In this tour you will We will take a tour of the highlights of Cappadocia, from the open air museum of goreme with its unique rock formations and churches inside the caves. Then Cavisin which runs through both the old and the new city, with its churches “La basílica de Juan Bautista” (5th century) and “El gran dovecote”. And from there to the ancient Greek city of Avanos overlooking the longest river in Turkey Kızılırmak (Red River) famous since ancient times for being a natural source of clay giving rise to an extensive development in pottery.
Cappadocia Red Tour (North Cappadocia)
Cappadocia Red Tour Itinerary (North Cappadocia)
In Turkey in the Central Anatolia is home to one of the country’s most dazzling regions, Cappadocia. This region has become world famous for its amazing landscapes, an unmissable place for any tourist, without a doubt, and that the Red Tour in Cappadocia is in charge of exploring. An experience that will take your breath away and make your visitors feel as if they were on another planet.
The path it takes the Red Tour in Cappadocia brings together the most outstanding attractions of the north of Cappadocia, with its already famous fairy chimneys, caverns, underground shelters, churches centuries old, towns founded by the Greeks, pottery, etc. Historical data confirm that this area has been inhabited for millennia and over time it became an important trade route. It is for this reason that it was the object of innumerable invasions throughout history, leading its inhabitants to build underground shelters where they could protect themselves and stay for months without having to go outside.
These bunkers helped to protect its inhabitants during times of war and mainly during the Arab invasions that occurred during the 10th century of our era. In these shelters, its inhabitants were able to build rooms, a school, a chapel, and even animal stalls. Recent excavations have discovered hundreds of these ancient underground citadels, one of them is Derinkuyu, which once housed an impressive 20,000 people. Certainly a feat for humanity.
The First Part of the Red Tour in Cappadocia: Goreme
The Red tour in Cappadocia is focused on touring the northern part of this area. Specifically, the exploration that is done on the Red Tour in Goreme consists of a tour of the open-air museum, which is where you can see the famous natural rock formations that have made this region famous, in which there are more of 10 churches inside the caves in this authentic open-air museum. These churches were carved into the rock itself and then hand painted by the same monks portraying biblical passages. Inside some of these cave-churches it is still possible to appreciate their magnificent frescoes that were made centuries ago and that still retain their mysticism despite the passage of time. Of invaluable artistic and historical value; and has led UNESCO to include it in its list of world heritage sites. It should be noted that the open-air museum that the Red Tour in Goreme explores is very easily accessible, since it is only 1.5 kilometers from distance from the center of the town of Goreme, which takes approximately 15 minutes to walk from the town.
Cavusin Cappadocia
(Cappadocia Red Tour)
Another place to visit and that is only 5 kilometers from the center of Goreme is the ancient Greek town called Cavusin, separated into two parts; the new new city and the old Greek town, which is where you can find its churches “El gran Palomar” and the “Basilica de Juan Bautista” the latter dating from the V century of our era; and that was built on top of a mountain, with three sections divided by arches, which were arranged to prevent its collapse during the course of the 10th century AD This church is currently considered the largest and undoubtedly the oldest in the region, in a beginning it was decorated with geometric motifs during the iconoclastic period, to later be decorated again, but this time with frescoes dating from the 10th century and exhibiting the life of the evangelist John the Baptist.
For its part, the Rock Church of Nicephorus Focas (Great Dovecote) is another great exponent of the sacred art of northern Cappadocia as it also has frescoes inside that expose Christianity as it was centuries ago, as well as biblical scenes. It owes its name (“The Great Dovecote”) to the fact that over the centuries, this church was abandoned and used as a dovecote.Avanos, meanwhile, which is located 8 kilometers from goreme, the center of this town It has the usual amenities that any tourist can expect. It is located next to the longest river in Turkey, the Kızılırmak (Red River). Which has been a natural source of clay for thousands of years, which has given it its fame in the production of ceramic vessels. The calm of the waters of this river and the park that is next to it, make it one of the unmissable places to take a break, appreciate the beauty of this river and have a good cup of tea Turkish.
Pasabag Cappadocia
No</span > we could miss Pasabag, or also known as “The Valley of the monks”. Pasabag literally means “The Vineyard of Pasa (The General’s Vineyard, in Turkish) located on the road to Zelve, it is amazingly composed of natural pillars of earth and it is in this place that you can see the famous fairy chimneys, columns of rock that have been slowly forming over centuries as a result of erosion and in this particular place they take different forms than those that can be found in other parts of northern Cappadocia. Probably its most striking forms can be seen on the red tour in Cappadocia. The story says that Saint Simeon lived in this region centuries ago and in fact there is a chapel especially dedicated to him; in addition to an ancient cavern in which Simeon used to live, located in one of the fairy chimneys, initially in a cavern at two meters of altitude; to later change to one that is at an even higher height.
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