Köse Pension

Göreme


Ably managed by Ahmet and long-term staffer Yunus, this friendly backpacker favourite provides simple private rooms with bathroom, good-sized four-bed dorms and a spacious (summer-only) rooftop 12-bed dorm. The swimming pool is a bonus after a hot hike and they were about to open a garden-bar area when we were last in town.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Göreme attractions

1. Sunset View Hill

0.34 MILES

You get one of the best panoramas across Göreme by walking up the steep hill through alleyways to this wooden platform suspended on the edge of the cliff…

2. Zemi Valley

0.41 MILES

The trailhead off Müze Caddesi leads into the narrow gorge of Zemi Valley lined with tall poplar trees and sided by cliffs studded with pigeon houses. If…

4. Saklı Kilise

0.57 MILES

A yellow sign points the way off Müze Caddesi to the Saklı Kilise, only rediscovered in 1956. When you reach the top of the hill, follow the track to the…

5. El Nazar Kilise

0.62 MILES

Carved from a ubiquitous cone-like rock formation, the 10th-century El Nazar Kilise has been well restored with its snug interior a riot of colourful…

6. Buckle Church

0.87 MILES

The Buckle Church is 50m back down the hill towards Göreme and across the road from the main Open-Air Museum complex, but is covered by the same entrance…

7. Güllüdere (Rose) Valley

0.88 MILES

The trails that loop around Güllüdere Vadısı (Rose Valley) are easily accessible to all levels of walkers and provide some of the finest fairy-chimney…

8. Chapel of St Basil

0.9 MILES

Dedicated to Kayseri-born St Basil, this is the first church you come to inside the Göreme Open-Air Museum. The main room holds frescoes of St Basil (left…