Overview

Climate is temperate with generally warm sunny days and nights that can be cool. If you plan on dining outside during the evening, don't forget a sweater It is just not true that the climate here is unbearable or torrid!

Amenities, shopping, fruit and vegetable markets, and restaurants are available locally.

What's there to do?

From your house you can take many hikes leading through the surrounding canyons and formations (good walking shoes recommended). The region around Uçhisar offers many fascinating destinations. There are underground cities, ancient cave-dwellings and cave-churches to visit. The old caravansaries that punctuate the 'Silk Road' shouldn't be missed. It is not a bad idea to hire a local guide.

After the day's activities, shopping for kilims, carpets, and local crafts is an agreable way to spend the time before dinner. We've put together a one-week itinerary for you here.

What's there to see?

discover!

• The open air museum of Göreme:
  A site of the christian history, essential to understand the area. Many extraordinary troglodytic churches featuring renowned wall painting iconography.

• Hikes: Pigeon Valley, Red Valley, White Valley, Zelve... 2 to 3 hours of walk amist the fairy chimneys, the pigeon houses and moonlike landscapes...

• The underground cities (Derinkuyu, Kaymakli...)

• The old villages with famous greek architecture (Mustafapasa, Ibrahimpasa...)

• Colorful open markets

• Avanos: This world famous pottery center now sports a newly renovated Sari Han caravansary on the Silk Road.

• Sultansazligi Natural Park (one day trip). Bird watching (300 species).

• 4x4 or boat tours at the foot of the Erciyes volcano.

climb!

One hundred km to the South of Uçhisar are the magnificent Taurus mountains (3600m). Great hiking and climbing with professional guides in the most magnificent landscapes.

fly!

For a truly unforgettable couple of hours, you might consider going up in a hot-air balloon, piloted by experienced professionals. There is no better way to see Cappadocia

ride!

Discover Cappadocia in a different way. From Uçhisar you can ride off on horseback through the valleys and the fabulous landscapes of Cappadocia. What better way to meet the locals, the foxes and the forgotten villages.

swim!

• Swimming pools are available in Uçhisar during summer.
• Turkish baths in Ürgüp (15 km from Uçhisar)
• Spas of Bayramhaci

and last, but definitely not least!

Set your chaise longue on the panoramic terrace of your house, and spend a while doing nothing, or... read a good book, look at the sunset while sipping raki, go shopping, return back home to prepare your barbecue, have a tea with Faruk or Mustafa, bargain a kilim, play with the neighbor's cat, listen to the muezzin in the quietness of a summer evening...