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Rock churches and stone mansions from Göreme to Mustafapaşa

After the Göreme Open-Air Museum with its fresco-decorated rock churches and the Tokalı Church, whose frescoes tell the life of Jesus in sequence, the route continues to Ortahisar Castle, thought to have been a refuge in the Byzantine period, and the ethnography museum that brings village life to life; it ends at the stone mansions of Mustafapaşa, formerly known as Sinasos, and the Church of Saints Constantine and Helena, dated 1729.

Estimated duration
~4 h 45 min
Straight-line distance (estimate)
~8.2 km
Getting around
By car
Stops
6 stops

Duration and distance are estimates. Distance is the straight-line sum between stops; the actual road is longer. Check with a maps app before you set off.

Safety and caution

Flash photography and touching the frescoes are prohibited in the churches; follow the staff's instructions. The upper steps of Ortahisar Castle are steep and uneven.

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Numbers show the order of stops; the dashed line is a straight-line link between stops, not the actual road.

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Stops

  1. 1

    Start

    Church

    Tokalı Church

    Merkez, Nevşehir

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  2. 2

    ~240 m from the previous stop (straight line)

    Museum

    Göreme Open-Air Museum

    Merkez, Nevşehir

    ~0.24 km as the crow flies from the previous stop

    View place
  3. 3

    ~2.7 km from the previous stop (straight line)

    Castle

    Ortahisar Castle

    Ürgüp, Nevşehir

    ~2.69 km as the crow flies from the previous stop

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  4. 4

    ~170 m from the previous stop (straight line)

    Museum

    Ortahisar Ethnography Museum

    Ürgüp, Nevşehir

    ~0.17 km as the crow flies from the previous stop

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  5. 5

    ~5.1 km from the previous stop (straight line)

    Village and rural life

    Mustafapaşa (Sinasos)

    Ürgüp, Nevşehir

    ~5.05 km as the crow flies from the previous stop

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  6. 6

    ~30 m from the previous stop (straight line)

    Church

    Church of Saints Constantine and Helena

    Ürgüp, Nevşehir

    ~0.03 km as the crow flies from the previous stop

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