Derinkuyu Underground City
Derinkuyu is an ancient multi-level underground city in Cappadocia, reaching 60 meters deep with rooms for 20,000 people, ventilation shafts, a church, a school, and rolling stone doors. Entry is paid at a modest price.
Museum in Goreme
Goreme Open-Air Museum
The Goreme Open-Air Museum is a UNESCO-listed complex of rock-cut churches and monasteries carved into the fairy chimneys of Cappadocia. Entry is paid at a modest price. The frescoes inside the Dark Church (extra fee) are among the best-preserved Byzantine paintings in Turkey. Budget travelers take the cheap dolmus (minibus) from Goreme village, spend two hours in the museum, and continue to the surrounding valleys on foot.
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Other places worth the walk, and what each one costs.
Love Valley
Love Valley is a hiking trail through a landscape of tall, phallic fairy chimneys and eroded rock formations north of Goreme. Free to hike.
Uchisar Castle
Uchisar Castle is the highest point in Cappadocia, a massive rock pinnacle riddled with tunnels and rooms carved by centuries of inhabitants. Entry is a small fee.
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