Argeus
Tourism & Travel
Address
Istiklal Cad. No:7
50400 Urgup/Nevsehir
Phone
+ 90 384 3414688
Fax
+ 90 384 3414888
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HIGHLIGHTS OF PHOENIX
TOUR
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HACIBEKTAS |
The town is named after a very well known Anatolian
mystic, the founder of the Bektasi sect. A visit
to the Hacibektas museum is essential to understand
another aspect of Cappadocia. Every year on August
16 a special festival is held in Hacibektas in honor
of the founder of the sect and in 1990 this festival
was given an international dimension.
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ST. JOHN CHURCH |
| The two floor church of St. John, found on entering
Gulsehir has houses, wine cellar, graves, water
channels and living quarters on the lower floor,
and a church decorated with Biblical scenes on the
upper floor.
The lower floor church is built to the shape
of a cross, has one apse and arms of the cross
are barrel-vaulted. The central dome is collapsed.
Stylized animals, geometrical and crucifix designs
are used to decorate the church in red ochre,
which was applied directly onto the rock. The
upper church has one apse, and is barrel-vaulted.
Apart from those on the apse, the well-preserved
frescoes were covered in a layer of black soot.
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ACIKSARAY |
Açiksaray is an extensive archaeological
site in Cappadocia. It covers about 1.5 square kms,
and within a series of large flat cones are several
carved complexes. It lies along the route of an
ancient road and is about 30 kms from Urgup. The
striking carved facades of Açiksaray can
be seen from a considerable distance and have attracted
comment from scholars of Cappadocia.
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KURSUNLU MOSQUE AND COMPLEX |
Nevsehir is one of the small cities of Turkey
located at the heart of Central Anatolia. It lies
on the lower slopes of a hill crowned by a ruined
citadel dating from the Seljuk period. Other monuments
include the mosque Kursunlu Cami, with its attached
medrese (religious school), hospital, and library,
built in the early 18th century by Damad Ibrahim
Pasa, grand vizier of the Ottoman sultan Ahmed III.
It was a great market for the agricultural products.
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ORTAHISAR |
Ortahisar, which means, "middle fortress"
in Turkish, is situated between Urgup and Uchisar.
It has the second largest piece of rock in the area
used as a fortress to defence the village. The village
is also famous with its cool - air storages. You
can find many of these natural air-conditioned rooms
all around the town used for lemons and oranges
from Mediterranean, potatoes from the area and apple
from Nigde.
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HOSPITAL MONASTERY |
| Many settlements in Cappadocia were established
primarily as monastic communities. One of the most
interesting monasteries in Cappadocia is the Hospital
Monastery to the west of Urgup off the Urgup –
Ortahisar road.
This Monastery and its hospital complex lie in
the Hallac Valley of Ortahisar Village. When Christians
left Cappadocia, local people turned this complex
into a pigeon house. Today there are some of the
interesting examples of Anatolian Islamic Decoration
Art to be seen on the walls of the monastery.
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1 Pax |
USD 290 |
2 Pax |
USD 165 |
3 Pax |
USD 120 |
4 Pax |
USD 100 |
5 Pax |
USD 90 |
6 Pax |
USD 80 |
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