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Keşlik Monastery

Keşlik Monastery outside Ürgüp is a sprawling cave monastery complex with two churches (St. Michael and St. Stephen), a large refectory hall, a sacred spring, and endless cave rooms. Located in an idyllic garden setting, this is the most expansive monastery in Cappadocia.

If you're driving south from Ürgüp or Mustafapaşa to Soğanlı you will drive past the hamlet of Cemil after which a signpost indicates the entrance to the Keşlik Monastery complex on the righthand side of the road.