Ortahisar is
situated on
Nevsehir
Urgup roadway
far with 6 km from
Urgup. Its most
pronounced structure
is the Castle of
Ortahisar situated
at a 86 m height
cave in the period
of Eti. The castle
has been used
strategically and
for accommodation.
At the outskirts of
the castle there are
available the
samples of the civil
architecture
characteristic to
Cappadocia.
Furthermore in the
stores of the rocks
cave in almost the
entire valley there
are stored the
agricultural
products grown in
the zone. It is an
attractive town with
its natural beauty
and historical
features. The valley
contending the
Kavak, Ibrahim Pasa
and Ortahisar
regions is reaching
to the Valley of
Damsa Rivers. The
places near to the
Damsa River of this
valley are named
Üzengi River. It is
a place with natural
features as mineral
water. In the middle
of Ortahisar there
is a castle as a
huge chimney rock.
The foreign peoples
also call this
castle as Chateau.
The inside parts are
caved. It has got
the rooms and
saloons. Moreover
around the town
there are many
churches. In
Ortahisar the housed
are raise step by
step to the castle.
The natural
beauties, the old
historic structures
and the interesting
citrus gardens near
to the
Goreme rock
stones provide that
the tourist to be
attracted here. In
the valley of
Ortahisar there are
very interesting
abbeys and churches.
These are Sarica
Church, Cambazli
Church, Tavsanli
Church, Balkan Rive
Churches, Hallac
River Abbey. The
Ethnography Museum
where the life of
Cappadocia is
described has been
opened at Ortahisar.
How
can you go:
You can go to
Ortahisar from
Nevsehir
province by roadway
15 km.
Nevsehir is 670
km. far from
Istanbul, 280
km. from
Ankara, 750 km.
from
Izmir.
