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Ihlara Valley
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- addGreen river canyon — a cool contrast
- addPleasant shaded walk
- addRock churches along the path
- removeLots of steps down and back
- removeA drive from Göreme
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Ihlara Valley is Cappadocia's great green escape, a roughly 14-kilometre canyon cut by the Melendiz river, its walls lined with shady poplars and dozens of rock-cut Byzantine churches still bearing frescoes. We picked it as the antidote to the dusty plateaus: cool, leafy and full of birdsong, with the river running beside the trail the whole way. The classic walk is the shorter middle stretch from Ihlara village down to Belisirma, a flat couple of hours past the most painted churches, with a riverside cafe to rest at. It's about an hour by car from Göreme, so pair it with Derinkuyu or Selime on a south-Cappadocia day.
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