Kaymakly is a large underground city located in Cappadocia. This is a complex multi-storey system of tunnels and rooms, equipped with ventilation and wells with water. Some rooms acted as kitchens, warehouses in which large stocks of food, wine cellars, pottery, stables and other utility rooms could be stored - in the caves there was even a chapel. If necessary, the city could simultaneously accommodate up to fifteen thousand people.
In Kaymakly there is a 9 km long tunnel leading to one more underground city, Derinkuyu. At the moment, archaeologists have excavated eight floors, but only the top four are open for visits.
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How to get to Kaymakly
By bus
From Nevsehir to Kaimakli there are buses every day - every half hour on weekdays and a little less on weekends. When you arrive, the city will be on the left side of the direction of your bus. It's okay if you suddenly get lost, any passer-by will be able to tell you the direction if you ask where the "Yeralti Sehri" is located.
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By car
If you decide to go to Kaimakli by car, you need to go along the Nigde - Nevsehir highway to the signpost "Yeralti Sehri", behind which the city is located
Hotels and restaurants Kaymakly
Unfortunately, there is not a single hotel in the vicinity of the city, so if you want to dedicate Kaimakli more than one day, you will have to stay in one of the neighboring cities, for example, in Goreme or in Nevsehir.
The restaurants will also have to be postponed until they arrive in one of the nearest neighboring cities, because that everything you can find in Kaimakli is a couple of fast food cafe near the entrance.
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Sightseeing and sightseeing Kaymakly
The entrance to the underground city is open daily, from eight in the morning until half-past five in the period from March to September, and from October to February - from eight to five. The entrance ticket costs 15 lire
Even if you prefer to see the sights yourself, in Kaimakli we recommend that you use the guide services for several reasons .Firstly, although there is a direction indicating arrows, nevertheless, it is a city that was built with the expectation that the inhabitants were as hard to find as possible . Of course, it is unlikely that you will get lost, but it is likely that the right one the way to find can not immediately . Moreover, there are no staircases between floors, as in ordinary houses - one room goes to another, gradually going down, so you can not always be sure at what level you are . Secondly, the pointers are fairly simple, they are not given any explanation regarding the about what you see . You will get much more pleasure from visiting the city if you have a person familiar with the history of Kaymakly who will be able to tell you exactly how the premises and objects that you are inspecting were used . And, finally, although visiting such a place can not be uninteresting in any way, visitors say that being there alone is a little uncomfortable .
On the first, top floor, there were stables. But, since there are not so many places, the horses were probably kept in other places too. At the very entrance, pay attention to the stone disk, which was used to seal the dungeons. The rooms to the right of the entrance were probably residential before.
The aisle to the left leads to the church with the nave and two aspids and takes you to the second level. In front of the aspid is a font, next to it - another stone-sealed passage and a cemetery. In addition, some living quarters were also located here
At the third level are the premises used for storing wine and oil. If you take a closer look, you can see there splinters of dishes on the floor in wine cellars. Also worth mentioning is the nearby kitchen. The fourth floor was used for storage facilities and other kitchens