And in Cappadocia, when it is not about being up above, it is about burrowing down below.

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Staying in Cappadocia today does not involve any hardship or subterranean chambers.

BBC: Turkey��s land of fairy chimneys

Visiting Cappadocia is largely about touring: open-air museums, fairy chimneys, otherworldly rock formations, wintertime skiing, and the seemingly mandatory hot air balloon rides.

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Cappadocia has one of the world's oldest wine industries, which stretches back some 4, 000 years to the Hittites, the first to recognise the volcanic soil's viticultural qualities, and to carve rock cellars.

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