Must do in Cappadocia

Cappadocia Information, What to Do in Cappadocia

The region is a paradise for those who enjoy discovering variety and contrast. In excursions to the valleys adorned with fairy chimneys you can discover places that have never been visited before, and if you are interested in photography you will be able to take extremely diverse pictures.

You can hike, ride horsback, enjoy a incredible hot-air ballon ride, and even observe a demonstration of sema, the whirling of dervishes. You can visit the valleys and underground cities, you can ride a bicycle.

Even if you’ve been there many times, every trip to Cappadocia will hold a surprise, and you can visit during every season of the year.

Sometimes the fairy chimneys will appear before you covered with snow, sometimes dored with wild flowers.

If you are devoted to winter sports, Mount Erciyes and its ski center, only 45 minutes away, can provide you with the best possible opportunity to satisfy your indulgence.

Visit Cappadocia Goreme Open-Air Museum

You will see the Monastery of Monks and Nuns on the left. The monastery dates to the eleventh cetury and consists of a six to seven storey rock mass. The structure in which all the levels are connected by tunnels consists of a kitchen, dining room, cells and a chapel.

Discover Cappadocia Goreme Valley

The earliest examples of Byzantine churches can be seen in this valley, which would be used as a location fort he education of missionaries. Some researchers propound that Armenians were among the first architects as well. According to these researchers, the tambour and dome at the Halacdere Monastery in Avcılar, at Mavrucan/Güzelöz, is an outstanding example of the domed churches that display the work of Armenian architects. ( The tambour is the cylindrical or faceted wall with Windows that supports the dome.)

Discover Zelve Open-Air Museum

Life in the Zelve Valley, which was one of the important settlements in the region from the fourth until the thirteenth ceturies, continued until 1952. It is generally acknowledged that the variety of large, small, conical, pyramid-shaped, pointed or blunt fairy chimneys in Zelve are the most beautiful in the region. Zelve presents a Picture of abandonment of a village that stil existed until a short time ago, with a Seljuk-type mosque and adjacent homes carved from the rock, some of which stil resist the ravages of time.

See the Beauty of Cappadocia Red and Rose Valley

Rose Valley is a large valley located between Goreme and Cavusin village, and it is divided into many smaller valleys: Gulludere, Kizilcukur, Meskendir and Zindanonu valleys. This beautiful valley gets its name from the rose-colored rock that varies in hue and intensity depending on time of day, season and weather conditions. During the hike you will visit several cave churches, cave houses and cave tunnels. Rose Valley has paths for easy, medium and difficult levels. The most common path in the valley takes around 2 hours.

Hike Ihlara Valley, a magnificent canyon

Ihlara Valley, which has the appearance of a canyon, surrounded as it is by 100-150 meter-high rocks and step cliffs. The Melendiz Çayı, winding its way along the cracks it had eroded,was origially amed Potamus Kapaduks,meaning Cappadocia River.

Some important churches to visit in Ihlara Valley

Egritas Kilise (Church with Crooked Stone)
Sumbullu Kilise (Hyacinth Church)
Yilanli Kilise (Church with Snake)
Karagedik Kilise (Church with Black Collar)
Kirk Damalti Kilisesi (Church of St. George)
Bahattin Kilise (Bahattin's Granary Church)
Direkli Kilise (Pillard Church)
Ala Kilise (Mottled Church)

Take Photos on Cappadocia Uchisar

Uchisar is situated at the highest point in the region, the top of the citidel provides a magnificent panorama of the surrounding area. Many rooms hollowed out into the rock are connected to each other with stairs, tunnels and passages. In all the entrances to the rooms, there are millstone doors, just like ones in the underground cities, used to control access to these places. Due to the erosion in places of the multi-leveled castle, it is unfortunately not possible to reach all of the rooms.

Try to Make Pottery in Cappadocia Avanos

Avanos is the location of one of Anatolia’s most distinctive pottery workshops. The present-day residents of Avanos, like their predecessors since Hittite times, continue to make pottery with the red clay removed from the bed of the Kızılırmak River, using simple foot-powered wheels and their handicraft to create clay forms that are oe more beautiful than the other. The shores of the Kızılırmak are full of pottery workshops, and almost all of the potters are cotinuing the work of their fathers.

Join a Hot Air Balloon Ride Tour

A balloon ride in Cappadocia is one of the most popular activities in Turkey. From the air, the view over Cappadocia is incomparable, with the amazing landscape revealing itself as your balloon ascends.

Visit Goreme Cave Churches

The UNESCO World Heritage site of Goreme Open Air Museum is a marvellous collection of ancient cave churches, dating from between the 12 to 14th centuries.

Discover Cappadocia Underground Cities

Cappadocia has many underground cities, Kaymakli Underground City, Derinkuyu Underground City most popular of those.

Stay in a Cave Hotel

The cave hotels feature rock-carved arches, volcanic colored patterned walls and panoramic terraces overlooking the valley. A truly peaceful peace of mind will be a unique experience for you.