Star Wars in real life: Turkish Cappadocia's moonscape will leave you in awe

Real Life Star Wars: The surreal moonscape of Turkish Cappadocia is so mesmerizing...you'll be dazzled by the moon connected by tunnels deep under the castle in the hilltop village of Uchisar" [Uchisar] is dug in a huge rocky outcrop and looks like something out of a Star Wars film set," says Steve Cappadocia is now a year-round tourist hotspot, so fall and winter are arguably the best times to visit
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Posted: 08:28 GMT, 2 Dec 2022 | Updated: 08:31 GMT, 2 Dec 2022
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Arming his meat cleaver, the charismatic owner and singing chef of the House of Memories restaurant in Uchisar quickly beheads the clay pot and pours in the simmering lamb stew.
The dish is known as testi kebab and it is his specialty. While doing so, a three-legged Kangal dog hops and watches eagerly. These giant Anatolian guard dogs are commonplace in this part of Cappadocia, the famous volcanic region in central Turkey.
I've come back again and again - to eat at the same restaurant and stay at Kale Konak, a small traditional cave hotel run by the gregarious Abdullah, with its own Kangal resident named Barden.
Chambers here - and the Turkish bath - are reached and connected by tunnels deep under the castle at the top of Uchisar.

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Star Wars in real life: Turkish Cappadocia's moonscape will leave you in awe

Real Life Star Wars: The surreal moonscape of Turkish Cappadocia is so mesmerizing...you'll be dazzled by the moon connected by tunnels deep under the castle in the hilltop village of Uchisar" [Uchisar] is dug in a huge rocky outcrop and looks like something out of a Star Wars film set," says Steve Cappadocia is now a year-round tourist hotspot, so fall and winter are arguably the best times to visit

Posted: 08:28 GMT, 2 Dec 2022 | Updated: 08:31 GMT, 2 Dec 2022

Arming his meat cleaver, the charismatic owner and singing chef of the House of Memories restaurant in Uchisar quickly beheads the clay pot and pours in the simmering lamb stew.

The dish is known as testi kebab and it is his specialty. While doing so, a three-legged Kangal dog hops and watches eagerly. These giant Anatolian guard dogs are commonplace in this part of Cappadocia, the famous volcanic region in central Turkey.

I've come back again and again - to eat at the same restaurant and stay at Kale Konak, a small traditional cave hotel run by the gregarious Abdullah, with its own Kangal resident named Barden.

Chambers here - and the Turkish bath - are reached and connected by tunnels deep under the castle at the top of Uchisar.