Özkonak Underground City

Özkonak Yeraltı Şehri

An underground refuge of tunnels, rooms and rolling stone doors north of Avanos — smaller and usually quieter than Derinkuyu and Kaymaklı.

Closed now Opens tomorrow at 08:00

Ticket €6

Visit ~30–45 min

Museum Pass

Build a day-by-day plan with closing-day warnings and ticket totals.

What to see

Like the better-known underground cities, Özkonak was dug into the soft tuff as a hiding place; its levels are linked by narrow passages, with ventilation shafts, storage rooms and millstone doors that could be rolled across corridors. Small holes between floors are thought to have been used for communication.

Allow 30–45 minutes. Passages are low and narrow — not for those uncomfortable in tight spaces.

It is a good choice when the southern underground cities are crowded with tour groups.

Getting there

In the small town of Özkonak, about 15 km north of Avanos; by car or dolmuş from Avanos.

Transport lines are general directions, not checked against the operator's timetable.

Open in OpenStreetMap See it on the Cappadocia map

Nearby

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Also in this area

Straight-line distances.

Where to stay nearby

Avanos has 36 places to stay licensed by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Ministry list, counted on ilçemde on 30 Sep 2026).

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Pharmacies on duty tonight in Avanos ↗ The list changes every day; on-duty pharmacies stay open when the others are closed.

About this page

Location: OpenStreetMap — Özkonak Yeralti Şehri (node/1628116735; Nominatim, 01.10.2026). Ticket, hours and closing days: only from the operator's own pages; anything we could not confirm there is marked “Not verified”. Last checked 30 Sep 2026.