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Kayseri represents a complete passage of civilizations with mosques such as Camikebir, Hunat, Lala, Han, Kurşunlu, historical grand bazaar, madrasahs, cupolas, Museum of Medical History, Roman Castle and as such. Churches and temples in Kayseri and in Talas are still standing as the signs of multi-cultural social and cultural structure of the city. In addition to them, several projects like Historical Kayseri Street, Citadel Tourism Center, Cultural Road Project, Anatolian Wonderland and several thematic museums has been implemented by Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality.

If we consider that Kayseri is also in Cappadocia region and just 60 km away to Urgup, it would be a great opportunity for you to ski on Erciyes and being able to see Cappadocia with a 30 minute trip from the city center. Besides, with the advantage of closeness, you would be able to prefer staying in the cave hotels of Cappadocia and visit Erciyes to enjoy the Facilities of the mountain.

Cappadocia, meaning 'the region of beautiful horses' in ancient grek is the name of the land that has been ruled by different powers like Assyrians, the Hittites, Firiks, Kingdom of Cappadocia, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman since BC 3000. This region is one of the real wonders of the world and one of the best examples of civilization and the integration of the differences. Fairy Chimneys and geolagical structure of Cappadocia which is unique in the world have formed as a result of eruption of Erciyes volcano about 30 million years ago. So probably it willnot be wrong to call Erciyes as 'the father of Cappadocia'. While the geographic events were giving shape to the fairy chimneys, people who lived in that area in the historical process carved homes and churches inside these chimneys. They have created their own particular field of life and decorated them with frescoes those which contains several famous towns like Urgup, Goreme, Uchisar, Avanos, Zelve and Derinkuyu. Every year more than 2 million tourist are visiting these places from all over the world.

After a whole day skiing you can decide to come to city center in just 20 minutes and enjoy shopping in Grand Bazaar or in modern shopping malls or from outlet centers, Kayseri in Grand Bazaar or in modern shopping malls or from outlet centers. Kayseri Grand Bazaar is the second biggest one after Istanbul's which was built in Ottoman Empire period. The Bazaar has more than 1800 shops and can offer you the experience of shopping from traditional stores dating back to several hundred years. You can prefer to buy a few golden or silver souvenirs for your children from historical 'Kazancılar Bazaar'. If you want to find the most well known global brandnames and techonological items with very reasonable prices, then you must visit our shopping centers like Forum Kayseri, Kayseri Park, Ipek Saray or Meysu Outlet.