Uchisar Castle
Uçhisar, 5 kilometers away from Nevşehir center, is the biggest and most beautiful fairy chimney seen from all over Cappadocia. The summit of the castle is the only place where Cappadocia can be seen from a bird's eye view. All the valleys from Güvercinlik Valley to Avanos, Ortahisar Castle, Göreme Town, Göreme Open Air Museum, Kılıçlar Valley, Kızılçukur, Güllüdere, Çavuşin, Boztepe, Aktepe, Avanos, that is, all Cappadocia are under your feet.
There are many carved pottery, carved tombs and large cisterns at the summit of the castle. Looking north from the castle, the Walnut fairy chimneys, Nevşehir and Oylu Mountains in the west, the new Uçhisar just in front of the castle and the summit of Hasan Mountain in the southwest can be seen.
The only place where Erciyes and Hasan Mountains can be seen together is Uçhisar Castle. Uchisar Castle is the place where the creator of Mount Erciyes, that is, the Cappadocia Region, is best seen. Since the Roman period, many rooms, houses, shelters, warehouses, cisterns, tombs and cellars have been carved into it and it has been an important defense point against Arab raids.
