Tag: Cappadocia hot air balloons
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Cappadocia: A Fairytale Land Carved in Stone
At sunrise in central Turkey, hundreds of colorful hot air balloons drift slowly above a landscape that seems almost otherworldly. Vast valleys of soft volcanic rock lie beneath them. Towering fairy chimneys and ancient cave dwellings are carved directly into the cliffs. This remarkable region is Cappadocia. In Cappadocia, nature and human history together have…