Goreme is the little tourist hub in the region of Cappadocia: the tiny town only boasts about 3,000 residents, and a local estimated that about 95% work in tourism. For quite a little town, there's a lot to do: stunning hot-air balloon rides at...
In general, I try to spend as little time as possible in hotel rooms. I'm usually not too fussed about luxury hotels or a ton of hotel amenities, unless I'm on an island and want nothing more than an infinity pool. I can sleep just about anywhere and...
I flew all the way to Cappadocia to take a hot-air balloon ride, but after seeing the otherworldly landscape from the sky, I was eager to see the view from ground level as well. The reddish hues of the rock formations reminded me of the Grand Canyon,...
It's rare that I buy the ticket and board the plane and essentially go to a very faraway place exclusively for ONE activity. But when it came to Turkey, more and more people kept telling me that I couldn't miss a hot air balloon ride in Cappadocia....
Turkey was just about everything I could have asked for in a birthday trip: full of adventures, but also plenty of relaxation. There was the once-in-a-lifetime hot-air balloon ride at sunrise and seeing the most stunning architecture that has stood...