HJ ZULHEIMY - DOWN MEMORY LANE: April 2024

Tuesday 30 April 2024

DOWN MEMORY LANE: 23 FEBRUARY 2018 > CAPPADOCIA, TURKIYE

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1 May 2024

After breakfast at the hotel, the group was taken for a tour around the city of Cappadocia.

VISIT PROGRAM - 23 FEBRUARY 2018

UNDERGROUND CITY OF KAYMAKLI

This underground troglodyte cave city was excavated as early as the Hittite period and is connected by tunnels, linking one underground city to another. It is said that there are over 100 underground tunnels here.

An intricate system of tunnels, chambers and galleries has been excavated deep into the volcanic turf rock at Kaymakli Underground City. There are eight floors in the city, although only four are accessible to the general public today. The Underground city can hold up to 3,000 people and is over 85 meters deep.

This place was opened in 1964 and was previously known as Enegup.

GEROME OPEN MUSEUM

The Gerome Open Museum, located in Nevsehir, Turkey, is the ruins of the 4th century. Among the ruins found here are the remains of monasteries, churches, and houses carved into soft volcanic rock.

It is only a 15-minute walk (1.5km, 1 mile) from Gerome Village Culture. It contains stone carvings from churches, with beautiful frescoes in colors that still retain their original freshness. The museum also exhibits unique examples of stone architecture and fresco techniques. The Goreme Open Air Museum has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984 and is one of the first two UNESCO heritage sites in Turkey.

Most of the churches found here were built in the 10th, 11th, and 12th centuries.

PASABAG VALLEY & UCHISAR VILLAGE

Pasabag Valley is located approximately 3 km north of Gerome. It is a most popular spots in Gerome, Cappadocia. Pasabag Valley is also known as "Monk Valley" because Christian priests used to seek refuge and seek God's pleasure here.

Uchisar village, located in Uchisar Belediyesi / Nevsehir, is a troglodyte village where the locals carve rocks to make their homes.

KAPADOKYA SERAMIK / VENESSA SERAMIK

Cappadocia is known for beautiful handmade and hand-painted ceramics. It is an ancient Turkish art. Kapadokya Seramik is a family owned business. It is a quite large location with much to choose from. While Venessa Seramik is a long-established ceramic family of Avanos.

DOWN MEMORY LANE: 24 FEBRUARY 2018 > CAPPADOCIA - ANKARA - BOLU, TURKEY

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DOWN MEMORY LANE > 22 FEBRUARY 2018 : PAMUKKALE - KONYA - CAPPADOCIA, TURKIYE

Hj Zulheimy Maamor

30 April 2024

After breakfast, the group departs from Pamukkale to Konya, which is approximately 396 km away and takes 5 hours and 3 minutes.

KONYA, TURKIYE

Konya is located approximately 8 hours drive from Istanbul, Turkey. Konya was originally under the rule of the Seljuk Kingdom and the Karamanids. The city has been inhabited since 3000 B.C. It then changed hands from one ruler to another until it was conquered by the Seljuk Kingdom in 1084, when it changed hands under the rule of the Ottoman Turkish Kingdom.

On the way to Konya, the group stopped at a famous textile store in Turkey. Then the group stopped for lunch at a restaurant before continuing to Konya.

MEVLANA MUSEUM

Mevlana Museum in Konya, Turkiye started life as the dervish lodge of the Mevlevi order, better known as Whirling Dervishes.

In the Mevlana Museum is the tomb of Maulana Jalaluddin Muhammad Rumi, a famous Islamic poet of the 13th century. He has written hundreds of famous poems in various languages. He is also associated with the famous Sufi dance and meditation (Whirling Derwish) in Turkey.

The area around this museum is filled with tombs, most of which are the followers of Maulana Jalaluddin Muhammad Rumi.

SULTANHANI CARAVANSERAI

The group was then taken on a tour of the Sultanhani Caravanserai. Sultanhani Caravanserai, located in Konya, is the largest Caravanserai, built by Alaattin Keykubat 1 in 1229.

Caravanserai means hotel, or in the olden days, it was appropriately called a place to stop and rest for traders and camels.