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Göreme/Turkey – May 23 and 24, 2009
Cappadocia is famous for its spectacular landscape, its fairy chimneys and its painted rock churches. For thousands of years local people have also carved their homes out of the caves.

In support of the Goreme Restoration Charity local and foreign home-owners of Goreme are throwing open the doors of their unique cave homes to visitors.

It’s a unique opportunity to see not just what traditional cave houses looked like but also what can be done to turn them into comfortable modern homes with private Turkish baths, stable dining rooms, frescoed rooms etc.
 
Tour Dates: Saturday  23 May  2009  14:00,

                       Sunday    24 May  2009     10:30
Time           : 2-3 hrs approx.
Location     : Tourism Information Office
Autogar/Goreme, Cappadocia
Ticket  Reservations: Pat Yale   ph +90 384 271 2916
Ruth LockwoodB  ph +90 384 271 2400
Email:  rlockwood_2000(at)yahoo.com
Tickets will also be available at the Tourism Information Office,Goreme,on the day
   
Minimum Donation: 20  TL. pp       
All  proceeds to the Göreme Restoration Charity Fund - A charitable organisation created in 2007 by locals and resident foreigners to provide funding and projects in response to an increasing need to protect, preserve and restore the Cappadocian cave architecture and the unique environment and cultural heritage of Goreme village and surrounding areas.

Light refreshments available
Sturdy shoes are advisable as participants will walk short distances to each venue
Note that most houses have stairs. One is unsuitable for anyone with cat allergies    
Tour not suitable for children under 12.
Göreme Restoration Charity Fund

Great post and info - hope to be there in the summer and looking forward to it......... especially a ballon ride if it is not too expensive.

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 We payed ballon ride for our daughter last September 125 € .  I don´t know if it is expensive in your standarts (it was in ours!) - but she said it worth 

 That sounds much cheaper than the companies advertising - more like £200 (€180 approx) and yes it is expensive.  But so is paragliding in Oludeniz, but it is worth it for once in a life time experience  

 £200 is around 225 euros these days LL!!   Even more expensive.

 Yep!  I meant €200 (£18 ............. Got my symbols the wrong way round.