Güzelyurt Monastery Valley
Güzelyurt Monastery Valley
2.0km
Total Distance
76m
Elevation Gain
Trail description
A 2 km walk of about 80 m of climbing in the Monastery Valley at Guzelyurt, a town at 1,485 m in Aksaray Province near the Ihlara Valley. Formerly Gelveri, the town had a large Cappadocian Greek population until the 1924 population exchange. Gregory of Nazianzus lived in the area.