Best Cappadocia Day Trips & Things to Do

Cappadocia's unique geological, historic and cultural features make for a thoroughly enjoyable trip through a land that's part fantasy, part alien planet. Thousands of years ago humans began to carve a chamber and tunnel complex into the soft rock formations dotting the Göreme Valley, laying the groundwork for a completely underground civilization. Such is the density of these cave dwellings that from afar the visual effect is that of a giant honeycomb. To truly experience the troglodyte way of life, stay in one of the cave hotels. For more divine inspiration, visit the Göreme Open Air Museum. And for truly psychedelic vistas, take to the sky in a hot-air balloon.