KAYSERİ HIKING ROUTES and TOURISM EXPLORATION GUIDE
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KAYSERİ HIKING ROUTES and TOURISM EXPLORATION GUIDE This book was published by the Governorship of Kayseri with the subsidy of ORAN Development Agency. First Edition August 2014 PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor 1 KAYSERİ GOVERNORSHIP CULTURAL PUBLICATIONS NO: 5 PROJECT CONSULTANTS and AUTHORS Atıl Ulaş CÜCE Preface [email protected] Introduction Ersin DEMİREL Kayseri: The Capital of Cappadocia www.ersindemirel.blogspot.com History CONTRIBUTORS Kayseri City Tour Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality The Provincial Culture and Tourism Directorate of Kayseri Long City Tour Kayseri Directorate of Investment Monitoring and Coordination Short City Tour Forestry and Water Affairs Kayseri Branch Office Obruk Cave Research Group Talas City Tour Prof. Dr. Fikri KULAKOĞLU (Head of Kültepe Excavation) Ağırnas City Tour Prof. Dr. Osman ÖZSOY (Erciyes Univ. / Çekül Representative) Mehtap ÖZTEKİN (Botanist) Historical Tours Ahmet BAKTIR (Teacher) Yavuz İŞÇEN (Writer) Kültepe (Karum-Kaniş) Soğanlı Valley EDITOR/PROOF Route of Citadels Oya BERK Hittite Route Route of Rock Tombs and Mausoleums MAP Route of Underground Cities Kayseri Provincial Directorate of Disaster Emergency Silk Road Route Germir-Tavlusun Route PHOTOGRAPHS Gesi Ersin DEMİREL Gereme GRAPHIC DESIGN Route of Historical Bridges Ali GÖÇMEN Route of Cupolas [email protected] Culture Tours T.C. KAYSERİ GOVERNORSHIP Cumhuriyet Square Kocasinan-KAYSERİ Religious Tourism Route Phone: (0352) 221 07 37 - (0352) 221 14 56-57 Kayseri Houses Fax: 0352 222 72 00 Kapalıçarşı (Covered Bazaar) Tour Web: www.kayseri.gov.tr e-mail: [email protected] Pigeon Houses Route A Journey to Nature ISBN:0000000000000000 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a Route of Waterfalls retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written Route of Lakes permission of the copyright holder or cited without giving chapter and verse. The Flora of Kayseri and Botanical Tours hiking routes covered in this guide book should absolutely be toured in company with Fauna of Kayseri and Birdwatching Areas a tour guide or an area guide who knows the region well. Any responsibility that can arise otherwise belongs to the traveler. The published GPS coordinates aim only to inform. The publisher cannot be held responsible for the situations that can arise due to errors caused by satellite signals and/or typographical errors. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor 2 CONTENTS Preface 4 Hiking Routes Introduction 6 Kayseri: The Capital of Cappadocia 10 Important Warnings for Hikers 110 History 18 Difficulty Levels of Hiking 111 In and Around Kayseri City Center 112 Kayseri City Tour Around Mount Erciyes 136 Soğanlı and Erdemli Valleys 166 Long City Tour 22 Yahyalı-Aladağlar 178 Short City Tour 30 Hiking Routes Involving Camping 210 Talas City Tour 34 Mount Erciyes Summit Climb Routes 216 Ağırnas City Tour 40 Erciyes Trans Pass 219 Historical Tours Bicycle Routes Kültepe (Karum-Kaniş) 44 For a Safe Bicycle Trip 224 Soğanlı Valley 46 Long-distance Bicycling 225 Route of Citadels 50 Bicycle Routes 226 Hittite Route 52 Route of Rock Tombs and Mausoleums 56 Other Activities Route of Underground Cities 58 Silk Road Route 62 Jeep Safari Routes 234 Germir-Tavlusun Route 64 Scenic Vehicle Routes 236 Gesi 65 Paragliding 240 Gereme 66 Winter Tourism 244 Route of Historical Bridges 67 Water Sports 248 Route of Cupolas 70 Other Activities 249 Caravan and Camping 250 Culture Tours Thermal Springs 252 Local Tastes 252 Religious Tourism Route 76 Handicrafts 253 Kayseri Houses 78 Transportation 254 Kapalıçarşı (Covered Bazaar) Tour 82 Accommodation 254 Pigeon Houses Route 83 Important Telephone Numbers 254 Information and Local Guidance 255 A Journey to Nature Bibliography 256 Route of Waterfalls 88 Route of Lakes 90 Flora of Kayseri and Botanical Tours 92 Fauna of Kayseri and Birdwatching Areas 96 PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor 3 KAYSERİ: IN SEARCH OF NEW VALUES Our country has begun a quest in the 21st century. It has started to search for a new “chance to live” for its unique assets in the natural, historical and cultural areas. In such a period, when irreversible problems are experienced in every corner of the world, our country, which has a great accumulation, tried to take measure against persistent mistakes by way of various organizations. Within time, different solidarity groups have been created via legal arrangements. Revaluing the nature, which has worn out in a fluctuant period, and transforming the history and culture into a “mutual value” by means of multi- directional approaches have made it inevitable, in a way, for our community to look at its own country again. Then, the way for creating international interest was paved with the cooperation of public, local, civilian and private sectors. In our globalized world, where distances have been made close, agenda that has the priority of nature and culture has gained importance. This has also offered an insight into the search for new resources and brought about the necessity of difference of opinion as a special field. It has caused us to change the topics that cultural tourism presented until yesterday and to search for our values that we neglected. A concrete example of this is Cappadocia. We all know the inadequacy of looking at Cappadocia as in the past. Cappadocia exists to the extent that we protect the nature and culture. Our knowing and introducing it gets stronger to the extent that we learn and diversify it. For this cause, the Governorship of Kayseri wants to show that it is not possible anymore to look at its region and our country in one dimension, with the help of Kayseri Hiking Routes and Tourism Exploration Guide, which they had prepared along with the supporting institutions. This Kayseri-oriented work will eventually reach a dimension to involve the entire Cappadocia. The integration and diversification elements that came along during our “road maps” efforts that we have made for years in an extent to cover our entire country have directed us to form routes under very rich headings. The increase in the number of these attempts, which require a strong ongoingness, and the formation of new areas of expertise are concrete proofs of the rightness of our path. The existence of “qualified experts” in this significant attempt of the Governorship of Kayseri is a confirmation that fruit will be born in this area, too. I sincerely congratulate everyone who thought, researched, implemented and published, or in short, everyone who contributed efforts, in the person of Orhan Düzgün, the Governor of Kayseri, and I wish this work can be experienced. Prof. Dr. Metin Sözen President of ÇEKÜL Foundation PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor Clock Tower, Kocasinan/Melikgazi Çevril Church, Kocasinan Mimar Sinan House, Ağırnas/Melikgazi Bayramhacı Rock Settlement, Kocasinan PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor One of the geographies where civilization first appeared, Anatolia is, in fact, a vast open air museum. While many countries try to put forward their small amount of value in the sense of cultural heritage, you come across a historical location or structure in almost every part of our country. Situated at the crossroads of the routes from which numerous peoples crossed, Kayseri is one of our regions in which you can explore the very different faces of Anatolia by looking through the window of time. For a time, Kayseri had been the capital city of Cappadocia region, which has been the center of interest for archeologists, who try to understand the old cultures by putting the pieces together as if they are solving a puzzle. Displaying its rich history with the works of Hittites, Romans, Byzantines, Seljuks and Ottomans, our city also comes forward with its unique beauties that attract especially nature lovers. In the name of branding in tourism, cities aim to be different and turn into a center of attraction. For this cause, every city tries to highlight its own authentic identity, if not create new identities. Aladağlar Yedigöller Plateau, Yahyalı PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor Prepared meticulously by a professional team, Kayseri Hiking Routes and Tourism Exploration Guide aims to bring the values of our city to the tourism showcase. Our belief that this publication, which is supported with detailed maps on a wide range that extends from nature to history and from outdoor activities to cultural values, will satisfy travelers is absolute. I would like to thank everyone that contributed, particularly our team, who worked devotedly in the preparation of this book. Orhan DÜZGÜN Governor of Kayseri PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor Keşlik, Yeşilhisar PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor Chimney Rock, Soğanlı-Yeşilhisar PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor Niğde Side of Aladağlar, Çamardı THE CAPITAL OF CAPPADOCIA KAYSERİ One of the largest cities of Central in the ancient period, had been a Anatolia, Kayseri is located in a place where many people settled. geography to which Kızılırmak and Zamantı rivers give life. The The major mountains of the province first settlement of Kayseri, which are Aladağlar in the southwest, was located at the intersection of Binboğalar in the southeast, and the main trade routes down the Soğanlı Mountains in the south, ages, was set up on the piedmonts which are the continuation of of Mount Erciyes. At the junction Toros mountain range. Speaking of the routes that go to Assyria in of mountains, we need to mention the south, Hattusa in the north, Mount Erciyes separately, which rises Ephesus over Ankara in the west right behind the city center with its and Northeast Anatolia in the east, gigantic size.