Exploring the backstreets of Ürgüp
Cappadocia, with its wonderful landscape and many cave monuments, is, for the most part, a rural area, but what if you want to visit it but don’t fancy staying in a village? Well, Ürgüp should fit the bill nicely, since it’s right in the heart of the moonscape, and, with a population of around 12,000 inhabitants, manages all the amenities of a small town: shops (not all of them selling tourist souvenirs), restaurants and a wide range of hotels.
What’s more, although it lacks the more formal attractions of nearby Göreme, it still offers more than enough to fill a couple of days of anyone’s holiday comfortably. Read the rest of this entry »