Goreme Trip Overview
A private tour ideal for exploring the area at your own pace
The UNESCO World Heritage open-air museum of Goreme
Byzantine wall paintings depicting Biblical scenes
Unique rock pinnacles of Love Valley
An ancient underground city discovered by a farmer in 1972
Additional Info
Duration: 8 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Goreme, Turkey
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkey
A private tour ideal for exploring the area at your own pace
The UNESCO World Heritage open-air museum of Goreme
Byzantine wall paintings depicting Biblical scenes
Unique rock pinnacles of Love Valley
An ancient underground city discovered by a farmer in 1972
Itinerary
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Stop At: Goreme, Goreme, Cappadocia
Goreme open-air museum is a monastic complex composed of churches, refectories and dwellings all carved out of soft tufa stone and one of the earliest centres for religious education. There are at least 100 churches and chapels in the museum area dating between A.D. 900 and 1200, many with frescoes on their walls still visible. One of the highlights is Karanlik (Dark) Church, which, because it gets very little light from the outside, has some of the best preserved wall paintings with the brightest colours.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Love Valley, Goreme 50180 Turkey
The local inhabitants have proudly named one of the many valleys in the region ‘Love Valley’, due to the many unique phallic-shaped rock formations which cover the valley floor at an altitude above 1,000m high. This has become a popular place for taking memorable photos.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Avanos, Avanos, Cappadocia
Avanos sits on the banks of the Kizilirmak (or Red) River and is famous its’ Turkish crafts such as rug-weaving and pottery-making. The red soil in the area is used to make the distinctive ceramics.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Ozkonak Underground City, Nevsehir Turkey
Cappadocia has as many as 36 underground cities, troglodyte dwellings which date back centuries and used by early Christian tribes hiding from invading armies. Ozkonak is one of the smaller ones discovered in 1972 by a local farmer who discovered an underground room, later excavated, revealing a city which could house up to 60,000 people and containing 10 levels. It differs from other underground cities in the region in that there were holes carved out of the roof of the tunnels used for pouring hot oil on the enemy.
Duration: 45 minutes
