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Offline Dry Pete

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Cappadocia Trip - advice please
« on: August 28, 2017, 07:24:46 AM »
We are thinking about driving to Cappadocia when next in Turkey (in a few weeks). 

We would like to break our journey half way there and also on the way back.  We have been looking at Konya and also Lake Egirdir.  Has any one done this?  Any advice / recommendations of places to stop, hotels etc.

Have also been looking at 'Tours by Locals' in Cappadocia - has any one experience of them. Any advice on hotels in Cappadocia?

Many thanks in advance for your replies. Pete



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Re: Cappadocia Trip - advice please
« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2017, 09:17:44 AM »
Did this last year. Quite a lot of driving but well worth it. Stopped in Konya on the way over and returned via Esparta and Lake Egirdir on the way back. One word of warning the road from Konya to Cappadocia is extremely long flat and boring. We stayed at Charley's Pension at the lake which was great. BTW if you are planning to live up to your Member name you should like Konya as there is hardly a bar to be seen... ;)

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Re: Cappadocia Trip - advice please
« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2017, 09:25:43 AM »
I'm having trouble loading photos so this might be a mess

Some photos of Egirdir.

The lake with an island with a causeway linking it to the land. This is where we stayed.



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Re: Cappadocia Trip - advice please
« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2017, 09:30:16 AM »
A bit windy when we were there,




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Re: Cappadocia Trip - advice please
« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2017, 09:30:51 AM »
Egirdir Castle




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Re: Cappadocia Trip - advice please
« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2017, 09:31:21 AM »
Goreme is a good place to stay in Cappadocia and the balloon trips are really exciting. There are lots of different types of hotels to stay in. The cave hotels can be lovely.If you search in the Places to visit section a lot of people have written about Cappadocia. The drive there is soo long though just miles of dry flat dusty plains. Konya too is well worth a visit.

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Re: Cappadocia Trip - advice please
« Reply #6 on: August 28, 2017, 09:31:57 AM »
A house that could be older than the castle!




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Re: Cappadocia Trip - advice please
« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2017, 09:32:41 AM »
We drove there last October from Fethiye. Stopped off at Isparta on route.  The lakes were about another 45 mins away and with hindsight would have probably stopped there as Isparta is just another busy city.  As we had a car we stayed in Çavuşin which was nice and quiet and has a number of hotels to choose from, all very similar in price and quality but Göreme which was only a 5 min drive away has a lot more choice of not only hotels but places to eat out. We paid about 80 euros each for a balloon ride.  On the way back we stopped the night in Konya near the Mevlana Museum which is famous for the whirling dervishes. Again there are a number of  hotels near by.  I would recommend a sat nav (I used googlemaps on my phone) to find these hotels as it is a big city.  Don’t expect to find a bar when here though!   We then came back via Antalya which was a shorter and more scenic route than on the way there

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Re: Cappadocia Trip - advice please
« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2017, 09:33:06 AM »
Mosque build over the town gateway.




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Re: Cappadocia Trip - advice please
« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2017, 09:38:28 AM »
This is the cave hotel where we stayed in Goreme.







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