Göreme or Uçhisar: where to stay, side by side
Göreme and Uçhisar are about 6 min apart by car (road route on OpenStreetMap data; © OpenStreetMap contributors).
Which suits your trip
Our editors’ view, by kind of trip, from the ministry’s descriptions and the table below; none of it is a score.
- A first visit: Göreme. The planner bases your stay there unless you choose another town, and the ministry describes it as the centre of Cappadocia.
- Without a car: Göreme, whose bus station is in the town itself; the table shows what lies under a kilometre from each centre.
- Beside a castle: Uçhisar, with Uçhisar Castle in the town and Göreme a short drive away.
Side by side
Göreme and Uçhisar from our records
| Göreme | Uçhisar | |
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| Between the two, by car | about 6 min | |
| From Nevşehir Kapadokya Airport (NAV) | about 38 min | about 34 min |
| From Kayseri Airport (ASR) | about 1 h 8 min | about 1 h 9 min |
| Under a kilometre from the centre | Göreme Sunset Point (Lovers' Hill), Zemi Valley walk, Pigeon Valley walk (Güvercinlik) | Uçhisar Castle |
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| The planner’s base | Yes, unless you choose another town | Yes, if you choose it |
Can you see the balloons from either?
We have not checked from either town on site, so we promise no view from one or the other. Balloons take off from different places from one morning to the next, depending on the wind, and fly only on mornings cleared under SHGM rules.
Each town in full
Plan your days from either
Each link opens the planner with that town as your base: you choose your dates, and can change the town before you plan.