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Car & Motorcycle
Cappadocia is great for self-drive visits. Roads are often empty and their condition is reas-
onable.
Public Transport
Belediye Bus Corp dolmuşes (minibuses;
"
2.50 to
"
3) travel between Ürgüp and Avanos
via Ortahisar, the Göreme Open-Air Museum, Göreme, Çavuşin and (on request) Paşabağı
and Zelve. The services leave Ürgüp at 10am, noon, 4pm and 6pm, and Avanos (going the
opposite way) at 9am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm and 5pm. You can hop on and off anywhere along
the route.
There's also an hourly
belediye
(municipal council) bus running between Avanos and
Nevşehir (
"
4) via Çavuşin (10 minutes), Göreme (15 minutes) and Uçhisar (30 minutes).
It leaves Avanos from 7am to 7pm.
The Ihlara Valley can be visited on a day tour from Göreme.
Taxi
Taxis are a good option for moving from town to town. Meters operate but a negotiated
price is also welcome.
A taxi from Nevşehir to Göreme should cost around
"
35.
Göreme
0384 / POP 2138
Surrounded by epic sweeps of lunarscape valleys, this remarkable honey-coloured village,
hollowed out of the hills, may have long since grown out of its farming hamlet roots but
its charm has not diminished. In the back alleys new boutique cave hotels are constantly
popping up but tourists still have to stop for tractors which trundle up narrow winding
roads where elderly ladies dally for hours on sunny street-side stoops doing their knitting.
Nearby, the Göreme Open-Air Museum is an all-in-one testament to Byzantine life, while
if you wander out of town into the golden-hued valleys you'll find storybook landscapes
and little-visited rock-cut churches at every turn. With its easygoing allure and stunning
setting, it's no wonder Göreme continues to send travellers giddy.
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