The clay from the Red River is spun and shaped into all sorts of items. You can get all of them cheaper outside of Avanos! More

It's a very nice village where you can watch a pottery making and try to do by yourself. You can buy ceramics and pottery. Try to find Chez Ali Baba shop. They give the best deal for shopping. More

A nice village like feel to it but quite developed and has lots of modern houses and shopping places More

A short trip from Goreme and well worth it. The tour at the ceramics manufacturing studio was amazing (and quite educational too). Leave room in your luggage because you are going to want to buy as much as you can. More

Our tour guide Aisha, took us to a pottery center in Avanos, they showed us the technique and then I volunteered to make a vase, which I thought it was simple and easy, they gave me special pants to wear and they told me to sit down and repeat the moves that i have seen, but to my surprise I... More

the guide took us to a friend's pottery place and it was amazing! gorgeous work. More

We found nice restaurants, bakeries, and affordable kepob places downtown without the help of a guidebook or a website. You'll require little guidance to navigate this town. The food selection is not as wide as that which you'll find in Göreme, but restaurants in Avanos offer larger portions, interesting tastes, and good value. More

Caught the bus from Goreme only takes about twentyfive minutes and costs approx two and half TL.Went to quite a few pottery caves some very lovely items could have spent a fortune. More

Great little town about 8 kilometers away from Gerome. Fantastic for pottery and rugs. Would recommend this town to anyone traveling to cappadocia. Enjoy! More