8/28(Wed) | visit to remains of ancient city of Hierapolis Pamukkale 19:15-(Bus)-7:45+ Nevsehir |
Lodging | (on the bus) |
Major expense(s) | Bus / Pamukkale-Nevsehir: 60,000TL=1,800Yen Hierapolis Museum: 3,000TL=90Yen |
Related Sites | General Links - Europe Turkey Pamukkale |
The remains of circular theatre
is one of the ancient monuments of .
If it is restored, it may be put to use as
something of a meeting ground, but it is
in utter disrepair then.
As you go out of here and go up a slope,
you can find some other monuments.
Visitors were fewer in any of the monuments
of than in the limestone terraces, and there
was not any souvenir shop.
So it might have appeared because of summer
then, but if we had been there in autumn,
it might not have changed much.
Finally, we entered the museum, but we had
hardly an interest in the monuments.
Getting to Cappadocia from Pamukkale,
it seems that many tourists take nothing
but a bus.
Bus tickets are also available at a ticket
office in bus station (otogar) on the day
of departure.
However, since bus services on that section
seems to be crowded, it would be better to
go to bus station (otogar) early.
Needless to say, you might think what to
do if the seats of night buses were all reserved.
Well, there is some trains if you go to Denizli,
but Turkish State Railways seems to be so inconvenient.
8/29(Thu) | Cappadocia all day tour by Tulip Information |
Lodging | (unrecorded) / 17,000TL (510Yen) per night |
Major expense(s) | tour charge: 100,000TL=3,000Yen (lunch excluded) |
Related Sites | General Links - Europe Turkey Cappadocia |
The towns of Nevsehir, Avanos,
Göreme, Ürgüp and Uçhisar
are all bases for exploring Cappadocia.
Nevsehir is a regional transport hub and
provincial town of this area among them.
In short, if you get to Nevsehir by a long-distance
bus like us, it would be just as well to
change buses for other town, or to make reservations
for guided tour at any travel agency in this
town.
Incidentally, if you get to Cappadocia by
train or plane, Kayseri is also gateway to there.
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We booked "Cappadocia All Day Tour" at travel
agency "Tulip Information" which was close to bus station (otogar)
of Nevsehir.
This tour contained excursion mainly to Göreme,
Avanos and Zelve, excluding any Underground
Cities.
Tourists who came from many countries got on board the tour bus, I was
surprised by boarding many Hong Kong's university students among them.
Because I had no knowledge that Asian university
students make overseas trip except Japanese.
This scene seemed to stand for Asian economy
have expanded in the 1990s.
Incidentally, it was impossible for us to
understand what tour guide spoke in English.
Then, we regret that we missed such a rare
chance to talk with solitary American woman
traveler, though she talked to us first.
I try to study English conversation after
going back Japan, I wonder?
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The first thing that comes to
mind is the Göreme Valley when Cappadocia is mentioned.
There is a great number of church sites and
these sites adorn with paintings.
It is said that Elmali Church, Yulanli Church,
Karanlik Church (Dark Church Monastery) and
Carikli Church are in a good state of preservation
among them.
Then, as you go out of any churches, there
have been spread with strange formed many
rocks .
these sights present a grand spectacle.
Needless to say, we kept on taking such a
picture.
We had a lunch in Avanos where is known for handicraft.
If you choose tour with a lunch, tour guide
take you to restaurant, on the other hand
if you choose tour without a lunch, you may
be looking for restaurant yourself.
If you would like to some restaurants for
the locals, you might choose tour without
a lunch.
In case of that, you might not think about
drinking because Turkey is Muslim country
in the first place.
Therefore we visited some studio in Avanos,
if we had much time, it could have been possible
to try to make a pottery.
In Zelve, there are most striking monument in Cappadocia
which is like a fairy chimney with triple
rock caps.
When I saw it first time, I felt it to be
sort of letch because it looks like muscle
of love (men's genitals).
By the way, some souvenir in the shape of
it are sold at road market, you should not
forget to bargain with them over the price.
If you don't mind hotel runners
taking you to lodging, you can find one wherever
you want.
Then, we stayed some lodging in Ürgüp where hotel runner brought us.
It was reasonable price that lodging expense
was 17,000TL (510Yen), including breakfast
and our room was with shower and toilet.
If you don't like hotel runners' guidance,
you might also book a lodging at travel agency
before you join a sightseeing tour.
Because any hotel runners aren't so indulgent
that tourists browse through the guide book
on the street.
Then, it would be better to take care that
sightseeing tour and restaurant by their
guidance are not always reasonable even if
lodging expense is reasonable.