Zemi Valley
Zemi Valley
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LastMinuteLarry
446 contributions
May 2024 • Couples
Zemi Valley is easily accessible for Goreme, around 20-30 minutes walk from town. Plenty of fairy chimneys in various stages of development, some lower level caves are accessible for the more adventurous walker. There is also a small rock church Nazar Kiliseli with nice frescos, but there is a small entry fee about 110 TL, it is well sign posted.
Written 28 May 2024
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KWH70
Toronto, Canada235 contributions
Mar 2013 • Solo
Let me start with a bit odd a rant. If you go to Cappadocia, please come for enough time that you can actually walk some valleys, instead of driving everywhere. The walk is the thing. It's like driving to Machu Picchu instead of hiking the Inca trail and seeing the sun rise over the ruins.
OK, back to the review. This is a great 3 hour hike (if you're in average shape) when combined with Pigeon Valley and the White Valley. It's about 8 kms combining the three, mostly uphill if you leave from Goreme in the south, do Pigeon, then connect with White and Love.
This review will discuss White and Love together, since they are two ends of the same valley. Otherwise, you can drive all three way to the main scenic point of Love valley in about 5 minutes from downtown Goreme. Doing White/Love from south to north means a bit of a treacherous decent and you'll surely lose the trail, but don't be disinclined - it's a valley, so you can't get to lost. The south end, White, is, well, very bleached monuments. What's nice is although it's almost beside Goreme, no sound of the town reaches the bottom of the valley. Peace. At no particular point, White turns into Love, with the - er - interesting formations, that we can refer to as lopsided mushrooms - yeah, that's it. Mushrooms.
In the middle of this peace, you'll suddenly come upon minivans full of gawkers. From then on, its about 10 minutes to the road, and about 2 kms along the road back to Goreme. White/Love combo is about 4 kms. There will be a reasonably steep climb if you did it north to south.
Expect to lose the trail more than a few times. If you can, get your hands on an 'Andromeda' walking map (one page flyer at some hotels) - it's the best map I've found of the area (there aren't many).
Right before you descend into White valley (doing south-to-north route) there's a vendor with orange juice and water of you need it.
OK, back to the review. This is a great 3 hour hike (if you're in average shape) when combined with Pigeon Valley and the White Valley. It's about 8 kms combining the three, mostly uphill if you leave from Goreme in the south, do Pigeon, then connect with White and Love.
This review will discuss White and Love together, since they are two ends of the same valley. Otherwise, you can drive all three way to the main scenic point of Love valley in about 5 minutes from downtown Goreme. Doing White/Love from south to north means a bit of a treacherous decent and you'll surely lose the trail, but don't be disinclined - it's a valley, so you can't get to lost. The south end, White, is, well, very bleached monuments. What's nice is although it's almost beside Goreme, no sound of the town reaches the bottom of the valley. Peace. At no particular point, White turns into Love, with the - er - interesting formations, that we can refer to as lopsided mushrooms - yeah, that's it. Mushrooms.
In the middle of this peace, you'll suddenly come upon minivans full of gawkers. From then on, its about 10 minutes to the road, and about 2 kms along the road back to Goreme. White/Love combo is about 4 kms. There will be a reasonably steep climb if you did it north to south.
Expect to lose the trail more than a few times. If you can, get your hands on an 'Andromeda' walking map (one page flyer at some hotels) - it's the best map I've found of the area (there aren't many).
Right before you descend into White valley (doing south-to-north route) there's a vendor with orange juice and water of you need it.
Written 21 March 2013
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Brigitte K
Chur, Switzerland430 contributions
Aug 2013 • Couples
One of the great hiking tours from Göreme to Uchisar. The valley is lush with fruit trees, wine and greens, contrasting impressively with the mountain wasteland and wonderful rock scultpures. It's one of the wilder vallies in the area. Bus tourists don't come here. You will have your peace an quiet while enjoying the nature. A hint: If you walk from Göreme to Uchisar (valley upwards), there will be a cross-way at some point. Make sure to follow the trail to your right! The one on the left leads to nowhere. It takes 10 minutes until you will recover that, though.
Written 9 September 2013
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imi138
London174 contributions
Mar 2013 • Couples
This valley has some very unique and interesting rock formations, that are definitely worth seeing. The valley is 30-40 mins walk from Goreme, so it is advisable to go by car/bike/scooter. However, once you are there the hike is not difficult. If you do not wish to hike the whole valley, most of the phallic rock formations are towards the beginning of the trail if you enter from the road between Goreme and Cavusin
Directions to the valley:
From Goreme, drive along the road towards Cavusin/Avanos. You'll eventually see a fork to the left towards Nevsehir (there's also an easy to miss "LV" marking). Take the fork left you will soon see the entrance to Love Valley on the left, again marked with an LV.
Directions to the valley:
From Goreme, drive along the road towards Cavusin/Avanos. You'll eventually see a fork to the left towards Nevsehir (there's also an easy to miss "LV" marking). Take the fork left you will soon see the entrance to Love Valley on the left, again marked with an LV.
Written 3 April 2013
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Mohammed S
Dubai, United Arab Emirates80 contributions
Dec 2012 • Family
Amazing how everything looks like the peni*s,and it's a Muslim country so everything looks circumcised...hahaha...
Written 15 December 2012
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MnYaDvOfMgN
San Luis Obispo, CA22 contributions
Dec 2011 • Friends
Take a horse back riding trip all the way to love valley. You pass through rose valley and head toward Love Valley. You'll see lots of neat formations, and depending on the time of day that you go, coudl witness an amazing sunrise or sunset from one of the highest points in love valley. to hike from Goreme, it's about 5 miles. And a very easy hike!
Written 25 January 2012
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Salman K
London, UK8 contributions
Aug 2013 • Couples
it took about 3 hours to travel around valley, you should take some water, I picked some apricots and grapes from gardens its free there Yumm yumm organic fruits and nice people :)
Written 23 April 2014
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HenryOnly
Jakarta, Indonesia207 contributions
Dec 2012 • Family
The Love Valley got its name because the volcanic rock formation was naturally eroded to shape like...*ahem* men's privates.
We went to this place only by hot air ballooning, and it was an amazing sight to see the unique rock formations. It was winter so the weather was very cold, close to 0 degrees celsius. When we were there, we hardly saw any tourists, because you can only go here by jeep or ATV, so my suggestion is if you have more time to spend in Cappadocia, the love valley is definitely worth to explore on foot and since there will be most likely very few or no other travellers there, it will be peaceful and quiet. Great spot to take some great photos.
We went to this place only by hot air ballooning, and it was an amazing sight to see the unique rock formations. It was winter so the weather was very cold, close to 0 degrees celsius. When we were there, we hardly saw any tourists, because you can only go here by jeep or ATV, so my suggestion is if you have more time to spend in Cappadocia, the love valley is definitely worth to explore on foot and since there will be most likely very few or no other travellers there, it will be peaceful and quiet. Great spot to take some great photos.
Written 7 January 2013
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Francis P
Los Angeles, CA38 contributions
Nov 2012 • Solo
you have to visit this place especially if you like photography. I hired a private photo tour through Heritage travel and took me to this part of the love valley where there were no tourist at all. Amazing experience!
Written 5 December 2012
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Marwa E
Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt143 contributions
Aug 2012 • Friends
hiking the love valley was indescribable. it was beautiful, i have never seen such scenery. the greenery and the beautifully formed rocks increased the beauty of the the landscape. it's really enjoyable, one shouldn't miss it as the scenery gets better and better as you keep on going on.
Written 16 September 2012
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Written 22 July 2018
Hi imi138 and others,
Our guidebook talks about Zemi (love) Valley being less touristy... If we follow imi's irections to get there by car... does anyone recall if there is spot to park the car. How far do we have to hike before we see the pillar like rock formations. We only have 2 days so may not be able to do the full hike.
Thanks in advance for your assistance.
Josephine
Written 14 March 2016
Hi Josephine,
imi138 is writing about the Love Valley in the Zemi Valley section. Zemi Valley's lower entrance is between Goreme and the Open Air Museum. It is a very nice valley with some not so easy to walk parts and 5.6 km from one end to the other. Definitely worth a walk with nice rock formations, but if you are tight on time you would probably want to skip it as you would need transport back or walk a complete loop back to Goreme. It would take you almost a whole day.
On the other hand if you are referring to Love Valley that you want to visit, imi138's description to reach the valley is correct. With your own transport you can drive quite close and it will be a maximum of 5 minutes walk to see the pinnacles. There is no official parking there and not much space either, but it is usually not so busy, so well worth driving as close as you can get to save time.
There is also a very nice view point overlooking the Love Valley that can be easily reached by car. It is on the road if you continue to drive towards Nevsehir. You will have to turn left after around 1-2km and drive all the way to the edge of the valley. When we were there it was not sign posted, but you can't miss it as the road or rather path is frequently used.
I hope my explanation is of use to you.
Regards,
Juergen
Written 15 March 2016
Buona sera, ho visto le vostre recensioni su questa valle che sembra essere molto bella ma non riesco a trovarla sulla mappa.Sapete indicarmi dov'è?Vicino Goreme? Se si,ci si può andare a piedi o occorre utilizzare dei mezzi o se distante fare un tour di un giorno?Grazie
Written 9 February 2015
MaryTizi
Turin, Italy
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Valle di Zemi = Love Valley
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Written 10 February 2015
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