Travel Notes | A Journey to the Ottoman Empire Across Eurasia——Turkey [2]

The previous issue introduced simple itinerary preparations in the early stage

This issue mainly introduces the detailed itinerary

A lot of beautiful pictures and beauties for you to enjoy

The pictures were all taken with Canon 100D lens 18-55 and iPhone 6p. The color saturation is not enough, and some large scenes are more vivid with wide-angle lenses.

Day 1 Liuzhou→Guangzhou

At noon, take the bus from Liuzhou Railway Station to Guangzhou

After arriving in Guangzhou South, go directly to the subway station and take the subway to Baiyun Airport.

Sherry’s nerves were not covered, and he sat in the opposite direction when transferring...It was definitely because eating two bowls of carrots and beef offal affected the thinking of his brain cells.

Arrive at Baiyun Airport at 9:00 and check in at the Qatar Airways check-in window

Keep both tickets

11:00 Check-in completed and ready for boarding

electronic visa

No way, red-eye flights are cheap, but they save time. For someone like me who can sleep anywhere, just give me a chair.

Thoughtful travel bag

Qatar Airways’ thoughtful travel bag (includes blanket, socks, toiletries, earplugs, eye mask)

Day 2 Guangzhou→Doha→Ankara→Cappadocia

(Flight time: Flight time from Guangzhou to Doha is about 8 hours and 5 minutes; flight time from Doha to Ankara is about 4 hours; time difference: Turkey is 5 hours behind Beijing)

00:55 (Beijing time) Take Qatar Airways flight QR875 to Doha.

04:00 (Doha time) Arrive in Doha and transfer.

Doha Airport Teddy Bear

Buy buy buy! ! ! Doha Airport has all the brands!

07:15 (Doha time) Take Qatar Airways flight QR255 to Ankara.

Arrive in Ankara at 11:15 (Istanbul time) and be picked up by the tour guide.

First meal after getting off the plane

Türkiye kebab...so hard that I want to call mom

You are almost becoming one with Shudou

Ankara, as the capital, always seems to be upstaged by Istanbul: this small city with less than 100,000 people has served as a capital for a pitifully few years compared with Istanbul (in 1923, Turkey's "Father of the Founding" Ataturk The capital of Croatia was established here when the country was founded); although it has rich tourism resources, compared with Istanbul, which is frequently put on the international big screen, Ankara is not highly photographed, but it also has high-quality museums and cultural and historical landscapes. , because it is also an ancient city and has been prosperous since the Roman era.

Attractions

went

Museum of Anatolian Civilizations Museum of Anatolian Civilizations

Museum of Anatolian Civilizations

It displays the ancient civilizations of Türkiye in different eras and collects all important cultural relics of Anatolia.

Tickets

Tour route: The museum displays exhibitions in chronological order. Starting from the right hand side after entering the entrance, you can see unearthed cultural relics from the Stone Age, through the Bronze Age, the Hittite Age, the Urartian Age, the Greek and Roman Era.

Ahem

I took this pine cone with me all the way...

Ataturk Mausoleum, the tomb of the founding father of Türkiye

Graduates will come to take graduation photos

Built in memory of Atatürk, the founder of Turkey, it is magnificent and awe-inspiring

The roses are in full bloom in the back garden

nympho face

Passing by, but worth a look

Ankara Castle

The ancient castle that has been baptized by war has well-preserved thick walls and charming winding streets, overlooking the panoramic view of Ankara

Ataturk SquareAtaturk Meydani

The most prosperous commercial area in Ankara is lined with various high-end shops and restaurants.

Ataturk Square

15:00 Arrive to Cappadocia

Take a bus with its own WiFi to Cappadocia. Don’t just play with your mobile phone. The scenery on the roadside is really beautiful.

On the way, we encountered Türkiye’s famous salt lake - Lake Tuz

Lake Tuz

The driver very considerately stopped the car for us to take pictures. Unfortunately, the sun was not strong enough, otherwise the sea and sky would be so beautiful! (I like our driver uncle very much)

Sunlight reflects pink

Look at it from another angle, pink! ! ! ! The pixels of the mobile phone are poor, and I can’t take pictures hahaha!

wuli beads

The road will pass through vast plains

Arrive in Goreme around 19:30

Cappadocia is not a city, but a region. The most attractive things here are undoubtedly these three things - the ingenious cave stone houses, the desolate and magnificent karst landforms, and the exciting hot air balloons journey of.

Check in by yourself

Satrapia Cappadocia Boutique Hotel

Satrapia Boutique Hotel Kapadokya

Address: Eski Mah. Mizanoglu Alibey Sok. No:10 Ortahisar, 5

The price is around ¥800 per night, two nights is recommended.

My room blah blah blah~

In fact, only the rooms on the first and second underground floors are real cave rooms. Many of the rooms on the ground are new ones that were built later and are just ordinary hotels. Dirty things often fall off the walls of the cave room... There are a lot of black wall dust on the sheets on the bed. There are many various cave hotels in Cappadocia. Because there are relatively few rooms, you can definitely choose a room you like by checking online recommendations before booking.

Crock Pot Chicken

Chicken chop, bad times

The wine in Turkey is really delicious, especially the Cappadocia region, which is rich in red wine and has a mellow taste.

A glass of wine will help you sleep, and you are looking forward to the hot air balloon ride the next day.

Day 3 Cappadocia

I got up at 4 o'clock in the morning and went to ride the hot air balloon, but the wind was too strong and it couldn't fly.

I'm going to cry just thinking about it, okay? Fortunately, there is still another day tomorrow. Let’s take a gamble and hope the weather will be good tomorrow.

Catch up on sleep……..

Breakfast at 7:30 and set off

Breakfast starts with a cup of Turkish black tea

Attractions

Goreme open air museum (2 hours)

The Goreme Open Air Museum condenses the natural and human history of the Cappadocia region and brings together more than 30 cave churches and is rated as a World Cultural Heritage. These churches were originally built by Christians who migrated to the Cappadocia region to escape political persecution. In order to conceal themselves from others, they chose to hollow out the mountains to build churches. There are mottled colorful murals inside. Although these murals are not perfect in shape, Some of them may look a little immature, but each chapel has a beautiful legend left over from that time and is of high artistic appreciation value. After leaving the open-air museum, don’t forget to go to Tokali Kilise diagonally opposite to see the murals. The ticket is included in the open-air museum package, and you can walk 50 meters down the slope.

The open-air museum is not big, but it will take half a day to visit the "cave" churches one by one. It is recommended that you hire a tour guide, or "follow" the tour guide's explanation, so as not to challenge your imagination and scratch your head at the stone buildings and religious murals under the scorching sun.

The main attractions in the museum: St. Basil's Chapel (Aziz Basil Sapeli), Apple Church (above St. Basil's Church, Elmali Kilise), St. Barbara's Chapel (Azize Barbara Sapeli), Dark Church (Karanlik Kilise, There is an additional fee, the complete frescoes are worth visiting) and the St. Catherine's Chapel (Azize Katarina Sapeli) behind it .

dark church

Tel: (90-384)2712687

Transportation: The open-air museum is about 1 kilometer away from the town of Goreme. If you live in the town, you can choose to walk there. There will be road signs guiding you along the way. It is part of the Cappadocia Red Line Tour. There is a fork in the road halfway. Go to Rose Valley, where you can also carve stone mountains into cave churches, monasteries or living rooms. Likewise, if you don’t want to walk, you can also call a taxi from your hotel.

Tickets: 25 lire for the museum and 10 lire for the "Black Sea Church"

Opening hours: Open every day, 8:30-19:00 from April to October; 8:00-17:00 from November to March

The following attractions are free

Goreme National Park (spend 1 hour walking slowly and looking around)

Fairy Chimneys Fairy Chimneys

Pigeon Valley Pigeon Valley

Devrent Valley Devrent Valley

Devrent Valley

And overlooking the cave castle

cave castle

turkey wishing tree

blue eyes

Make a wish

I pray that the weather will be good tomorrow and I will definitely do it again if I can’t ride in a hot air balloon!

Day 4 Cappadocia→Antalya

Departing at 4:00, I can fly today!

(God please take my knees)

Hot air balloon, here I come~~~~

The services of the three major hot air balloon companies can be reserved and purchased online in advance. The price is about $250 per person. The company's car will pick you up at the hotel. There are two flights every morning, the first at 5:30 and the second at 7:30. The first flight is more expensive, but you can enjoy the sunrise. Below are the times to enjoy the high-definition pictures.

ready to take off

Chinese advertisers are so awesome that they even advertise on Turkish hot air balloons!

Fire~booboobooboobooboo~

Pinch one

You can watch the sunrise on the first flight!

Moved to tears~

sunrise

Handsome "kick-off" uncle

Encountered a Guizhou beauty~

At 8:00, return to the hotel to pack your bags and head to Antalya.

When your wish comes true, the bread will be delicious

passing by on the way

Sultanhani (30 minutes)

wuli beads

WOW!

wuli cat

Sudan Inn is also a post station on the ancient Silk Road. It is the largest and most complete of the preserved inns.

Transportation: You will pass by Goreme on the way west to Konya. Tourists usually drive by.

Charming Konya

Ticket: 5 Turkish Lira

Opening hours: In principle, 9:00-18:30, specific needs will be determined by the administrator

Aspendos Ancient Theater (1~2 hours)

vivi’s charming back

Aspendos Ancient Theater is located in the east of Antalya, about 47 kilometers away from the city center. It was built in 155 AD. There is a stone-step auditorium that can accommodate 7,000 people, and the diameter of the theater is 96 meters. It is said that the unique acoustic design of this ancient theater could make a silver coin fall to the ground and be heard in the audience. Due to this extraordinary sound design, the Aspendos Theater is still in use today. The Antalya Opera Festival and Art Festival are held here every summer without using any amplification equipment. The audience has been sitting for two thousand years. Enjoy the perfect acoustics on the stone steps in front.

Ticket: 20 Lira (see local information for specific ticket prices)

Opening hours: 8:00-17:00 (extended by 2 hours in summer)

The highest point of the theater

Arrive in Antalya at 17:00

Antalya was founded in the 2nd century BC and is located in southern Turkey. It has been an important port in the Mediterranean since the Eastern Roman period, and this status has never changed.

Antalya seaside

I have to say that Antalya is my favorite and most impressive city. We stayed in a hotel by the sea, with a sea view room!

Antalya is located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Many Europeans, Americans and Turkish people like to go here for vacation. It is famous for its extremely clear water.

Check In to Crowne Plaza Antalya

Price ¥260 per night (including meals)

Invincible sea view room

After enjoying dinner, you can take a swim in the hotel swimming pool and enjoy the warmth of the sea water by the Mediterranean Sea. You can also visit the night market and the bustling beach area. It is best to go in groups when going out at night, safety first.

The next trip will be even more exciting

Travel Notes | A Journey to the Ottoman Empire Across Eurasia——Turkey [2]

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