Cappadocia is an area in Central Anatolia in Turkey with the most dramatic landscape in Europe.

The Cappadocia region was formed as a result of volcanic eruption approximately 9 to 3 million years ago.

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Cappadocia was inhabited as early as the Hittite era, circa 1800 to 1200 B.C.

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This precarious political position meant that residents needed hiding placesand found them by tunneling into the rock itself.

Not all of Cappadocias troglodyte dwellings are museums.

Some still serve as homes and others as hotels, which offer a truly unique hospitality experience.

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