Town of ancient Cappadocia

Moutalaske

Moutalaske was a town of ancient Cappadocia, inhabited in Byzantine times.

Every way there

Nevşehir → Moutalaske
5022 km · quickest by air, 16h 2m · ₺18,110–28,060
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Tarsus → Moutalaske
4922 km · quickest by air, 13h 35m · ₺17,690–27,420
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Ankara → Moutalaske
4988 km · quickest by air, 16h 1m · ₺18,170–28,150
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The field note

What is in and around Moutalaske, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Moutalaske has

YScheduled flightsKayseri (ASR), 11 km
NTrains and coachesno timetable feed known for this country
NFerriesno crossing within 25 km
YDriving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
NBike and scooter shareno share feed known
NCruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Kayseri, 8 km.

38.707°, 35.402°

It was the birthplace of both Saint Sabas (439) and Saint Meletios. The former, during a visit to emperor Anastasios I in Constantinople, sent money back to his home village in Moutalaske to fund the construction of a church dedicated to the Saints Cosmas and Damian.

How locals move

Getting around Moutalaske the local way

Get inThey continue east to Sivas (another 4 hours) then diverge: via Malatya and Elazığ to Tatvan (Vangölü Ekspresi), with dolmus connections to Van, for the train to Tabriz and Tehran.

From Wikivoyage: Kayseri, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.