GÖREME
 
A few kilometres west of Ürgüp is the small town of Goreme. Here you can visit a monastic complex of rock churches and chapels covered with frescoes. Most of the chapels date from the 10th to the 13th Centuries. Among the most-visited are the Elmali Kilise (Church with an Apple),
Karanalik Kilise (Dark Church), Carikli Kilise (Church with Sandals) and Yilani Kilise (Church of Snakes). The town of Greme itself is set right in the middle of a valley of cones and fairy chimneys. Some of the cafes, restaurants and guest houses are carved into the rock.
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In open air museum of Göreme

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The man's monastery

 Göreme is taken under protection as an open air museum today. Its rock churches refrectories and houses indicate that Göreme has been a large monastic settlement since the ninth century.