Goreme Centre and Istanbul Cafe

Walked down from Open Air Museum through town. Goreme exists because of tourism with many activities at the outskirts of town, including horse riding, mountain biking, ATV rentals.

The town is very well serviced with restaurants and shops.

I chose a restaurant called Istanbul Cafe (and Nargile, but didn't partake) with a second floor terrace. Lunch was at 130 and will be the main and only meal with a bus at 3, flight at 6, another bus and getting to my hotel at 9, so decided a nice meal was in order. Place on the main street looked like a nice terrace on the second floor. Tried the local specialty Testi Kebabi Tavuk or pottery kebab chicken for 230TL and an Efes for 90TL. The dish is cooked in a conical clay pot they bring to the table and crack off the top and empty it on the plate. It was a very tasty stew of chicken, tomatoes and mushrooms.Read more