Walks around Göreme

Walks around Göreme

Göreme village is surrounded by the magnificent Göreme National Park. A handful of valley are easily explored on foot; each needs about one to three hours. Most are interconnected, so you could easily combine several in a day, especially with the help of the area's many dolmuşes (minibuses).

For example, you can walk to the Göreme Open-Air Museum and have a look around, then catch a Belediye Bus Corp otobus to Ürgüp, which stop outside the museum at 10 minutes past every even hour, to Zelve (TL2). Ask the driver to stop there or he may head straight to Avanos on the main road.

It may be possible to get off further on at Aktepe (for Devrent valley). Walk back to Göreme from Zelve via Paşabağı, Çavuşin and Meskendir valley. Rose valley and Red valley. Don't forget a bottle of water and sunscreen!

Some of the most interesting and accessible valleys:

Bağlıdere (White valley) from Uçhisar to Çavuşin.

Güllüdere (Rose valley) Connecting Çavuşin and Kızılçukur viewpoint.

Güvercinlik (Pigeon Valley) Connecting Göreme and Uçhisar; colorful dovecotes.

İçeridere (Long Valley) Running south from Rock Valley Pension.

Kılıçlar Vadisi (Swords Valley) Running off the Göreme Open-Air Museum road

Kızılçukur vadisi (Red Valley) Superb dovecotes and  churches with frescotes.

Meskendir Valley Trail head next to Kaya Camping: tunnels an dovecotes

Zemi Vadisi (Love Valley) West of the Göreme Open-Air Museum, with some particulary spectacular rock formations.

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