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lish and beamed when she delivered our deli- daily wine time alive when we found a nice
cious cheese omelets, part of the breakfast of small shop with chilled local wines at a rea-
bread, cheeses, fresh fruit and more. sonable price.
Urgup is not a beautiful town by any stretch. The tiny, one-room Urgup Museum show-
We didn’t care, since nature is the major at- cases archaeological and ethnographic works
traction in Cappadocia. The town is tidy, safe, and exhibits on Cappadocian history and cul-
and lively, and an excellent base for exploring. ture. The Urgup Open-Air Museum is a collec-
There's everything locals and visitors need, tion of ancient cave churches and dwellings
though we discovered, neither of the two gro- carved into the soft rock.
cery markets carried wine or beer. We kept

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