DEVRENT VALLEY has various types of fairy chimneys. Among
these are those with caps, cones, mushroom like forms
pillar and pointed rocks. With the action of smaller,
secondary volcanoes and the action of rivers, wind and
flood waters, this layer of tuff has slowly but steadily
been eroded to produce the rock formations know as "fairy
chimneys". We will take a walk through this amazing
valley.
ZELVE OPEN AIR MUSEUM has the most important churches
in the valley. Balikli, Uzumlu, and Geyikli, belong to
the Pre Iconoclastic period. The valley was inhabited
until 1952. Apart from monasteries and churches, houses,
a mill, a mosque, and several dovecotes are found in the
valley.
PASABAGLARI (MONKS VALLEY) Many fairy chimneys with multiple
stems and caps can be found here, this style being unique
to this area. A chapel dedicated to St. Simeon and a hermit's
shelter is built into one such fairy chimney with three
heads.
AVANOS is known for the pottery, a craft dating back to
the Hittite period. The red clay which is worked by local
craftsmen comes from the residue in the Kizilirmak river.
The Kizilirmak, which divides Avanos into two, is Anatolia's
longest river.
GOREME OPEN AIR MUSEUM is the place where this religious
education was started. You will visit the churches chapels
and monasteries carved into the fairy chimneys from the
10th to the 13th centuries with frescoes painted on the
walls. In the 4th century three important men created
a now unity here they are the Great St. Basil, Bishop
of Kayseri his brother St Gregory of Nyssa and St. George
of Nazianus.
PIGEON VALLEY here you will see where the Pigeons and
hear of how they were used to help the people. Some examples
where to send messages and to fertilize the grapes. Also
you will see a wonderful panoramic view.
UCHISAR CASTLE is the highest point in the region. The
castle and its surrounds used to be the most populated
area this settlement, which resembles Ortahisar in style.
The top of the citadel provides a magnificent panorama
of the surrounding area
Price: USD 45 Per Person
(Lunch, Transportation, Guiding,
Entrance Fees,Tax Included)
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