Cappadocia

The word used today, Cappadocia, means “Land of Beautiful Horses” in Persian. In 332 BC,
Alexander the Great defeated the Persians and encountered great resistance in Cappadocia. During
this period, the Kingdom of Cappadocia was established

Cappadocia which is unique in the world and is a miraculous nature wonder is the common name
of the field covered by the provinces of Aksaray, Nevsehir, Nigde, Kayseri and Kirsehir in
the Central Anatolian region. In the upper Myosen period in the Cappadocia region as a result of
the vulcanic eruptions occurred in Erciyes, Hasandag and Gulludag, in the region was formed a
large tableland from the vulcanic tufas and together with the erosion of the Kizilirmak river and
wind over ten thousands of years there appeared the chimney rocks which are a wonder of the
nature. In the old Bronze Age the Cappadocia which was the population zone of the Assyrian
civilization later has hosted the Hittite, Frig, Pers, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman civilizations.
The first Christians escaped from the persecution of the Roman Empire in the 2nd century B.C.
came to the Cappadocia over the Antakya and Kayseri and they have settled here. Cappadocia is a
beautiful region in central Turkey famous for its fairytale scenery, cave dwellings, remarkable
rock formations and, of course, the hundreds of hot air balloons that soar in the sky during sunrise
each morning. There is also so much awesome hiking in Cappadocia, that it will take you at least
a week to explore all of the diverse hiking trails in the region.