FULL DAY “ANOTHER ANGLE OF CAPPADOCIA” Combination TOUR

In the morning, meeting with the lunar landscape of Cappadocia, and descend into the center of the earth in the Underground city of Kaymakli. After this magnificent Unesco World Heritage Site, we will continue our amazing journey to Soganli Valley, which is truly is the last of the line of villages in the valleys south of Urgup, and the most traditional one. Its isolation meant it was the ideal place for Byzantines to build monasteries, which they inhabited until at least the 1750’s. The locally made doll is the symbol of the village. A local woman lost her baby and, unable to cope emotionally, made a rag doll to take its place. Later on, the women of the village developed the art of making these dolls while their men were out on the mountains grazing their animals. A Soganli doll is a must for every doll collection.
After a very local lunch at Soganli, we drive towards Sinasos                (Mustafapasa) an old Greek Village. En route will have small photo breaks like at Roman necropolis, Taskinpasa, a 900 years old village that shows its Seljuk roots in its Medrese (theological school) and a mosque. Keslik Monastery, which houses the well-preserved 9th century Chapel of St. Stephen, several refectories and the Archangel Chapel; and Cemil Village, home to descendents of the village's earliest Orthodox Christians.
 

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