1. Goreme Panorama
GOREME PANORAMA, The most magnificent landscape around Göreme has been
formed from its solidified lava streams, its ash and tuff stone, all dating from Neocene
period. It is criss-crossed by deep valleys formed by heavy erosion. This veritable lunar
landscape distinguishes itself by its extensive geological formations. The highly typical
morphological structures of Cappadocia are the result of thousands of years of continual
erosion, which has shaped the tuff deposits into the strangest pyramids and cones.
30 minutes
2. Uchisar Castle
UCHISAR is a troglodyte village situated 4 km east of Göreme. It is famous for the huge rock formation
once used as a fortification. This extraordinary rock is the highest peak in the region and offers a
magnificent panoramic view of the whole of Cappadocia with Mt. Erciyes in the distance.Most rooms
in the castle are connected to each other with stairs, tunnels and passages. At the entrances of many
rooms, there are millstone doors, just like the ones in the underground settlements, used to control
access to these places. Due to erosion it is unfortunately not possible to reach all the rooms. Most of the
rooms, located on the north side of the castle are still in use as pigeon houses (dovecotes) today. Farmers
used these pigeon houses to collect the droppings of pigeons which is an excellent natural fertilizer for
the orchards and vineyards.
30 minutes
3. Kaymakli Underground City
KAYMAKLI UNDERGROUND CITY is built under the hill known as the Citadel of
Kaymaklı and was opened to visitors in 1964. The people of Kaymaklı (Enegup in
Greek) have built their houses around nearly 100 tunnels of the underground city. The
inhabitants of the region still use the most convenient places in the tunnels as cellars,
storage areas and stables, which they access through their courtyards. Kaymaklı
underground city has low, narrow and sloping passages. While the underground city
consists of 8 floors below ground, only 4 of them are open to the public today, in which
the spaces are organized around ventilation shafts.
1 hour
4. Goreme Open-Air Museum
GOREME OPEN AIR MUSEUM, Cappadocia's most famous attraction, for good reason, is the Göreme
Open Air Museum, a complex of medieval painted cave churches carved out by Orthodox monks.
There are over 10 cave churches in the Göreme Open Air Museum. Along with rectories, dwellings, and
a religious school, they form a large monastic complex carved out of a roughly ring-shaped rock
formation in the otherworldly landscape of Cappadocia. The best way to explore the cave churches of
Goreme is via the clearly marked path, working counterclockwise. Each one has a modern Turkish
name, given by local villages based on a prominent feature.
1 hour
5. Pasabag
PASABAG, Highly remarkable earth pillars can be seen here, in the middle of a vineyard, hence the
name of the place which means: the Pasha’s vineyard. Pasha means "General", the military rank, in
Turkish and it is a very common nick name. This site is also called Monks Valley. The name was
derived from some cones carved in tuff stones which stand apart. Currently, there is a vineyard and a
number of tuff cones standing right next to the road.
1 hour
6. Pigeon Valley
PIGEON VALLEY, thousands of pigeon houses carved into the rock. It is a surreal
vision: an outrageously phallic landscape straight out of a Salvador Dali painting. The
conical formations are the result of volcanic eruptions that took place millions of years
ago. Eons of wind, rain and other forces of nature have eaten away at the volcanic rock
creating tufa, a soft and malleable stone. Many of these cones, known as fairy chimneys,
contain caves and labyrinths.
30 minutes
7. Avanos
Avanos is a town in centre of Cappadocia and famous for pottery making we will make a stop in one of the pottery workshop and you will watch pottery demonstration also you can try yourself as well
30 minutes
8. Devrent Valley
DEVRENT VALLEY, Also known as Imaginary Valley or Pink Valley, this area does not have cave
churches like the other valleys of Cappadocia. So what makes it so famous? The lunar landscape!
Devrent Valley hides many different rock formations within. The small fairy chimneys in the valley
form a lunar landscape, or moonscape, by their strange appearance. The valley has many animal-shaped
rocks. Some of the most commonly seen shapes include camel, snake, seals, and dolphin
30 minutes
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