The Incredible Cave Cities of Cappadocia, Turkey
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- Exploring the fascinating and surreal cave cities of Cappadocia, Turkey, where people lived for thousands of years. Here's the tour of the town of Goreme: • The Weirdest Town in t...
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The Incredible Cave Cities of Cappadocia, Turkey
In case anyone is confused, I didn't go to Cappadocia and then drive to the coast to visit Marmaris, Ephesus, etc. and then drive back to Cappadocia. The previous videos of Cappadocia were filmed a few days before this one. I decided to post a couple videos out of order to give people a taste of this incredible part of the world. So this video picks up right after the other Cappadocia vids. Here's the tour of the strange little town of Goreme: th-cam.com/video/Ij08GIzLSFM/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for explaining! It was not clear if you were in Cappadocia once or twice.
I was thinking the same thing. Why would you drive back to Cappadocia
Is staying overnight and sleeping in one of those empty cave prohibited? Just to experience living in a cave even for just a day?
@@federicocastro6825 I'm not sure but either way you could definitely get away with it and I highly doubt anyone would find out or care. They were lived in for thousands of years so it's not like staying in them would be going against what they were made for.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos So true. Lovely video Gabriel 🕊️⭐🙂Naughty doggy 🐕
Cappadocia looks incredible🌄
Absolutely.
Looks like a set from a Star Wars movie or something like that, different PLANET really.
My thoughts too!
You see the world with curiosity and enthusiasm!
Capadocia itself an unique and become more epic with Gabriel heart-touching commentary and excitement!!
Love the background music ! Thanks !
Gabriel, I’ve seen all your vids over the years, this is as good as the Himalayas etc, thanks my friend, great camera shots, great dialogue, what an amazing place, love those Turks & the history of the place. ❤️
Respect
Mark in England
Thanks for all your travel videos during quite surreal times. It's very depressing being in lockdown in the UK. Your videos cheer me up. Please consider Costa Rica as a new country. It's now open to citizens of the US.
Hope you're doing ok mate and I hope the lockdown back home ends soon!
Loving your Turkey series! Keep them coming.
Cannot wait to watch...thank you for all your great videos!
what an amazing beautiful blue sky , temple reminded me Hampi a little bit!
Yes, the landscapes are definitely a little reminiscent of Hampi.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos its brobably would be great for everyone to escape from cold rainy days and explore such a beauty :-)
@@NadiaMatiu Definitely.
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Very cool Gabriel. Thanks again for sharing your travels.
Shows how much our amazing planet has to offer. Just within this region, there is so much to see. But then there is the town close by. And travelling further to the next area, state, country.
So incredible! Thanks for taking us on this otherworldly adventure!
Excellent vlog on this ancient cave city.
Great video, the place is beautiful.
I've been watching your YTs for approximately two months. You take great care to explore the area you're in and I appreciate it very much. I also watch Tread the Globe and their adventures in Turkey. I hope both of you get together soon. Thank you.
Some day people will explore our current cities like this. Just like they do in the Cartoon Futurama when they visit "Old New York". Probably not, but its cool to think we will some day be the ancient people with a mysterious past.
Check out the findings on Wooden Nickels and Auto didactic channels re evidence for a mud flood.
I barely stuck one foot in that part of the world, but one does get a real awareness that these are ancient places. Barely beyond primitive. Seems so dark ages but its so much older. Well done.
Just missed a documentary on bbc …. But managed to catch the name …. Wow what an amazing place ….. Thanks for sharing
I started with your India videos but I have been watching several countries since then. They are all fun.
Thanks, Gabriel!
Thanks for a nice sharing !
This place is on my bucket list. Thank you Gabriel
amazing place it's like I can feel the energy ,good soundtracks a big thumbs up
That place has a amazing energy!
You should go see the resting place of Noahs Ark near Mt. Ararat.
Oooh Cappadocia is amazing, seems like from another world! Thanks for sharing! 🤗🤗🤗
I loved Cappadocia when I visited recently. It was so strange but awesome.
That place is super crazy cool. Looking forwards to my time there to chill and let funky town enter my brain!
your videos are just the best
Like the way you explore the world! 👍
Your videos are great!
Aloha ! Wonderful video ! Thank you. I'll be watching this group again.
mind-blown. really wished you could have gotten into some of those hard to get into caves. It would have meant seeing somewhere few others have gone. Would have been fascinating Gabe, especially the mult-story ones! Needed an elevator for those :)
I so very eagerly wait for your videos...for me 'TH-cam' is my favorite Gabriel !!!
Fascinating.
4ooo years old wow so hard to comprehend isn't it. fascinating!
Quite an incredible historical place, love to see it!!
It's such a cool place. Really enjoyed it when I visited last year.
Well done,Gab..another great video...where is the nearest airport to Goreme?
Thanks. It's in Kayseri.
thx gab for info...one of those crosses in cave, may actually represent a Knight`s order by the different shape
What's up
THIS IS LOOKS DEFFERENT IN TURKEY AMAZING
Wow, Totally Tubular Gabe!
Fantastic place.
I don't know anything about Turkish history, but in some cultures churches and tombs/graves are combined or at least very close-by, so I guess it's feasible that tombs would be inside that church you saw. Very, very interesting place, as is everything you've shown from there.
Yes, that's definitely possible.
So Incredible, gorgeous, amazing, awesome, beautiful, fabulous, wondrous, marvelous, miraculous, spectacular, surprising, waow!👍
Unbelievable just Wowzer
Awesome...
Cool stay curious Gabe !!!!!
Haha, totally man.
Hi.. Gabriel..Amazing... Amazing... Wonderful... Mille... Grazie 🍀
Happened to casually stumble across a 4000 year old cave temple huh :D
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nice intro music!
Thumbs up for Gabriel. Have viewed all of your Cappadocia videos. Such surrealistic place. Still wondering if the people dug all these caves for dwelling or more like ceremonial and storage rooms. Also, think they must have been short.
Are those paintings old or recent. Looks like some hippies lived there in the 60's and painted it. And what an awesome place. Definitely on my bucket list.
You are so good at what you do. Ever get offers from travel shows to be a host?
Thanks. No I haven't, but even if I did get such an offer I doubt I would take it. I prefer the freedom of youtube vs. being part of a production, working with a team, doing what they want to do, having to conform to a schedule and meetings and a script, etc., etc.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos lol, when i said that to my wife, she said the very same things as to why you would not want to. Completely understood. Keep on keeping on and please keep safe.
Gabe, the INTREPID Traveler... It’s great to be able to vicariously travel via your great videos to places I’ve not seen, including lately many stunning places and fascinating monuments in Turkey? A QUESTION about how you manage travel safety? I keep being amazed by your ability to wander most anywhere with seeming nonchalance. Except for your earlier mention of snow leopards or bears in Nepal, I’ve noticed nary a word about risks for instance of scorpions, poisonous snakes, rabid dogs, disease or even robbers. Some countries and regions must just be a lot safer than others. Due diligence, travel advisories, insurance and earlier experience of course help. And then “on the road” lots of trekking, good food and mindfulness help to maintain good condition and balance, even while climbing and taking shots with a hand-held camera! Have you trained in martial arts?
Wow--looks like nature's forerunner of modern cities. The first urban neighborhoods. Perhaps we build modern cities from our ancestral memories of Cappadocia.
Beauty, sad to think that many similar ancient sites and ancient temples have been destroyed close by within Syria.. and the world is silent.
Very interesting video...Do you plan on visiting Kaymakli underground city? It sounds fascinating 🗿
19:40 You asked why are they reinforcing those columns with concrete, "but why, why do they care?" I suspect when tourists come poking around and vibrating the ground the roof won't collapse on them! Or if those columns go down there would be no entrance at all for tourists to ever see here.
Gabe showing off his wingspan....:) :) :)
That would be awesome to put candles in every hole and windows to see at night. Bet it would look so cool. And fire in those old fire places at night.
Turkey is all beautiful
Also reminds me of another place like this where all little people live in a small hand hewn village similar to this.
Turkey so beautiful, has anyone seen the skull image on the daylan River?
What was your meal at the end? It looked appetizing. Must be nice to eat out these days there and have the place to yourself basically.
I forget what it's called but it's a Turkish classic. I think it was a beef dish and yeah very tasty.
Did you visit Catal Huyuk? Would love do see that area from your perspective rather than the typical Nat Geo doc.
No I didn't go there, but I visited Gobekli Tepe last year: th-cam.com/video/Fnv52TRkqxA/w-d-xo.html
@@GabrielTravelerVideos cool, ill check it out! 👍
@@GabrielTravelerVideos Now I have to look for your Gobekli Tepe one.
@@BioCful No need to look, I included the link above.
Good afternoon.
My favorite part of Gabriel Traveler videos is how he refuses to interact with other people unless absolutely necessary. 4:37
16:05 If you return here on the summer solstice those rays from the sun will point to the exact spot where a pot of gold is buried!
Gabe. I much prefer watching your videos and presentation than watching the TV. Those of us in the UK are in particular forced to pay the BBC over £170+ pa, with its bias and smarmy overpaid presenters!
You're not forced. Don't watch BBC and no licence payment. It's entirely voluntary. I did that 4 years ago! Break free 🤗
@@kenneyg100
I might end up with a criminal record and have harassment on my door for years. Thanks for " knocking on my door" with your unwanted advice. I decided to sign the petition and fight my own way.
They're not knocking on anyone's door - we're locked down! And if and when they do just don't let them in. Unless they've got the police with them which doubt very much.
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I'm a retired 66 year old HM Forces veteran that wants to live in peace. Now take your unwanted virtue signalling to someone who needs it on a TH-cam travel blog! Why not make a paper hat and write on it with a child's wax crayon. "Chief policing advisor". I'm not interested by the way!😂
@@harryrambler I think that's enough internet for you today.
Hi Gabriel, Those caves at some point in time must have been interconnected underground but I'm sure anything of any value has been removed and the underground must have been sealed just because of the age of the caves at this point it's too dangerous to travel unground.
Haha. Flintstones Holiday Caves. Yabba Dabba Doo!
Hahaha Gabriel only the military n police are allow to carry guns! Thus it's supah safe day or night there. I'm surprised, you didn't hit any checkpoints driving around? Also You mentioned reinforced concrete, it's for someone whose about to make a home out of it. It's soft rock and if an earthquake hit, it's a little more protection at least that's what a Turkish guy told me.🤷♀️ I stayed at Emily's cave house in Gorme and they put extra plaster throughout the rooms for reinforcement. It would have been nice tho if they had a told me that sometimes the electric goes out and it's pitch black so have a flashlight nearby if you stay there lol, I found out the hard way and got a pretty bad bump on my head hitting the wall because it is pitch black!🤣 interesting experience to say the least. The owners cooked me a Turkish feast for the apology bless them. 🙏 overall Cappadocia is my favorite place on earth🤗 all the little towns around there are so cool n full of history. Never a dull moment, always something interesting to see. I 🇹🇷Türkiye! until next time be safe. ✌
Cool, thanks for the info. Yeah I was just joking about the shotgun. Turkey is super safe. In the next video I'll show some of the caves that are currently being lived in. I'm guessing the rent is pretty cheap.
Better save than sorry on an explorer / adventurer video ? Come on 😀
Hi Gabe! Did you go back to cappadocia or was this a pre recorded ?
I explain at the beginning, the other videos were out of order. :)
@@GabrielTravelerVideos ah gotcha. Haven't had a chance to watch yet. Probably will tonight. Where in turkey are you now?
Luckily your sure footed enough to negotiate the narrow paths and bluffs here.
Wonder how many people lived in those homes in ancient times at its peak?
Go to Catalhoyuk. It's 3-4x more ancient.
It's so dry there. What is their water source?
Hundreds of water wells going 60-70 meters down
In 332 BC, Alexander the Great defeated the Persians and encountered great resistance in Cappadocia. During this period, the Kingdom of Cappadocia was established. The Roman power began to be felt in the region towards the end of the 3rd century BC.
Wow. Crazy history. Alexander was everywhere.
I was one of them “ confused” 😂
At the beginning I thought that was a washing machine and I was gonna say “duh Gabe, that’s a laundry room”
Fascinating landscapes & caves ! Do you suffer from cynophobia?
Not at all, I love dogs, as long as it doesn't seem like they want to kill me. Dogs are a regular part of the traveling experience and for the most part they are friendly and non-threatening. But I know from experience that some are aggressive and dangerous, so I try to deal with the situation in the moment as best as I can. The one I encountered in this video was super aggressive and it kind of appeared out of nowhere. I was walking along and suddenly it started barking ferociously when I was just a few feet away, and I didn't realize it was leashed yet.
The locked room may have artifacts that you can see with a guide.
Hmmm, interesting. That would be a tour worth doing.
Only watched the beginning as yet; what the heck was that about? Leaving a camera on the floor running, climbing stairs and outstretching arms.
if this was in usa you would definitely not be able to get that close and there would be a McDonald's and Starbucks down the street haha
Thats the templars cross
I see, amazing.
Okay those tower things, were there natural towers and they just shaped them a bit? Or did they completely carve those towers? Also, I don't think too many people lived there. I think it was more like just tombs.
The towers (fairy chimneys) are natural, but the caves were carved into them.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos Wow. Weird. I wonder what is the geological history of the area. I think it must have been underwater in the past, like Arizona.
@@saratemp790
Fairy chimneys shaped by rain and wind. Underground cities dug by people and some of them can have 10.000-20.000 people Derinkuyu city can have 50.000
Those structures look melted.
Gab I want to ask you one think that won't you feel tired or afraid of going into these places alone ?
Yeah, Turks might eat you. Very dangerous.
The biggest danger is : he may sprain his ankle. I would wear outdoor shoes or boots. Surprisingly, he does not carry even a backpack. No water, no searchlight, no snacks, banana or sandwich. 😉
"Open a door with a gun".No not in Turkey,more likely to open the door and offer tea.
Yes, definitely. That was kind of an American joke.
You should try a hand in modelling Kerala India
India is completely closed to tourists right now. But I'd love to see Kerala someday.
u need toooo go too ERTURULS GRAVE!!
I'm puzzled. The rock is a thick layer of tuff, a soft collection of volcanic ash. It's not much use for building fortifications since as Gabe discovered it can easily be broken. Doorway locks could be taken out wth a chisel and hammer, and an Ottoman cannon could blow a pillar to bits. They couldn't grow much food there due to poor soil so it would also be fairly easy to starve a population. And there doesn't seem to any natural water source for such a large area. It leads me to think that the population was more like a leper's colony or a persecuted group of people rather than a typical city. I think the shelves cut into the walls were for holding Christian iconography. There was a violent debate between Christians over iconography. The meal at the end looks tasty.
Escaping prison planet..you found a good place to bug out
Phallus county.
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The next re-make of The Planet Of The Apes should be filmed there....one spooky valley..
Ape City!
Gabe, I keep expecting to see a homeless dude roll you one of these days. Little scary to watch, be careful out there...
It's happened a few times before: th-cam.com/users/gabejedmosearch?query=robbed
I can see faces in the rocks everywhere - and that's after 4 thousand years of erosion.
Not sure where you are shooting Gabe, but did you have to show the dumped fridge/freezer at the start of the video. Completely killed my interest in watching to the end.
I can't believe they are not preserving these, especially the art work...shame....
They go on for miles, there are too many of them to be able to monitor them all, but there are much more impressive ones with amazing murals which are part of the Open Air Museum. I didn't go there this time because I visited it before. You can see them in this video: th-cam.com/video/Z-bCmBnzn6Y/w-d-xo.html
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