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Triplandio Cappadocia guide covers 10 travel guides across 28 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 40 self-guided walking tours in Cappadocia with 114 POI, spanning 154.5 km in total. Get inspired by 21 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
Cappadocia
City & Country Data Turkey (Cappadocia)
Key travel data for Cappadocia — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Turkey
Cost
HIGH
Safety
0
Health
64
Lifestyle
59
Infra
67
Rank
#58
Score
42
Tourists
16.0M/y
GDP/cap
$18.6k
Life Exp
77.4 yrs
Population
85.9M
Currency
TRY ₺
Language
Turkish
Payments
Cards OK
Emergency
112
💰 Prices in Cappadocia
Coffee
$9.00
Beer
$2.00
Lunch
$15.00
Groceries
$50.00/w
Taxi/km
$0.50
Transit
$0.50
Fuel
$0.50/l
Internet
$20.00/m
Salary
$500/m
Best time to visit Cappadocia (Turkey)
Now (July) avg: 23°C, mostly dry, full season — expect crowds. Best months to walk: Jul & Aug.
Live Temp
…
~Day / Night Temp
30°C / 15°C
Sunrise / Sunset
5:27 / 20:06
Local time
10:47
Best Months 
Jul & Aug
Jul & Aug
J
Jan
F
Feb
M
Mar
A
Apr
M
May
J
Jun
J
Jul
A
Aug
S
Sep
O
Oct
N
Nov
D
Dec
A
Aug
S
Sep
O
Oct
N
Nov
D
Dec
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Temperature
Average night-low temperature, month by month. Zero line marks freezing point.
Crowds
How busy it gets — traveller interest by month.
Rainfall
Rainy days to expect each month.
Sunshine
Hours of sun per day, by month.
Local Flavours of Cappadocia —
Explore recipes, history, our unique food flavour DNA graph and more.
Layers of filo pastry filled with nuts and sweetened with syrup. A hearty stew of white beans cooked in an earthenware pot. Vegetables or vine leaves stuffed with rice, herbs, and occasionally meat. Thick, sweet syrup made from boiled-down grape juice. A sweet bread made with grape molasses, representing the lush vineyards of Ürgüp. Savory stuffed flatbread with various fillings, such as spinach or cheese. A rich, creamy dairy product served with honey or jam. Fried lamb testicles served with spices and herbs A warm, hearty soup made from red lentils, vegetables, and spices. Tiny dumplings filled with spiced meat, often served with yogurt. Turkish style scrambled eggs with vegetables and spices. A sweet and tender pumpkin dessert cooked with sugar and nuts. Pastry filled with spinach and cheese, baked until golden A traditional dessert of apricots stuffed with nuts and whipped cream. Quinces stuffed with meat and spices, baked in the oven A unique pottery-cooked stew with meat and vegetables. A fermented wheat soup, flavored with mint and butter Sweet saffron rice dessert flavored with rose water. Slow-cooked white beans and vegetables in an earthenware pot.
Traditional Local Food
Cappadocia (Turkey)
Dessert
Vegetarian
Baklava
BAHK-lah-vah
Main course
Vegetarian
Clay Pot Beans
Çömlek Fasulyesi
CHOHM-lek fah-SOOL-yeh-see
Main course
Vegetarian
Dolma
DOLL-mah
Dessert
Vegan
Grape Molasses
Pekmez
PEK-mez
🥦
Bread
Vegetarian
Grape Molasses Bread
Ürgüp Köftesi
ERG-yuhp kuh-FEH-see
Street food
Vegetarian
Gözleme
GURZ-leh-meh
Snack
Vegetarian
Kaymak
KAI-mahk
🥩
Starter
Meat
Lamb Testicles Liver
Koç Yumurtası Ciğeri
Kohch yoo-moor-TAHS-uh djih-EHR-ih
Soup
Vegan
Lentil Soup
Mercimek Çorbası
MER-jeh-mek chor-BAH-suh
Main course
Meat
Manti
Mantı
MAHN-tuh
Main course
Vegetarian
Menemen
MEH-neh-mehn
Dessert
Vegetarian
Pumpkin Dessert
Kabak Tatlısı
kah-BAHK tah-tluh-SUH
Snack
Vegetarian
Spinach Borek
Ispanaklı Börek
is-pah-NAHK-lih BUR-reck
🥦
Dessert
Vegetarian
Stuffed Apricots
Kayısı Tatlısı
kah-yih-SU tah-tluh-SUH
Main course
Meat
Stuffed Quince
Ayva Dolması
AY-vah dol-MAH-suh
Main course
Meat
Testi Kebab
Testi Kebabı
TEHS-tee KEH-bah-buh
🥦
Soup
Vegetarian
Zelincik
ZEL-in-chick
Dessert
Vegan
Zerde
ZER-deh
🥦
Main course
Vegetarian
Çömlek Fasulye
CHOM-lek fah-SOOL-yeh
