--- title: "Nevşehir – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Nevşehir, Turkey: Nevşehir is a city in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey. Nearby: Nevşehir Museum, Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University, Nevşehir…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nevsehir" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nevsehir.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Nevsehirpanorama.jpg/3840px-Nevsehirpanorama.jpg" --- Municipality in Turkey · Nevşehir Province # Nevşehir Nevşehir is a city in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey. ![Nevşehir](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Nevsehirpanorama.jpg/3840px-Nevsehirpanorama.jpg) Nevşehir · Wikimedia Commons The place Nevşehir is a city in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey. It is the seat of Nevşehir Province and Nevşehir District. Its population is 128,290 (2024). It is 290 km (180 mi) from the capital Ankara and lies within the historical region of Cappadocia. Nevşehir was declared a World Peace City by the United Nations. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nev%C5%9Fehir), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Nevşehir 3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Nevşehir Museum Nevşehir Museum is in Nevşehir, Turkey. Nevşehir is the provincial center in the region which is the Capadocia of the antiquity and known for its fairy chimneys. 1 km · museum in Nevşehir District · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nev%C5%9Fehir_Museum) 2. Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University, commonly referred to as Nevşehir University, is a public institute of higher education established in 2007 located in Nevşehir, Turkey. 6 km · state university in Nevşehir, Turkey · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nev%C5%9Fehir_Hac%C4%B1_Bekta%C5%9F_Veli_University) 3. Nevşehir Castle Nevşehir Castle is a historic castle in the city of Nevşehir, overlooking the underground city of Kayaşehir. It was a fortress for defensive, military purposes. 700 m · historic castle · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nev%C5%9Fehir_Castle) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. See ## What Wikivoyage says to see 1. Nevşehir Castle Hilltop citadel built by the Seljuks around 1100 AD, probably over an older Roman / Byzantine bastion. 2. Kayaşehir Rock City is a great labyrinth of underground chambers on castle hill, most exposed on the east slope and accessed by boardwalks from Kaya Mosque, but probably right around in areas not yet excavated. 3. Nevşehir Museum Depicts archeological, historic and ethnographic life of the region. 4. Nar is an old town quarter There's probably another underground city below which it's not feasible to excavate, but property owners have created small hotels and restaurants in the cellars. 5. Kaymaklı This has 4 underground floors open to visitors: the second level had a church, the third was the main living space, and the fourth had storage and metal-working shops. From [Wikivoyage: Nevşehir](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Nev%C5%9Fehir), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Do ## Things to do Hamams - traditional Turkish baths - are within the Damati Ibrahim Pasa complex, open daily 07:00-23:00. Lunapark children's amusement park in town centre remains closed. From [Wikivoyage: Nevşehir](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Nev%C5%9Fehir), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Eat ## Where to eat Lots of small places along the main east-west street Atatürk Blv near its intersection with Lale Cd running north-south. From [Wikivoyage: Nevşehir](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Nev%C5%9Fehir), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to Nevşehir **Airports:** Nevşehir Kapadokya (NAV), 22 km · Kayseri Erkilet (ASR), 70 km · Çukurova (COV), 195 km\ - Kayseri → Nevşehir Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kayseri-to-nevsehir) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kayseri&to=Nev%C5%9Fehir) - Tarsus → Nevşehir Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/tarsus-to-nevsehir) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Tarsus&to=Nev%C5%9Fehir) - Konya → Nevşehir Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/konya-to-nevsehir) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Konya&to=Nev%C5%9Fehir) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Nev%C5%9Fehir) Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Nevşehir Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Nevşehir. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in is the street where the dolmuş from the bus terminal brings you. - Get around Kaymaklı and Derinkuyu are substantial villages along D765 to Niğde, so there should be a dolmuş running every 15 minutes. From [Wikivoyage: Nevşehir](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Nev%C5%9Fehir), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-05. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Kastellorizo](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kastellorizo) GR 8 ways of moving, 27 sources 530 km 2. [Abkhazia](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/abkhazia) GE 10 ways of moving, 23 sources 720 km 3. [Jvari and the Enguri valley](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/jvari) GE 10 ways of moving, 37 sources 767 km 4. [Gökçeada](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gokceada) TR 11 ways of moving, 39 sources 781 km 5. [Kutaisi](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kutaisi) GE 9 ways of moving, 41 sources 786 km If you know how people move in Nevşehir – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cnevsehir&title=Nev%C5%9Fehir&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fnevsehir), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Nevşehir - [Göre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gore) town municipality in Nevşehir, Turkey 4.1 km - [Nar](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nar) town municipality in Nevşehir, Turkey 1.6 km - [Nevşehir district](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nevsehir-district) district of Nevşehir, central Turkey 3.8 km [The place page for Nevşehir](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/nevsehir) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Turkey](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-TR) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nevsehir, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt