TURKEY Cappadocia
Uçhisar and Çavusin Also in the area, the village of Uçhisar, with its winding cobbled streets, boutique hotels, panoramic cafés and street stalls, has become a secret hideaway for the French – it’s sometimes called Petit France. Uçhisar’s castle is actually the
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Stone houses built around Göreme’s famous fairy chimneys, in winter Above
The eerie lunar landscape of Cappadocia, as seen from a hot air balloon
many of these have become hotel rooms or private houses. A kilometre from the centre of the
town is the Göreme Open Air Museum, a World Heritage Site that comprises a huge cluster of rock-cut Byzantine churches, chapels and monasteries full of colourful frescoes depicting religious scenes. Of course, the best way to see Göreme and the surrounding area is from the air in a hot air balloon, fl oating silently over the strange rock formations and hovering in valleys with distant snow-capped volcanic cones rising from the plains.
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largest fairy chimney in Cappadocia and is equally as impressive up close as it is from afar. You can climb to the top via tunnels and steps cut into the rock for wonderful views of the surrounding landscape. Uçhisar and its castle glisten with rose and golden hues depending on the light and at night twinkle like a fairytale castle. Perched high on top of a hill, it’s the village’s centrepiece and can be seen from Göreme. Also notable is Çavusin, a sleepy village midway between Göreme and Avanos. The old part is a steep labyrinth of cave houses cut into a rock face and abandoned in the 1950s for safety reasons – the villagers now live in houses nearby. If you’re searching for a home
somewhere off the beaten track, where local traditions thrive, both the scenery and architecture are remarkable and the climate a little extreme, then Cappadocia could be for you. After all, where else can you buy a house with a fairy chimney?
FOR SALE IN CAPPADOCIA
Swan House is a luxury three/ four-bed villa on a rural 13,200- sq-m plot at Mustafapasa. It comes furnished and with a pool, central heating and a separate one-bed apartment.
Price: €300,000 (£256K)
Anna Robertson: (UK) 01225 834686; annarobertson@
talktalk.net
Restored 490-sq-m cave house in Çavusin. Includes one en- suite bedroom, a fi tted kitchen, utility room, dining room, living area, roof terrace with views and separate stone building – perfect for restoring.
Price: €175,000 (£150K)
Mike Miners: (UK) 07540 200 646;
mikeminers@hotmail.com.
A restoration project – a cave house in Uçhisar with the possibility of 8-10 rooms. The ruin covers 350 sq m. The estimated restoration costs are €20K-€30K (£17K-£26K)
Price: €25,000 (£21K)
Kapadokyaemlak Estate Agency: 00 90 (0)384 219 21 25;
www.Kapadokyaemlak.com.
This cave property has been completely restored and comes fully furnished. It has six rooms in total, all carved out of volcanic tufa. Would make a cosy boutique hotel.
Price: from €260,000 (£222K)
Belit Real Estate: 00 90 384 341 8002;
www.belitinternational.com
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