CENTRAL ANATOLIA

Central Anatolia is a vast plain with a history of nine thousand years. There you will visit the oldest city in the world : Catal Hüyük which dates back to the neolithic age - 8,000 B.C. -. The Hittites settled there at the end of the 3rd millenary B.C. Cappadocian byzantine decorated churches were built in caves between the IVth and the XIVth century A.D. In Konya you will meet whirling dervishes and visit the Sivas Seldjoukid site dating back to the XIIIth century. It's also there that Mustafa Kemal Atatürk chose Ankara as the new capital city of the new Turkish Republic.

Lined by the Tontic mountain range in the North and by the Taurus range of mountains in the South, that barren region is about 1,100 m high. You will enjoy the scenery with its volcanoes, the river Kizilirmak and its high-altitude lakes. In the centre of Turkey, Cappadocia is a region famous for its fabulous landscapes and the hospitality of its people. So in that unique region you will find all the characteristics of the Turkish culture.