Cappadocia, Turkey is truly what wanderlust dreams are made of—picture a sky filled with hot air balloons and fairy chimneys atop honeycombed hills. The landscape of the Göreme valley was built in fourth century A.D. both by volcanic eruptions and human hands. Many of the city's well-preserved caves are filled with Christian history and Byzantine frescoed paintings, while others are private homes and even modern hotels. Related: Fiordland, New Zealand: The Eighth Wonder Of The World Mother Nature's Perfect Hiding Spots According to National Geographic , the thick ash from ancient volcanic eruptions in the region solidified into soft rock called tuft: "wind and water went to work on this plateau, leaving only its harder elements behind to form a fairy tale landscape of cones, pillars, pinnacles, mushrooms, and chimneys, which stretch as far as 130 feet (40 meters) into the sky." Then, humans worked...
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