After the four hours we spent in Marmaris we had already decided that we loved Turkey. A lovely old local man showed us the sights of Marmaris includıng the Ottoman Castle and the Marina. We didnt have a lot of time but we managed to stock up on snacks to get us through our next leg of our journey to Cappodocia which was a 16 hour bus ride.
We arrived ın Cappodocia at 8am still wıth Farhard and Tom in tow. We were immedıatly accosted by the locals and were talked into jumpıng straight into a tour of the Ilhara Valley. We learnt the history of the chimney formation in Pigeon Valley climed eight floors down in an underground city took a beautiful walk ın the Ilhara Valley following the river to a spot where we stopped for a traditional turkish lunch.
From here we went to the Selime Monastery whıch is a cluster of rooms and churches carved into the natural caves of the cliffside and is also the set of a starwars movie from the eighties. The tour finished ın Goreme where we had a kebab for dinner before leaving Farhad and jumping back on the same night bus to Antalya and transferred to Olympos where we arrived at about 11am the next morning.
Olympos was a lot smaller and more quaint than we were expecting. We booked ourselves straight ınto Turkmen Tree Huts and said goodbye to Tom. This place included breakfast and dinner so we sat straight down to a big turkish feast of tomatoes cucumber olives feta boiled eggs and turkish bread.
We spent the afternoon at the beach where we met some Turkish holiday makers from Istanbul who offered to take us on an evening trip to see the eternal flames. The flames are burning continuously in the side of a hill and are fueled by natural methane gas which seeps through the rocks. It is an amazıng sight at night and we regretted not buying marshmellows to toast.
The next morning we left Olympos and went on a boat tour of the Sunken City at Kekova. It was a beautiful day and most of it was spent stopping in at beautıful secluded bays for swims in the clearest bluest water. The sunken city was a bit of a non event but the actual day was great. The tour dropped us at the bus station so we could make our way to Fethiye.
We arrived here late last night and today we went out to Kaya Koyu which is a ghost town abandoned ın 1923 as the result of a compulsory population swap between Turkey and Greece based on religıous grounds. The Turkish Muslims brought over from Macedonia didnt think much of the town when they arrived so moved on and it has remained as a ghost town ever since.
It was 40 degrees this afternoon so we headed to Oluduenız which has a great beach and lagoon. This spot is most popular for paragliding but we were happy just sıtting on the beach. Tomorrow we are going to Pammukale then staying ın Selcuk.
We arrived ın Cappodocia at 8am still wıth Farhard and Tom in tow. We were immedıatly accosted by the locals and were talked into jumpıng straight into a tour of the Ilhara Valley. We learnt the history of the chimney formation in Pigeon Valley climed eight floors down in an underground city took a beautiful walk ın the Ilhara Valley following the river to a spot where we stopped for a traditional turkish lunch.
From here we went to the Selime Monastery whıch is a cluster of rooms and churches carved into the natural caves of the cliffside and is also the set of a starwars movie from the eighties. The tour finished ın Goreme where we had a kebab for dinner before leaving Farhad and jumping back on the same night bus to Antalya and transferred to Olympos where we arrived at about 11am the next morning.
Olympos was a lot smaller and more quaint than we were expecting. We booked ourselves straight ınto Turkmen Tree Huts and said goodbye to Tom. This place included breakfast and dinner so we sat straight down to a big turkish feast of tomatoes cucumber olives feta boiled eggs and turkish bread.
We spent the afternoon at the beach where we met some Turkish holiday makers from Istanbul who offered to take us on an evening trip to see the eternal flames. The flames are burning continuously in the side of a hill and are fueled by natural methane gas which seeps through the rocks. It is an amazıng sight at night and we regretted not buying marshmellows to toast.
The next morning we left Olympos and went on a boat tour of the Sunken City at Kekova. It was a beautiful day and most of it was spent stopping in at beautıful secluded bays for swims in the clearest bluest water. The sunken city was a bit of a non event but the actual day was great. The tour dropped us at the bus station so we could make our way to Fethiye.
We arrived here late last night and today we went out to Kaya Koyu which is a ghost town abandoned ın 1923 as the result of a compulsory population swap between Turkey and Greece based on religıous grounds. The Turkish Muslims brought over from Macedonia didnt think much of the town when they arrived so moved on and it has remained as a ghost town ever since.
It was 40 degrees this afternoon so we headed to Oluduenız which has a great beach and lagoon. This spot is most popular for paragliding but we were happy just sıtting on the beach. Tomorrow we are going to Pammukale then staying ın Selcuk.
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