Tatlarin - Ovaören

Characteristics of the Route:

Towards the land of mysteries, the route starts from the exciting underground city of Tatlarin with narrow and high tunnels that keep the old days alive.Various rock structures of the town invite you to explore.After passing through potato, pumpkin, and sugar beet fields and by the village of Bolukoren, the route becomes quieter and visits Zeus in Gokcetoprak.After following dirt roads to visit Sivasa Hittite Inscription written in Luwian Hieroglyphs and Yassihoyuk, the route ends in Ovaoren Village, formerly known as Sivasa.   

Connected Routes:

Nevsehir-Tatlarin; Gokcetoprak-Tuzkoy-Nevsehir.

Notes to Travelers:

There is an entrance fee to the Tatlarin Underground City and the Tatlarin Church next to it, and the museum card is valid.

In Gokcetoprak, you can visit Zeus, the first and only Hellenistic Period Relief known in the thousands of years of history of the Cappadocia region.

You can see Sivasa inscription, written in Luwian hieroglyph, from the Late-Hittite period.

You can go to Yassihoyuk, which has not been uncovered yet but is thought to be one of the important cities of the Hittite Empire and the Late Hittite Period and especially the Tabal Kingdom.

Keep your bicycle bottle and a spare water bottle full as you won't find water on the route.