Uchisar is located in the central part of Cappadocia in eastern Asia Minor and is one of the most densely populated villages of the area. In fact, of course, a large part of the population lives in the modern village, near the famous broken rocks, but there are accommodations and within the rocks.

This settlement is located in the center of the triangle formed by the three cities: Nevsehir, Göreme and Ürgüp. That's why the city was named Uchisar (three of the fortress), "Hisar" in Russian means fortress. It is a natural stronghold.

In these rocks, I think, was quite convenient and practical to settle, since on the one hand tuff is very malleable material, so the inside of a cave caving cliff was easier than in stone. On the other hand in such caves it was easier to hide and watch for the appearance of the enemy on the horizon: the part can not see anything, except for a small hole-entry. Sometimes not guess how big can be hidden inside. Some caves are now being completed and rearranged: they seem to be used as barns and sheds. Some modern houses all very close to the caves was attached. Currently, the mountain village used to attract tourists.

The owners of these houses make the sale of any gift (from knitted socks to figurines). At the bottom of the cliffs are closed to tourist areas. Maybe they are still living, though most likely the locals come here "to work" out of the village, located in the neighborhood.

The town is famous for its fortress carved into the rock that stands on top of a hill. Fortress "Uchisar" - a one of a kind rock village, with towers and spiers of white tuff, arranged around the central peak, on which she stands. This huge rock like a Swiss cheese with holes. The fortress is dotted with all facilities, tunnels and mazes. From the top of the cliff offers a great view of the entire valley. Getting to it is possible to cover almost the entire eye Cappadocia. This shows also the mysterious Valley of love, which is associated with many legends and stories.

'Citadel' stands above the village for a few tens of meters. It appears in the form of a large cylindrical tower on the west side and propped up the rocky spur as if cut with a scalpel. The tunnel has a length of one hundred meters into the mountain and laid back in the old times, stretched under the houses. He served as a fortress for communication with the outside world, and in the case of a siege, and was used to supply the city with water.

Having admired the canyon, located at the base of Uchisar, you can go down and be a little walking up to the cliff edge a few hundred meters. This shepherd's road here walk their cattle from Uchisar, here there is a lot of grass and drinking water. At the bottom of the valley is almost completely adapted for viticulture and horticulture. This is a very impressive picture of gardens interspersed with vineyards, the scorching sun, and all around - silence, no soul, and only occasionally heard the rustle of grass.

A particularly important role in Cappadocia played doves. Their droppings used as fertilizer for grapes grown here, from which then makes fine wine. Small holes are located all over the rocks, used as a dovecote, they collected litter. Based on their location (hard to imagine how the locals go climbing) and the number of these holes, pigeon droppings was really very important, as the pigeons there was a whole cloud.