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Main Entrance to Ihlara Valley – Ihlara Valley loop from Selime

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Main Entrance to Ihlara Valley – Ihlara Valley loop from Selime

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4.8

(13)

124

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Main Entrance to Ihlara Valley – Ihlara Valley loop from Selime

06:20

22.7km

410m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 19, 2026

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Ihlara Özel Çevre Koruma Bölgesi

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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3.23 km

Ancient Cave Dwellings in Ihlara Valley

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As soon as you have left the tourist-crowded section to Belisirma, a wide, impressive valley opens up with cave dwellings and chapels that can be explored

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6.41 km

View of Belisirma

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Roadside parking with views of Belisirma and the Ihlara Valley.

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12.1 km

Main Entrance to Ihlara Valley

Highlight • Gorge

After paying the entrance fee, you go down the steps into the valley. You can stock up on drinking water at the kiosks in the car park. The entrance fee …

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13.5 km

Rustic Wooden Bridge Over the Stream

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There are various bridge structures across the river along the entire route, making it easy to cross between the banks.

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13.9 km

Wooden Log Bridge

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Of course there are also real bridges over the creek.

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14.4 km

Church Under the Tree

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Church with beautiful frescoes.

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14.5 km

Ihlara Valley

Highlight • Gorge

A deeply cut gorge in Capadocia with many old Christian churches hewn in the field,

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14.8 km

Snake Church

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Very nicely preserved cave church in the Ihlara Gorge

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22.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.4 km

5.42 km

5.31 km

1.55 km

Surfaces

9.59 km

5.42 km

3.43 km

2.41 km

1.57 km

286 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,310 m)

Lowest point (1,140 m)

Weather

Sunday 28 June

29°C

13°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 17.0 km/h

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Comments

June 21, 2024,Day 76: Wanderung durch die Ihlaraschlucht - Felsenkirchen, Einsamkeit, endlich wieder grün, vor allem aber: zwei Hunde ziehen mir den Stecker

Day 76: Yesterday evening, I made friends with two dogs that were wandering around my tent by the river. They lay next to my tent the entire night—a somewhat restless one because of the frogs' hooting. In the morning, they romp around me while I take down the tent, make coffee, and pack up. When I locked my bike and …

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April 6, 2023,Ihlara-Schlucht

Entry for the gorge: 200 TL 🙁
At 7:30 in the morning nobody was there to collect 🙂

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Wooden Log Bridge

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