Sehenswürdigkeiten in Kappadokien – Highlights

Sights in Cappadocia

Valleys, fairy chimneys, rock churches and underground cities: Cappadocia's finest places – and which private tour takes you there.

Valley & landscape · Cappadocia
Pigeon Valley (Güvercinlik Vadisi)

Thousands of dovecotes carved into the rock – farmers once collected fertiliser here for their vineyards.

Visit with: 2-day northern route
To the tour: 2-day northern route
Town · Cappadocia
Uçhisar Castle (Uçhisar Kalesi)

Cappadocia's highest rock, honeycombed with chambers – from the top the view spans the whole region.

Visit with: 1-day northern route
To the tour: 1-day northern route
Valley & landscape · Cappadocia
Devrent Valley (Imagination Valley)

Rocks shaped like camels, dolphins and seals – the “valley of imagination” invites you to spot figures.

Visit with: 1-day northern route
To the tour: 1-day northern route
Museum & monastery · Cappadocia
Zelve Open-Air Museum

An abandoned cave village in three valleys, inhabited until the 1950s, with churches and mills in the rock.

Visit with: 1-day northern route
To the tour: 1-day northern route
Valley & landscape · Cappadocia
Monks Valley (Paşabağ)

The famous multi-headed fairy chimneys where hermits once lived – Cappadocia as on a postcard.

Visit with: 1-day northern route
To the tour: 1-day northern route
Town · Cappadocia
Göreme

The heart of Cappadocia: cave hotels, fairy chimneys in the village and the starting point of most balloon flights.

Visit with: 2-day northern route
To the tour: 2-day northern route
Underground city · Cappadocia
Kaymaklı Underground City

Eight levels deep, about 80 metres below ground: passages, stables, kitchens and chapels for thousands of people.

Visit with: Private day trips
To the day trips
Museum & monastery · Cappadocia
Göreme Open-Air Museum

UNESCO World Heritage: rock churches and monasteries with vivid Byzantine frescoes, including the Dark Church.

Visit with: 2-day northern route
To the tour: 2-day northern route
Valley & landscape · Cappadocia
Fairy chimneys (Peri bacaları)

Tuff cones with hard basalt caps – shaped over millions of years by wind, water and volcanic ash.

Visit with: 1-day northern route
To the tour: 1-day northern route
Valley & landscape · Cappadocia
Rose Valley (Güllüdere Vadisi)

Pink-tinged rock walls and hidden churches like the Church of the Cross – most beautiful at sunset.

Visit with: Horseback ride
To the tour: Horseback ride
Underground city · Cappadocia
Derinkuyu Underground City

Turkey's largest excavated underground city: 85 metres deep, once a refuge for up to 20,000 people.

Visit with: Green Tour
To the tour: Green Tour
Town · Cappadocia
Ortahisar

A village around a mighty castle rock, with old storage caves for citrus fruit and wide views over the valleys.

Visit with: Jeep safari
To the tour: Jeep safari
Underground city · Cappadocia
Özkonak Underground City

Ten levels and about 40 metres deep, four of them open – known for its speaking tubes between floors.

Visit with: Private day trips
To the day trips
Town · Cappadocia
Avanos

The pottery town on the Kızılırmak, the Red River – clay has been thrown on the wheel here since Hittite times.

Visit with: 1-day northern route
To the tour: 1-day northern route
Valley & landscape · Cappadocia
Ihlara Valley (Ihlara Vadisi)

A green gorge on the Melendiz river with cave churches from the 7th to 11th centuries – ideal for hiking.

Visit with: Green Tour
To the tour: Green Tour
Museum & monastery · Cappadocia
Selime Monastery

Cappadocia's largest rock-cut monastery with a cathedral-like church high above Ihlara Valley.

Visit with: Green Tour
To the tour: Green Tour
Town · Cappadocia
Çavuşin

A rock village with the Church of St John the Baptist, one of the oldest in the region, and the Dovecote Church.

Visit with: Private day trips
To the day trips

Pigeon Valley (Güvercinlik Vadisi)

Thousands of dovecotes carved into the rock – farmers once collected fertiliser here for their vineyards.

Visit with: 2-day northern route

To the tour: 2-day northern route

Uçhisar Castle (Uçhisar Kalesi)

Cappadocia's highest rock, honeycombed with chambers – from the top the view spans the whole region.

Visit with: 1-day northern route

To the tour: 1-day northern route

Devrent Valley (Imagination Valley)

Rocks shaped like camels, dolphins and seals – the “valley of imagination” invites you to spot figures.

Visit with: 1-day northern route

To the tour: 1-day northern route

Zelve Open-Air Museum

An abandoned cave village in three valleys, inhabited until the 1950s, with churches and mills in the rock.

Visit with: 1-day northern route

To the tour: 1-day northern route

Monks Valley (Paşabağ)

The famous multi-headed fairy chimneys where hermits once lived – Cappadocia as on a postcard.

Visit with: 1-day northern route

To the tour: 1-day northern route

Göreme

The heart of Cappadocia: cave hotels, fairy chimneys in the village and the starting point of most balloon flights.

Visit with: 2-day northern route

To the tour: 2-day northern route

Kaymaklı Underground City

Eight levels deep, about 80 metres below ground: passages, stables, kitchens and chapels for thousands of people.

Visit with: Private day trips

To the day trips

Göreme Open-Air Museum

UNESCO World Heritage: rock churches and monasteries with vivid Byzantine frescoes, including the Dark Church.

Visit with: 2-day northern route

To the tour: 2-day northern route

Fairy chimneys (Peri bacaları)

Tuff cones with hard basalt caps – shaped over millions of years by wind, water and volcanic ash.

Visit with: 1-day northern route

To the tour: 1-day northern route

Rose Valley (Güllüdere Vadisi)

Pink-tinged rock walls and hidden churches like the Church of the Cross – most beautiful at sunset.

Visit with: Horseback ride

To the tour: Horseback ride

Derinkuyu Underground City

Turkey's largest excavated underground city: 85 metres deep, once a refuge for up to 20,000 people.

Visit with: Green Tour

To the tour: Green Tour

Ortahisar

A village around a mighty castle rock, with old storage caves for citrus fruit and wide views over the valleys.

Visit with: Jeep safari

To the tour: Jeep safari

Özkonak Underground City

Ten levels and about 40 metres deep, four of them open – known for its speaking tubes between floors.

Visit with: Private day trips

To the day trips

Avanos

The pottery town on the Kızılırmak, the Red River – clay has been thrown on the wheel here since Hittite times.

Visit with: 1-day northern route

To the tour: 1-day northern route

Ihlara Valley (Ihlara Vadisi)

A green gorge on the Melendiz river with cave churches from the 7th to 11th centuries – ideal for hiking.

Visit with: Green Tour

To the tour: Green Tour

Selime Monastery

Cappadocia's largest rock-cut monastery with a cathedral-like church high above Ihlara Valley.

Visit with: Green Tour

To the tour: Green Tour

Çavuşin

A rock village with the Church of St John the Baptist, one of the oldest in the region, and the Dovecote Church.

Visit with: Private day trips

To the day trips

Tip: All places can be combined in our private tours – send us your wishlist via WhatsApp and we will put together your route. Entrance fees are included in the day tours.
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