Cappadocia Archives - Duff's Suitcase /tag/cappadocia/ Wed, 26 Jun 2013 16:35:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 10 things I loved about magical Cappadocia /10-things-i-loved-about-magical-cappadocia/ /10-things-i-loved-about-magical-cappadocia/#comments Wed, 26 Jun 2013 16:35:16 +0000 http://www.duffssuitcase.com/?p=697 I didn’t know what to expect Cappadocia. All I knew before visiting this famous region of Turkey (pronounced cappa-doe-kiya, as I subsequently discovered) was that there were caves that you could stay in, the hot air ballooning was pretty good and there were fairy chimneys made out of rock . I arrived after an hour’s […]

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]]> /10-things-i-loved-about-magical-cappadocia/feed/ 1 A hobbit’s cave fantasy /a-hobbits-cave-fantasy/ /a-hobbits-cave-fantasy/#comments Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:14:45 +0000 http://www.duffssuitcase.com/?p=534 Hezen Cave Hotel made me want to become a troglodyte if it meant that I could live in one of their cave suites (rather than the damp, dark, musty, cold algae-covered hovels I’d always associated with the word ‘cave’). With a massive lounge area, sleek glass-walled bathroom, huge airy bedroom and funky, bright modern-retro decor […]

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]]> /a-hobbits-cave-fantasy/feed/ 3 Luxury cave living in Cappadocia /luxury-cave-living-in-cappadocia/ /luxury-cave-living-in-cappadocia/#respond Thu, 20 Jun 2013 15:46:15 +0000 http://www.duffssuitcase.com/?p=532 What most excited me about visiting Cappadocia, in central Turkey, other than hot air ballooning over fairy chimneys with a hundred other balloons littering the sky, was the prospect of staying in a cave hotel. Cappadocia’s landscape is covered in surreal volcanic rock towers, gorges, villages with rock castles perched above them, and thousands of […]

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]]> /luxury-cave-living-in-cappadocia/feed/ 0 Hot air ballooning in Cappadocia: the best airborne experience you can have /hot-air-ballooning-in-cappadocia-the-best-airborne-experience-you-can-have/ /hot-air-ballooning-in-cappadocia-the-best-airborne-experience-you-can-have/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:10:56 +0000 http://www.duffssuitcase.com/?p=661 I’ve floated above the gemsbok on the dunes of the Namib Desert and over majestic forts in Rajasthan (which I thought were pretty amazing experiences), and I thought I’d ticked hot air ballooning off my list of cool things to do. Then I went hot air ballooning in Cappadocia, central Turkey. As the purple sky […]

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]]> /hot-air-ballooning-in-cappadocia-the-best-airborne-experience-you-can-have/feed/ 1 Why Turkey should be on your bucket list /why-turkey-should-be-on-your-bucket-list/ /why-turkey-should-be-on-your-bucket-list/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:55:36 +0000 http://www.duffssuitcase.com/?p=525 I was really excited to visit Turkey for the first time recently, and imagined  having a pretty good trip. It blew me away. From the moment I arrived in Istanbul, I loved every moment of being in this amazing country. I had no idea how beautiful, diverse, culturally rich, friendly and historically fascinating Turkey was, and […]

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]]> /why-turkey-should-be-on-your-bucket-list/feed/ 8 Turkish delight /turkish-delight-on-planning-a-trip-to-turkey/ /turkish-delight-on-planning-a-trip-to-turkey/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 13:21:51 +0000 http://www.duffssuitcase.com/?p=442 I’m off in just over a week to a country I’ve never been to before and I couldn’t be more excited. I decided to plan an early-summer trip to Turkey for three reasons: 1. There are cheap flights from Cape Town (R6000 return on Turkish Airlines, direct to Istanbul) 2. South Africans don’t need a […]

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