Cappadocia
Turkey

Cappadocia offers the country's best natural sight, a fantasy land of phallic pinnacles clustered around flat rural scenery. Stay in Goreme if possible, though avoid the poor value and condition fairy chimney rooms. They tend to be cramped, dark and uncomfortable. It's better to find a room with a big view of the pinnacles.
Walking here is superb though you will be limited in range. Alternatively rent a scooter or mountain bike if you're capable, otherwise a car for leisurely cruising around the bizzare surroundings, so take your licence with you.
Buses with guides are informative but naturally keep on moving, so don't bother with them, this is a landscape that demands that you wander about, find your favourite view, settle down with a bottle of raki and watch the rocks grow. There are nice little restaurants in Goreme too.
And by the way, on a geological note, the hard stone caps on the pinnacles protected them while rains eroded the surrounding softer rockaround, leaving the the pointy bits behind.

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