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Professional Advice (7)
Title Source
“G_reme Open Air Museum” Frommer's
“Eastern Turkey Sampler: Exotic History and Astonishing Scenery” GoNomad.com
“It's a breeze” Sydney Morning Herald
“Nevsehir” Anatolia.com
“Turkey’s Silken Centre” TravelIntelligence.net
“The troglodyte kingdom” canada.com / The Ottawa Citizen
“Turkey and the Turquoise Coast” SoftAdventure.net
Web Comments from Travelers (3)
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“Göreme Open-Air Museum” VirtualTourist.com
“The Goreme Open Air Museum” VirtualTourist.com
“Cave churches in Capadoccia” VirtualTourist.com
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #2 of 9 attractions in Goreme
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One of the top attractions in the region, this outdoor museum contains the remains of many churches carved into the famous Cappadocia stone. Of note... more » One of the top attractions in the region, this outdoor museum contains the remains of many churches carved into the famous Cappadocia stone. Of note are the many excellent frescoes that can be seen when exploring the various structures. « less
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Attraction type: Historic site, Specialty museum, History museum
Activities: City walk sightseeing
Address: Goreme Valley Goreme
Turkey

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“Amazing frescoed cave churches”
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5 of 5 stars
Celav 3 contributions
Ire
Nov 11, 2007
1/1 found this review helpful

A rambling hillside collection of 8-12th(?) C churches hewn into soft rock. From the ostentatious to the humble and including sleeping chambers and dining halls, this site is very nearly enough to convert the most hardened athiest! The ornate frescoes can use the assistance of a good guide to tell you who is who and describe the symbolism, but even... more

“Tourist Hordes, Pay Extra for Chapels”
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4 of 5 stars
TallulahB 114 contributions
Brooklyn, NY
Aug 3, 2007
2/2 found this review helpful

This site attracts most of the tour buses and frustrating crowds made this a less interesting attraction for us. In fact some tour guides kept us out of spaces so their groups could squeeze in. It was really obnoxious. However if you pay extra for the frescoe chapels you won't be disappointed. We encountered no crowds there and had a... more

“History Comes Alive!”
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5 of 5 stars
qian08 50 contributions
Singapore, Singapore
Feb 27, 2007
2/2 found this review helpful

History comes alive in the Goreme Open Air Museum. Here, insights into the history of Turkey, the way the people lived, worshipped can all be seen from the various churches and quarters around. Most impressionale were the various churches carved out from stone around the area, the paintings of Christ and his disciples, and how they had been defaced following... more

“A Cappadocia Tour of Goreme open air museum”
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5 of 5 stars
GRNZ 8 contributions
New Zealand
Oct 31, 2005
6/6 found this review helpful

Cappadocia is a unique part of the world with cave churches at the Goreme open air museum and nearby fairy chimneys. This is a very special part of Turkey. It was hard to pick a highlight from our two weeks in Turkey, but we think Cappadocia and a morning Balloon Trip over this area would probably come in at No... more

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Goreme Valley, Goreme, Turkey