When I sit down and think about the last year, which we have all gotten through lately, I am thinking what was the biggest wow moment I experienced. Cappadocia is definitely on the list. And probably ranking high up. Even though I consider myself some kind of corona-refugee and not a full time traveler, I do substantially more travel than pretty much all the people I know. I am not gonna go into a full list of places and countries I've visited in the year of 2021, but to give you an idea of how much I valued my visit in Cappa, I want to mention few competitors. As I have spent my summer on Balkans, which become some sort of second home to me now, I can compare my week in Cappadocia with a week in beautiful lake Ohrid in North Macedonia or a week in Ulcinj in Montenegro. Of course both totally different locations but you get the point. The most visited places of two other countries I consider to be the only possible competition. But now let's get to the story of Ortahisar shall we...
I have started my walk from Göreme right after late breakfast/lunch when the sky began to open for some sunshine finally. Hoping to capture some nice drone shots and photos for my blogs, I embarked on today's journey with great expectations.
Although not knowing exactly where I am going and if I even reach my destination. But over in Cappadocia, it is kinda hard to go out and not take a picture to be honest. So as I have studied the map before leaving, there appeared to be a dirt road through the vineyards and old abandoned cave houses. Sounded about right. Spending time on the fresh air with historical sights all around and prospect to finish my walk with excursion on one of the most iconic castles or ruins around. Let's go!
The town of Ortahisar was around 6 km away and I have arrived in late afternoon already. As right now, there is really off season in Cappa, the streets were deserted and I felt like a VIP visitor. Shops still prepared for business, but nobody there. Restaurants without staff, just an owner waiting to make caffe for one person a day a that kind of scenarios.
As I am getting closer to the castle, some more people appear, but let me assure you, it is still on the level of a dead town. I think the picture of a drunk mannequin next to the Vine store, speaks out the best for this situation.
Payed 5 TRY entry fee and up I climb Ane latter at a time, into the labyrinth which the castle is. Interior has no decorations anymore. It is purely just a tunel carved into the rock.
At the top of the castle I've met one other lost traveler from South Korea and we joined forces on our way back to Göreme, where he was also staying. Originally we thought of getting the taxi, but when you walk fast and talk, 6 km is really not that far and thanks to that decision I've made one more cool photo from one of those caves out there...
I could go on and on, writing about this mystical place, it really provides all the pictures and adventures your average blogger needs. Maybe it is no coincidence, there is a saying that you're not a real Instagram star until you visit and share pictures from Cappadocia...
All the best,
Global Local
You can find some drone shots of mine in this video bellow. My kinda report on the stage of mask wearing and cov-resrictions in this particular part of Turkey. Let's hope for better topics to cover in the future, but at the moment it is what it is and I think somebody might find it usefull...
