April 18-20, 2026 On Saturday we drove from Mustapaşa to  Guzelyurt.  We stopped and walked the Monastery Valley which was a springtime delight with trees in full blossom, lush vibrant grasses and a couple churches and great rock color contrasts. See blog post  https://www.grayhairedglobetrotter.com/2026/04/monastery-valleymanastir-vadisi.html     John suggested we take a dirt road  and stop at Valley of Churches which I will remember as Valley of Horses. We were the only visitors! Many horses, 20? Who were curious and gentle. The two churches we saw were charming, one had frescoes and the other columns. Wildflowers, blooming trees and shrubs, a gravel path to a more desolate place and wished we’d had time to walk further down the valley. Details blogpost     www.grayhairedglobetrotter.com/2026/04/valley-of-churches-sarica-monastery.html . The dirt road was fine and happy we have SUV (but not necessary).   Clouds started to build, ...

 April 20-23, 2026    We thought this was plenty and look below to see how our table was quickly overcrowded  Served fresh fried. My most favorite toppings were sour cherry jam with nutella with close second of Turkish honey.  First day was by far the best with food quality and diversity.  Our room at Sakli Konak which we booked on Airbnb, but also listed with Booking.com $261/3 nights and included breakfast. Likely can book directly. We made only cancellable reservations for this trip since I"m post surgery and also the Iran War then broke out.        Uçhisar castle steps from our place   Sunrise walk around town, very close to Sakli Konak where we statyed.  it was a frost morning, clear and windless          I continued walking around.  I got so hungry that I took a loaf of bread sitting outside a closed small shop. I left 50 TL /$1 and later in the day when they were open, I went in to ...