Cappadocia - the land of beautiful wild horses - is a geological wonder that never fails to astonish the visitor. To the north, Goreme and Cavusin and the vistas of the Rose and Red Valleys with their cave dwellings and structures cut out of soft tufa; to the south Ihlara Valley and the stunning underground city of Derinkuyu. At every unexpected turn a new sight, in every concealed cavity an undiscovered secret, in every abandoned cave a piece of history!

Abandoned Cave Dwelling with dovecote, Goreme

Tufa architecture, Rose Valley

View from within the Church of the Snake (dedicated to St Onuphrius)

The fairy chimneys ... and originally chosen location for Star Wars (because the Turkish government did not agree, the movie was shot in Tunisia)

Mushroom tops in Devrent Valley

The landscape is full of solitude

Strange shapes dominates ... like this cat of the Bubastes ...

... and this that looks like the ship of the desert in Imagination Valley, Devrent

These formations at Pasabag are testament to the fact that there have been no earthquakes in 8 millennia

Underground passageway in Derinkuyu

The seminary with refectory slab, underground city, Derinkuyu

The deepest gorge in Cappadocia (a mini Grand Canyon) Ihlara Valley

Abandoned cave near the Melendiz river

Churches, caves and dovecotes near the Zelve open air museum

View on the way up to Selime Cathedral

Remnants of the Last Supper

Pigeon Valley

Potter with Hittite Wheel, Avanos