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Pasabag showing tranquil scenes and ballooning
Uchisar Castle featuring chateau or palace
Red Valley featuring interior views
Sunset Point showing mountains
Goreme Open Air Museum showing mountains

Nevsehir Attractions

It's no wonder so many tourists visit Nevsehir each year. This alluring city is full of awesome things to do. Whether you're fond of seeing the sights or trying more exhilarating experiences, you'll never be bored here.

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1. Goreme Open Air Museum

The exceptional Göreme Open Air Museum is home to a number of churches carved into the rocks by medieval Christian monks. Explore the historic site on foot to see intriguing frescos from 1,000 years ago and learn about the Byzantine people who created them. The UNESCO World Heritage Site is the main draw of the Cappadocia region due to its awe-inspiring views, diverse terrain and sculpted spiritual homes.
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Goreme Open Air Museum which includes mountains

2. Uchisar Castle

Uçhisar Castle is a large rock formation rising tall above the terrain like a giant anthill full of small, dark holes. It attracts visitors with its intriguing history and stunning panorama that includes the surrounding landscape and Mount Erciyes in the distance. Look for black holes indicating the entrances to abodes, tunnels and dovecotes crafted into the rock many centuries ago.
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Uchisar Castle featuring a city and heritage architecture

3. Love Valley

About 1 million visitors per year visit nature’s tribute to male fertility in the Love Valley. Its fairy chimneys differ from other examples in the region as they have a wide base, narrow pillar and cone-shaped peak. Millions of years of erosion from wind and rain along with volcanic eruptions formed the rock formations, which are considered both comical and beautiful. A hot air balloon over the extraordinary landscape is an unforgettable experience.
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Cappadocia showing a sunset

4. Red Valley

Red Valley is one of Cappadocia’s most scenic walking routes due to its colorful rock formations and historic carved churches. Hike through the Mars-like terrain for about 2 hours to appreciate its aesthetic qualities and intriguing history. The former homes, churches and dovecotes are surviving reminders of the monks who lived here more than a millennium ago with their pigeon messengers and pets.
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Red Valley

5. Sunset Point

Sunset Point is known affectionately among locals and visitors as Göreme’s most beautiful vista. Watch the colorful hot air balloons illuminate the sky with a backdrop of fairy chimneys and diverse terrain. As its name suggests, the viewpoint is particularly charming in the evening as the sun goes down and turns the sky red and gold.
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Sunset Point showing mountains

6. Pigeon Valley

Pigeon Valley is a picturesque maze of exceptional rock formations, cave dwellings and a distant volcano. The diverse terrain, which seems like it comes from another planet, stretches for miles between Göreme and Uçhisar. Take a break midway through your hike at a charming café in the middle of the valley.
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Pigeon Valley featuring mountains

What to do in Nevşehir

Free Things to Do in Nevsehir

Leave your purse in the hotel room. It's possible to occupy yourself in Nevsehir without spending a cent.

St. Jean Church - Whether you're spiritual or not, this place is sure to inspire a sense of reverence.

Zeki Soyak Park - If you're into pottering about the garden, this place will excite your green thumb.

Things to Do in Nevsehir with Kids

Nevsehir is a wonderful destination for a family getaway. Take the youngsters along and enjoy these popular family friendly experiences together:

 

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Discover the most popular places to visit in Nevşehir

Goreme Open Air Museum

Goreme Open Air Museum

4.5/5(159 reviews)

Admire the colorful frescoes on the walls of the churches carved into the rocky terrain and learn about Turkey’s Byzantine past.

Goreme Open Air Museum
Uchisar Castle featuring a city and heritage architecture

Uchisar Castle

4.5/5(133 reviews)

Enjoy the view from the summit and delve into the intricate homes, churches and passageways that lie below the surface of this honeycomb mountain.

Uchisar Castle
Cappadocia showing a sunset

Love Valley

4.5/5(50 reviews)

Float in a hot air balloon past enormous phallic rock formations in this suggestive valley.

Love Valley
Red Valley featuring a gorge or canyon

Red Valley

4.5/5(96 reviews)

Crimson cliffs, carved churches and historic dovecotes complement the inspiring views and photo opportunities along this impressive walking trail.

Red Valley
Sunset Point showing mountains

Sunset Point

4.5/5(155 reviews)

Watch the changing colors of the hot air balloons, fairy chimneys and intriguing rock formations as the sun goes down beyond the horizon.

Sunset Point
Derinkuyu Underground City featuring signage

Derinkuyu Underground City

4.5/5(134 reviews)

Commune with nature and explore the great outdoors at Derinkuyu Underground City during your travels in Derinkuyu.

Derinkuyu Underground City
Pigeon Valley featuring mountains

Pigeon Valley

4.5/5(132 reviews)

In ancient times, people lived within these caves and scenic rock formations and raised pigeons as essential messengers and pets.

Pigeon Valley
Rose Valley which includes ballooning

Rose Valley

4.5/5(125 reviews)

Explore a Mars-like terrain on Earth in this bizarre valley as you visit cave churches and clamber over pink rock formations and fairy chimneys.

Rose Valley
Pasabag showing mountains

Paşabağ Valley

5/5(88 reviews)

In the fourth century, a miracle worker set up his home inside a fairy chimney that is now a monastery surrounded by dreamlike terrain and a vineyard.

Paşabağ Valley

 

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Popular day trips from Nevşehir

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Cappadocia showing ballooning

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Uchisar Castle featuring chateau or palace

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Nigde

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Aksaray

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Red Valley showing mountains

Göreme

Uchisar Castle showing street scenes

Uçhisar

Frequently asked questions

What to do in Nevsehir on a sunny day?
What to do in Nevsehir on a rainy day?
If the weather forecast isn't great during your getaway, dry yourself off and enjoy these fantastic indoor activities:


Are there cheap things to do in Nevsehir?
You'll find plenty of tours and activities here that are just the thing if you're watching your pennies:


What can you do in Nevsehir for free?
Your vacation in Nevsehir doesn't have to cost a fortune with free attractions like these to keep you busy:

  • Pigeon Valley
  • Sunset Point
  • Rose Valley
  • Red Valley

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