Cappadocia

At the end of the sailing trip, we pulled into Gocek for the night and departed the next morning for Kayseri in a region of central Turkey called Cappadocia. To get there we first had to fly back to Istanbul as it seems to be the only hub in Turkey! From Kayseri we took a bus to Urgup where we saw the first of the unusual rock formations of the area. For centuries people have lived in these caves, but they are now gradually being moved out. In the ancient Persian language, Cappadocia meant "land of beautiful horses," and in Roman times, brood mares from Cappadocia were highly prized.