Urgup
Urgüp which has been
established at the outskirts
of the hill named as hill of
whishes founded at 20 km in
north of Nevsehir province in one
of the first settlement
areas of Cappadocia region. In
the Byzantine period has
been called as Osiana,
Hagios, Prokopios, in the
period of Seljuks as
Bashisar and in the period
of Ottomans as Burgut
Castle. Until the first
years of the Republic was
called Urgup. Urgup was the
patriarchate center of the Cappadocia region. The
Uzumlu Church, Cambazli
Church and Sarica Church in
Ortahisar which was one of
the villages of Urgup are
the oldest rock churches
from the region. Furthermore
and Tavsanli Church and
Church of Saint Basileious
are the spectacular places.
Urgup which has got the
famous cave hotels, wines
and hand made carpets is the
most important tourism
center of the Cappaddocia Region. The
old cave houses were
restored as a touristy cave
hotel without damaging their
historic structure. Among
the cave hotels some of the
cave have been restores as
distraction place as discos
and bars.
How can you go: You can go to Urgup from Nevsehir province by roadway 20 km. Nevsehir is 670 km. far from Istanbul, 280 km. from Ankara, 750 km. from Izmir. |