Many visitors dream about the soul-stirring magnificence of the peculiar karst formations.

Cappadocia was awarded one of the “Top Ten Most Beautiful Views on Earth” by the American magazine “National Geographic” in 2008. Because the Cappadocians paid homage to the Persians with strong horses and skilled gold and silver craftsmen as early as the Persian Empire period, the Persians named this city “Cappadocia,” which translates as “beautiful horse town.”

Three million years ago, two enormous volcanic eruptions, Mount Erciyes (3916M) and Mount Hassan (3268M), blanketed the plateau around Naoussehir with soft stones comprising limestone, lava, ash, and mud. Wind and rain erode this delicate rock structure, resulting in conical and mushroom-shaped rocks in red, gold, green, and grey, as well as strange panoramas such as canyons with tunnels.

 

Today, Cappadocia, also known as the “moon’s surface,” is Turkey’s second most popular tourist destination after Istanbul, and the hot air balloon sightseeing project that has evolved in the Grim area is a magnificent experience that tourists should not miss.