Discover Uchisar Castle, the highest natural viewpoint in Cappadocia, Turkey. Rising from a volcanic outcrop, this ancient ...

There’s something in the air in Cappadocia. Some say it’s the winged spirits — ‘peri’, in Turkish — that reputedly inhabit the region’s famous, phallic geological marvels, ‘fairy chimneys’. In the ...

Before 2023, I had yet to travel anywhere in eastern Europe, so I changed that fact by visiting Turkey for a week. Over the years (mostly due to social media), Cappadocia has been growing in ...

Smack in the center of Turkey, only a 90-minute flight from Istanbul, lies a natural wonder: a remote mountainous region with Fairy chimneys – tall, spindly volcanic rock formations that stretch ...

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Uchisar is the highest point in central Cappadocia and consists of a tiny town built around a tall rock tower, the top of which is called Uchisar Castle. The town extends a short distance onto a ...

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