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Cappadocia


Our favourite Avanos ceramic workshop is a bit of a local secret. Twins Levent and Mehmet create quirky contemporary ceramics that often riff on Anatolian themes and motifs but are quite unlike anything else in town.

To find it, from Taş Köprü (Avanos' old stone bridge) walk west up Atatürk Caddesi until it forks with Çavuş Sokak. Head a couple of metres up Çavuş Sokak and on your right you'll see an unsigned building with an archway and a large decorated disc on the stone wall.


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1. Avanos Market

0.32 MILES

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2. Chez Galip Hair Museum

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3. Güray Ceramic Museum

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4. Paşabağı

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This small valley, halfway along the turn-off road to Zelve, has a three-headed rock formation and some of Cappadocia's most famous examples of basalt…

5. Çavuşin Kilisesi

3.12 MILES

Just off the highway on the northern edge of Çavuşin you'll find this church, accessed via a steep and rickety iron stairway. Cappadocia's first post…

6. Church of St John the Baptist

3.56 MILES

Right at the top of Çavuşin's village ruins rock outcrop is the Church of St John the Baptist, one of the oldest churches in Cappadocia. While the…

7. Çavuşin Old Village Ruins

3.58 MILES

Carved into Çavuşin's craggy cliff face is a labyrinthine complex of abandoned houses that you can wander through by climbing up the short cliff path that…

8. Tarihi Ev

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Mehmet Ali has thrown open the door of his old family home (which they moved out of in the 1970s) so that visitors can get a taste of what Cappadocian…