Hot air ballooning in Cappadocia, which has now identified with the region, started in 1989. The common opinion reached at International Balloon Festivals is that Cappadocia is the most pleasant place in the world to fly a balloon.

     Apart from its interesting geological formation, Cappadocia has a place among the worlds rare natural and cultural centres, with its fairy chimneys, the settlements carved into the fairy chimneys,...