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Be Careful of Camel Service In Front of the Museum After exiting Goreme National Park, my sister and I were attracted with cute camels sitting in front of the parking lots. We asked for a price casually. The guys there who we talked to inform two options of camel experience: to go for one round camel ride and to take a picture stand still with a camel. We did not even decide, discussing what option we wanted. All of the sudden, the guys approached me from the back and lifted me up without my permission, putting me on top of the camel (I was wearing a super short skirt and everyone can see my panties inside). I was screaming. Another guy lifted my sister up to another camel right beside me. The guys pulled camels for a walk. They asked for my phone to take pictures for 2 mins. It was very forceful and we both had to end up paying money for both ride and picture. THIS IS A SCAM. And it left us with a horrifying feeling after visiting Goreme museum. I wish this service is being taken down because not only it scams tourist on a regular basis, the camels there are very old, unhappy, aggressive and treated poorly. This service gives me the wrong impression of Turkish people and I think the government should take time and examine this because the service is right in front of the national museum and innumerably levies so...

This review is both in english and turkish. Turkce degerlendirmem asagidadir.

English: Wow.. This was beyond my expectations. Beautiful rock formations and small churches, living places carved into those. Some of the churches still has beautiful frescos intact and some of them is lost due to some vandalisms and aging. Taking photos of the churches even without flash is forbidden except a very few of them. This is not a must see place this is the See or Dont even come to cappadocia place in my opinion :D It closes at 19:00 and the tickets are available til 18:00 pm. The pricing differs but usually the admission fee is 45 turkish lira but you can purchase a full day museum pass for around 70 lira and visit all the museums in the area.

Turkish: Gercekten kapadokyanin gidilip gorulmesi gereken harika bir yeri peri bacalaranin icine oyulmus kiliseler ve yasam yerlerinden olusan doga harikasi ve sanat harikasi diyebilecegim bir yer verdiginiz parayi hakediyor gezmeniz yaklasik 45 dakikanizi alir durup resim cekinirseniz 1 bucuk saati bulur :). Gercekten mutlaka ugrayin Bilet gisesi aksam 6 da kapaniyor giris ise 7 de bitiyor. Fiyatlar 45 lira ancak muze kart alirsaniz ogrenci 30 tam da 70 lira ve kapadokyada ve tum turkiyede bir sene boyunca tum muzeler ucretsiz (kultur...

Goreme Open Air Museum is justly renowned for its amazing cave churches and homes. The cave churches are marvelous beyond words: carved out of the rocky cliffsides of Goreme and complete in many cases with naves, apses, baptismals and burial rooms. Columns and arched ceilings are all carved from native rock. Many of the churches contain marvelous frescoes which have been restored but not repainted--or so the guides say. Some of the burial vaults still contain bones.

Be sure to pay the extra charge to visit the Dark Church and be sure to keep your entry ticket so that you can visit the church outside the gates and down the hill on the opposite side from the museum. We were told to make sure to visit the church outside of the museum by a guard at the Dark Church, who said it was the "number one" church in Goreme. I think he was right....

Unfortunately, the museum was awfully crowded in late May. Think about going later in the afternoon when the tour buses have left. Also, no pictures are allowed in most of the buildings. Finally, the number of people taking vanity pictures in front of the buildings...