Derinkuyu Underground City

Derinkuyu Underground City

The Cappadocia region is home to 34 underground cities, and Derinkuyu is the deepest one. Its underground city reaches an impressive depth of sixty meters beneath the earth's surface and boasts all the usual sections found in other underground cities, including wineries, stables, storage areas, cellars, refectories, and churches.

Derinkuyu Underground City

Derinkuyu Underground City is notable for its unique second-level room used as a religious school during both wartime and peacetime. A tunnel of 100 meters in length leads from the third to the seventh levels where visitors can find a cross-shaped church, cemetery, water well, and ventilation shaft. While the underground city has seven levels, not all of them have been excavated. This remarkable city could have accommodated up to 5,000 to 8,000 people for up to one month at a time.

Derinkuyu Underground City is located 40 km away from the Goreme center, 50 km away from Urgup town, and 55 km away from Avanos town. If you plan to visit this place independently, you can take public buses departing from Goreme bus station. Firstly, you need to reach Nevsehir city center and then change buses to Derinkuyu town. It takes over an hour to get to the underground city by public transport. The same goes for guests staying in Urgup, Avanos, or Uchisar hotels; they need to reach Nevsehir city center and then catch another bus to the underground city. Entrance to the underground city costs 60 Turkish Lira per person, and the GPS coordinates are 38°22'22.7″N 34°44'01.5″E.

We offer Private Derinkuyu Underground City Tours for 90 Euro per person including professionally licensed English speaking guide, entrance ticket and transportation. We also have Small Group Green Tour Tour and Private Green Cappadocia Tour visiting Derinkuyu Underground City.