Ortahisar – Meskendir & Kılıçlar Valley – Göreme

Characteristics of the Route:

Starting in Ortahisar Town, the route leads to Meskendir Valley on the slope of Bozdag, passing by cave warehouses with excellent humidity and temperature to make lemons juicy. It crosses the main street and begins to descend with a unique view of the valley. Narrow paths of the Valley meet with tunnels from time to time and makes the trail an enjoyable track leading to a modest cafe located at the meeting point of many hiking routes in Kiliclar Valley after a short ascent. The last part of the route passes through chimneys eroded by the course of time and carved into rooms, monasteries, and resting places, and ends next to the fairy chimney with broken columns in Goreme.   

Connected Routes:

Göreme – Aydınkırağı – Görkündere – Elnazar Kilisesi – Aynalı Kilise – Ortahisar
Mustafapaşa – Gomeda – Üzengi – Ortahisar

Notes to Travelers:  

There is an entry fee to Ortahisar Castle, the museum card is not valid.

Make sure your water bottle is full as you won't find water on the route.

You can try delicious menus of restaurants with different styles in Ortahisar.

You can find beverages suitable to your taste such as tea, coffee, and fruit juice in the modest cafe you will see in the valley.

If you are hiking in early spring, you can see the blooming Thymus cappadocicus, one of the endemic plants of Cappadocia.

At the end of the route, you can visit the Goreme Open Air Museum, an old monastery. There is an entry fee to the museum and the museum card is valid.