Nevsehir Capadocia City
Nevsehir city located in central Anatolia where the nature and history
got united is one of the tourism center of Turkey with the variety of
cultures those civilizations used to live in the area left. The name
of the town was Nyssa in earlier times then it used to be called as
Muskera or Soandos Nisa was named Nevsehir which mean "New City" during
Ottoman Empire Age.
The whole area has a shape of Open-Air
Museum with it's great natural beauties, beautiful rock churches ,
underground cities and with it;s valleys. Beside those beauties that
makes the area a hot spot for visitors , Damat Ibrahim Pasa the grand
vizier of Ottoman Empire and the great Turkish thinker Haci Bektas-i
Veli whom used to live in the region are some of the other factors thae
makes the area quite popular for tourist.
Goreme Historic
National Park currently being under protection has the greatest
historical sites and ruins which symbolize the city. World wide famous
Fairy Chimneys shaped out of volcanic tufa and the and the structures
where the religious art work of Ancient Roma Era are being exhibited
are all in this park. There are also paths around the park for natural
and sportive walking tours.
Cavusini, Urgup, Uchisar, Yeni Zelve
and Avcilar are the towns where you can still see the historical
village structures it used to be in the same way in past.
Cappadocia (means the land of beautiful horses) provides horse riding tours, camping and caravan tours around the city.
Because
of the great tourism potential of Cappadocia Region , the hotel and
congress tourism is widely popular in the area therefore there are
congress and meeting room and Cappadocia is being host for both
international and national congresses and meetings every year.That is
also another factor that makes Nevsehir a great tourism center on
congress tourism as well.
Walking tours, paragliding, balloon
tours, jeep safari and bicycle tours are only some of the alternative
tours available for visitors to see the region in a different point of
view.
Places to visit in Nevsehir / Cappadocia
Museums and Ruins;
Nevsehir
Museum , Goreme Open Air Museum, Pasabagi / Pasabaglari, Zelve Ruins,
Cavusin Church, Aciksaray Ruins, Ruins of Saint. Jean. Ozkonak
Underground City, Kaymakli Underground City, Derinkuyu Underground
City, Mazi Underground Cities, Tatlarin Churches and underground
cities,
Urgup Museum displayin archeological and ethnographic
materials from prehistoric age to Ottoman Empire Age, Haci Bektas
Archeology and Ethnography Museum displaying the archeological and
ethnographic arts, pieces from Early Bronze Age to Ancient Roma Age ,
found within the border of Hacibektas Town.
Goreme Open Air Museum; Churches was dig into caves, Chappels,
restaurants and sitting rooms in cave houses and is being accepted as
the place where the first monastery education system was started. The
other structures to visitr within the museum are nuns and priests
monasteries, Saint Basil Chapel, Elmali Church, Saint Barbara Chapel,
Yilanli / Saint Onuphrius Church, Karanlik Church, Saint Catherine
Church , Carik and Tokali Churches.
Pasabagi / Pasabaglari and Zelve Ruins Sites, Ozluce Underground City,
Tagar / Saint Theodore Church, Kirk Sehitler Church, Pancarli Church,
Mustafapasa , Nevsehir Castle, Uchisar Castle, Orthisar, Kursunlu
Mosque contains the tomb of Damat Ibrahim Hamam and complex, Beylik
Pavilion and Sarihan / Avanos are some of the important highlights of
Cappadocia gets visited by numerous tourists all year around.
Kozakli Thermal Tourism Center, Urgup Spring and Spas, Bahceli Spring,
Corak and Karakaya Thermal Spas and Gumuskent Thermal spring spa are
the thermal resources of Cappadocia Region.
Provinces of Nevsehir
Acigol, Urgup, Avanos, Kozakli, Derinkuyu, Hacibektas and Gulsehir
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