plain. Here you will find a lot of old churches built into the rock.
	The Underground Cities The daytrip from Göreme also includes a stop at the Underground city of Derinkoyu. The oldest part of these cities are more than 4000 years old. Derinkoyu has rooms in 8 floors and goes 52 meters below the ground.