Göreme

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    How to use my Custom Google Maps

    I put online personalized Google Maps for : florida (blog guide, Google Maps link) cappadocia (blog guide, Google Maps link) iceland(blog guide, Google Maps link) morocco (guide on the blog, Google Maps link) the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico (guide on the blog, Google Maps link) china (guide on the blog, Google Maps link) new Zealand (blog guide, Google Maps link) france (guide on the blog, Google Maps link) germany (blog guide, Google Maps link) With day by day itineraries and recommended order (A, B, C…). If you’re not familiar with this type of tool, here’s a guide to show you how to use it. Note: you need an Internet connection…

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    Cappadocia / Goreme (Turkey) by Car: Travel Guide, Itinerary, Budget, Google Maps, Tips, Tricks

    I spent an impressive number of hours organizing my trip to Cappadocia. There is a serious lack of information about this region, especially about transportation, because (1) it isn’t a very well known region (2) most tourists opt for organized tours (3) the Routard/Lonely Planet type travel guides only list the points of interest city by city while Cappadocia can be visited by going from one city to another. So I took my courage in both hands, and after my recent weekend in Göreme, I wrote down, pinned down, and created Google Maps itineraries to make it easier for you. Visiting Cappadocia without a guide is quite possible, just read…

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    3 days in Cappadocia (Turkey) from Paris: Budget, Itinerary, Car Rental

    If after reading the travel diary in Göreme and our pictures of the 100 hot-air balloons in the sky, you also feel like doing the same thing, know that it is quite possible to do part of what we did in 3 days (from Friday to Sunday). From Paris. yes yes! Here is the detailed program, as well as the budget, to help you get organized. Recommended flights Round trip plane : Paris => Kayseri, 1 777 TL/person or 264€/person, only one hand luggage allowed (which is more than enough for a 3-day weekend) Exchange rate in October 2018: 1€ = 6.58 Turkish Lira Day 1 : Arrival in Kayseri…

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    Travel Diary: 3 days in Göreme in Cappadocia (Turkey)

    This weekend, we’re going to visit Cappadocia, following the photos that made us dream too much (a hundred hot-air balloons in the sky). We told you about hot-air balloons here. In this article, we will talk about the rest. Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary Departure from IstanbulWe wake up at 4:30 am and order an Uber at 5 am. Because of our ignorance, we booked the flight from the farthest airport of Istanbul (code name SAW) which is 50mn – 1h away. In Istanbul, Uber allows us to call classic cabs so when we see a cab stop right in front of our…

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    Hot Balloons in Cappadocia in Göreme (Turkey) – is this worth it?

    Until then, we had never heard of Cappadocia in Turkey, but the pictures seen on a travel blog made us want it too much. The region is really super beautiful (I will talk about it here), but we also came to enjoy a unique show: a hundred hot-air balloons flying over the region EVERY MORNING (well, weather permitting). No no, it’s not a festival or a special occasion, we see it EVERY DAY! Note: this article will contain a lot of blah blah blah blah. We try to show you as many pictures as possible, but you know what we think about pictures: there will be more beautiful ones on…

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    Behind the scenes of an Instagram photo in Göreme (Turkey)

    For more than two years now that we have had the chance to travel, we have come across countless tourists ready to kill father and mother for a nice photo to share on Facebook or Instagram. Social networks have exacerbated our narcissism and for some, travel has become more of an excuse than anything else to be able to publish photos and show followers how cool we are. To be honest, it’s very difficult to escape the phenomenon completely and we also like to collect a lot of likes when we share a photo. However, we try to : remain authentic and do not give in to the temptation to…