Places

3 places to discover in Cappadocia

All Castles Churches & Monasteries Historical Sites Museums Nature Open Air Museum Transport Underground Cities Valleys Viewpoints

Museums

Güray Ceramic Museum

Located inside an underground cave complex in Avanos, Güray houses one of the world's largest ceramic collections — 2,500+ years of Anatolian pottery alongside contemporary works by master potters. Unique as both a museum and an underground space.

VIEW DETAILS

Museums

Hacıbektaş Museum

This three-courtyard complex honours the 13th-century Alevi-Bektaşi philosopher Hacı Bektaş Veli. It contains a tekke, dervish chambers, a kitchen, and the saint's tomb. An important pilgrimage site for Alevis across Turkey.

VIEW DETAILS

Museums

Hair Museum of Avanos

One of Turkey's strangest attractions: a cave workshop in Avanos where the walls and ceiling are covered with tens of thousands of locks of hair donated by women from around the world. Bizarre, unforgettable, and surprisingly moving.

VIEW DETAILS