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ADVENTURE IN FANTASYLAND
CAPPADOCIA
here are places in the world that are, dozens of hot air balloons.
well, otherworldly. They’re rare and . We knew nothing about Cappadocia until
T scattered around the planet in out-of- recently. When we booked a cruise ending in
the-way, usually hard-to-reach destinations. Istanbul, images started popping up on social
We’ve been fortunate to visit some of her mag- media pages. Fellow travelers gushed about
ical natural surprises, like Utah’s Bryce adventures there. With time to spare before
Canyon with its hoodoos, Jordan’s Wadi Rum our flight home, we decided to see what all the
with its Martian landscape, Vietnam’s Ha Long fuss was about.
Bay with its thousands of limestone islands,
Cappadocia per se isn’t on Google Maps be-
and Ireland’s Giant’s Causeway where basalt cause it’s a region in central Turkey, composed
columns jut out of the Atlantic. of five states, and boasting a history that dates
In central Turkey, not too far from Syria, we back to the 6th century. Search for accommo-
found another otherworldly land - Cappadocia. dations and it will direct you to one of its five
A land of legendary white horses, fairy chim- villages - Goreme, Urgup, Avanos, and
neys, cave houses and underground cities. A Uchisar.
land where the rising sun shares the sky with
Goreme is the most popular place to stay,
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