Zelve Village

Passing Çavusin through Urgup, find Zelve, a small town famous above all for having its own Open Air Museum, a little smaller than that of Göreme. Zelve was a monastic retreat between the ninth and twelfth centuries, inhabited until 1952. In that year it was decided that, due to collapses, the place was too dangerous to live in and villagers were relocated a few miles away in New Zelve. The place is, therefore, uninhabited, but is a good place to recharge your batteries in one of the teahouses and there is outdoor parking at the Open Air Museum. In addition to tea shops, the craft stalls are very interesting and the alkanes are especially nice as not many tourists come from other sites of Cappadocia.