How to get there  

Shuttle:  If you do not have a car, there are regular busses between Urgup and Ayvali village.

Urgup to Ayvali Village

Departure: 08:30am Arrival: 08:20am
Departure: 14:00pm Arrival: 14:20pm
Departure: 17:00pm Arrival: 18:00pm

Ayvali village to Urgup

Departure: 08:00am Arrival: 08:20am
Departure: 09:15pm Arrival: 15:00pm

Taxi: Available at any hour from our hotel ,  24 hours / 24 hours. 

Tourism: Ayvali Village is selected as the sample village of Cappadocia by Ministry of Tourism.There are two hotels in Ayvalı.One is Tale House and the other one is Gamirasu.. There is also a restaurant called Aravan Evi which serves traditional Cappadocian village home style cooking.

You may arrange horse riding, mountain biking, or sightseeing tours, and join in agricultural activities as well.

Historical Monuments & visits in Ayvali:

• Ayvali Cave church:  12th century cave church with frescoes.
• Haci Ismail Deresi Early Christian Byzantine cave churches with frescoes.
• Golgoli Hill cave town at the high top of the mountain with a built historical Orthodox church in the middle.
• 40 Gule underground settlement.
• Iceridere & Uludere valleys with pigeon houses, untouched hidden beauties with pigeon houses and orchards.
• Gomeda valley, a small outdoor museum with cave monastery and cave churches.
• Roman Tombs and underground city in Mazikoy.
• Old Greek houses in Mustafapasa.
• Goreme Open Air Museum, Underground Cities and Fairy Chimneys are 10 to 20 minutes driving distance from Ayvali.

Cave & Stone Houses: Some the cave and stone houses (so called because they are built out of volcanic rock cut of "tufa" layer) are still inhabited. You will be invited to visit and have a drink by the owners as part of the hospitality if you walk in the village.

Traditions: The village wedding takes 3 to 5 days and everyone in the village is invited, even the visitors. There is music, dancing and many delicious meals. Sometimes the marriages are arranged but these days the young girls and boys tell their parents whom they want and the parents arrange the wedding. The girls and the boys prepare a dowry for the marriage. Families in the village are large and keep close. Respect to the elderly and a love for children has always been alive . Hospitality is genuine.

Economy: Except for Gamirasu Hotel and Aravan Evi, inhabitants of the village are farmers. Apricots, potatoes and grapes are the major crops grown in Ayvali. Traditional rural life is in place. The women in the village still come with their pitchers to get their water from the communal fountain. Once every two days the communal “Stone Oven” across from the hotel Gamirasu is heated. If you accept a warm welcome, you are invited to taste the hot bread just coming out of the oven. They also make lace and do embroidery as well as design their scarves. Men are well-known in the area as good stone masons and go to work in other towns as well. After the opening of Gamirasu hotel, the village has been constantly developing.

Education: There is a primary school in the village for 8 years compulsory education. For high school, children go to Urgup. The closest universities are in Kayseri and Ankara .And in our village we have an library which is established with 3000 books by Ayşe Gaffaroğlu. Now she is trying  to established a computer room for chıldren in Ayvalı Village.