Çat Valley

A peaceful landscape to fall in love with : Çat Valley

Çat Valley, one of Cappadocia's most important settlements and home to the oldests civilizations known in history, and also known as Tearsos, offers a complete visual feast with fairy chimneys shaped by the winds, underground cities, more than 3000 pigeon houses, churches, and monasteries carved into the rocks.

You can begin your journey in Çat Town, the new modern traveler's route, and walk through the "U" shaped route from the Fırrnasma Valley to the Açıksaray ruins, discover the region's geological structure and vegetation. Çat Valley, where the pigeon decorations are most intense, is one of the most untouched and beautiful areas of the region, and its walk is accompanied by fairies with different features than you have seen before, while another feature that will make your walk different may be the famous pot beans of Çat, which are served in village houses…

On the walking route, you can see the Aşıksaray ruins, and at the end of the trip, you can visit St. Jean Church which will meet you in Gülşehir and Gülşehir Karazevir Mosque.