Keşlik Monastery - Şahinefendi

Characteristics of the Route:

The route starts from Keslik Monastery Complex and follows the traces of an adventure of faith of different cultures in Nevsehir.After a comfortable descent, it reaches Taskinpasa through the fields of volcanic ash.Passing by Taskinpasa Complex, which was built by the Seljuks and served as a library, and visiting the Roman settlement of Sobesos, which still preserves its mystery, the route reaches Sahinefendi through the fields.

Connected Routes:

Urgup – Mustafapasa – Cemil – Keslik; Sahinefendi - Mazi - Kaymakli.

Notes to Travelers: 

You can call Cabir Coskuner, the volunteer caretaker of the monastery, to visit the churches in Keslik Monastery Complex.

If you want to visit the Church of the Holy Cross in Cemil Village, you can get information from the grocery store in the village square.

You can find water only in small shops in villages.

You can visit Taskinpasa Complex, one of the rare examples of the Seljuk architectural style, built by the Karamanids, free of charge.

The entrance to the Ancient Roman City of Sobesos is free of charge.