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  • Hot air balloons over Love Valley, Cappadocia Turkey

    Find out the 5 best activities to do when visiting Cappadocia, Turkey. Use this information to plan hiking trips to see spectacular rock formations, cave homes and churches, photographing the hot air balloons, and visiting an underground city.

  • Close up view of the Library at the ancient city of Ephesus in Turkey

    To get the most out of your trip to Turkey, especially for shorter trips, we will help you select the most rewarding and beautiful places to visit. Keep reading to see our list of top places not to visit, along with unique travel tips for Turkey.

  • Love Valley in Cappadocia Turkey

    Find out which things to avoid in Cappadocia Turkey. You may be tempted to do some of the popular tourist activities. However, there are better, less touristy, and often free alternatives.

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Welcome to Hopeful Explorers. We are Christian and Sita, at the end of 2020 Sita left her career in Pharmaceuticals, and we sold our hill top house in Switzerland to travel the world with our three dogs to pursue a life of happiness, and adventure.

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