In the centre of Uçhisar stands the
tallest fairy chimney of all, a 40 meter cone of perforated rock looking
like a giant block of Swiss cheese. The whole population of the town
once lived in this “Uçhisar Castle“. Climbing it is one of the highlights of Cappadocia.
At the foot of the cone is the Tekeli
District, a perfectly unspolied collection of cave houses clinging to
the steep hillside. Mostly abandoned in the’80s, the neighbourhood was
brought back to life by a French architect who converted a dozen of the
derelict houses into holiday accommodations of great aesthetic verve.
Imitators follewed, and Uçhisar now competes with Ürgüp as the best town to spend a night-or a second life- in Cappadocia
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