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The highlight of Göreme Open-Air Museum is the stunning and fully restored Dark Church, famed for the vivid colours and excellent preservation of its frescoes. The modern name of the church is due to the lack of windows, which is also the

Within Güllüdere (Rose) Valley, this church is easily missed as it's carved out of a nondescript rock facade. Once inside though, the nave is notable for its sturdy columns carved out of the rock. Follow the signposted Güllüdere Valley

This church, entered via a rickety wooden staircase, has frescoes dating to the 9th century on its apse and a ceiling carved with a spectacular large cross. On the ridge, just below the rock cone that contains the church, is the charming

It is in Yeşilhisar district in Kayseri and 34 km away from Ürgüp. It is one of the important areas of Cappadocia with many churches from famous artists of the period and natural beauties. Colored cloth dolls made by village women are

This church has some of the best preserved frescoes in the valley.  It is named after a local who used to store grain here. Frescoes show scenes from the life of Christ, including the Crucifixion, Massacre of the İnnocents and Baptism

It is located in the Zemi Valley, east of the town of Goreme in Nevşehir Province, and west of the Goreme Open Air Museum. It is a church with three apses, with a central dome and a free cross plan. In the painting decorations of the

The trailhead off Müze Caddesi leads into the narrow gorge of Zemi Valley lined with tall poplar trees and sided by cliffs studded with pigeon houses. If you walk the entire length of Zemi you end up coming out on the Nevşehir–Ürgüp

The Buckle Church is 50m back down the hill towards Göreme and across the road from the main Open-Air Museum complex, but is covered by the same entrance ticket. Don't miss it as this is one of Göreme's biggest and finest churches with

To reach Özlüce underground city, turn right as you enter Kaymaklı village from the north and you'll be heading for the small village of Özlüce, 7km further away. Much more modest than the caves of Kaymaklı or Derinkuyu, this

Mazı Underground City is an ancient underground settlement in Cappadocia in central Turkey. It is located 18 kilometers from Urgup. The ancient name of the city was known as Mataza. The presence of the city dates back to as early as the

The 12th-century Apple Church (Elmalı Kilise) overlooks a valley of poplars below. Relatively well preserved, it contains both simple, red-ochre daubs and bright frescoes depicting scenes from the New Testament. The Ascension is pictured

You get one of the best panoramas across Göreme by walking up the steep hill through alleyways to this wooden platform suspended on the edge of the cliff high above the village. From here you can follow a rough track along the ridge for