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Ihlara Valley (Turkey)

Description: A 16 km gorge cut into volcanic rock in the southern part of Cappadocia, Turkey is home to many churches and beautiful ... more

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Newest Review: ... going! The slightly bemused French were probably thinking "Putan! not an Englishman!" but they soon warmed to us after chunnering in French to my French-Canadian co-hitchhiker! It appeared they were going to the Ihlara Valley and they invited us along for the day, basically it's a 16km gorge which was created following a volcanic eruption, it's got a powerful stream flowing ... more

... through it and greenery all around, on the right hand bank (if you are heading up the gorge from the town) are lots of Byzantine period churches and old houses built into the rocks from as early as the 6th century. Despite being graffittied and pillaged by the...more

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Ihlara Valley (Turkey): Ihlara Valley -Lush and old (385 words)
by - written on 29/07/08 (Very useful, 36 readings)
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The Ihlara Valley is a charmingly colourful valley in the Cappadocia region of Turkey. It is close to the funkily spelt town of Guzelyurt, I visited it about 4 years ago when I was hitchhiking around Turkey, I hadn't planned to go there but we were riding in a car when we came to a police checkpoint and after a small discussion between driver and the police, the police decided to flag down the next car and told them to take us where ever they were going! The slightly bemused French were probably thinking "Putan! not an Englishman!" but they soon warmed to us after chunnering in French to my French-Canadian co-hitchhiker! It appeared they were going ... Read the complete review

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