Cappadocian Flavours: Pottery Kebab, Cave Dining & Volcanic Wine
Taste the unique culinary heritage of Cappadocia from pottery-sealed testi kebab in cave restaurants to volcanic soil wines and village market finds
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Village Bread Baker at Dawn
Visit the local baker who fires a stone oven with wood to produce hand-shaped bread and cheese börek before sunrise every morning
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Test Kebab Cave Restaurant
The quintessential Cappadocian dish — lamb and vegetables slowly cooked in a sealed clay pot, dramatically smashed at your table
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Cappadocia Wine Cave Tasting
Emir and Öküzgözü grapes from the volcanic plateau produce wines with a distinct mineral quality unlike any other Turkish region
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Avanos Thursday Market
Shop for mulberry pekmez syrup, dried apricots, village honey and hand-rolled pasta at the lively weekly market at Red River
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Underground Cave Restaurant Dinner
Candles illuminate ancient carved stone alcoves as live saz music drifts through the tunnels of this underground dining experience
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Baklava and Tea Workshop
Learn to layer thin yufka pastries with crushed pistachios and clarified butter, then watch them bake golden in a commercial oven