“We have no idea where we will land,” Royal Balloon’s chief pilot, Suat Ulusoy, explained as we rose high above Turkey’s famed Cappadocia landscape. “In a hot-air balloon there is no direction control ...

If Cappadocia, Turkey had an official postcard, it’d likely be the rainbow of hot air balloons floating above its conical “fairy chimney” rock formations at sunrise when the sky is tinted pink. Most ...

Smack in the center of Turkey, only a 90-minute flight from Istanbul, lies a natural wonder: a remote mountainous region with Fairy chimneys – tall, spindly volcanic rock formations that stretch ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A hot air balloon is being prepared for a trip over the historic Cappadocia region in Nevsehir, Turkey, March 22, 2017. (Photo: ...

Where are you going this year? As journeys for a yearly sojourn start taking shape, consider Asia Minor. The climate mirrors our own Southern California weather, with mild winters and hotter summers, ...

The best view of Cappadocia’s distinctive landscape, formed by ancient volcanic eruptions and centuries of erosion, is found up in one of the region’s famous hot air balloons. Picture yourself ...

The sun had yet to rise when we began our ascent over the stony landscape of Turkey’s Cappadocia region, where so-called fairy chimneys and craggy geologic formations make you wonder if you’re in a ...