Özkonak Underground City

Nevşehir Province · Turkey

Özkonak Underground City, Turkey
Photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
Spring and autumn
Budget
$
Accessibility
not-accessible
Coordinates
Open in maps

This lesser-known underground refuge near Avanos was carved into volcanic rock with tunnels, wells and ventilation shafts. Its defenders used sliding stone doors and holes for pouring hot oil on intruders.

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