"The Soganli Valleys - Get Away from the... " a Soganli Travel Page by mikelisaanna

The Soganli section of Cappadocia is one of the region's best-kept secrets. The two Soganli valleys (Upper Soganli and Lower Soganli) are located about 50 km south of Urgup and are visited by only a small fraction of the tourists that visit the better known areas of Cappadocia such as Goreme, Uchisar, Derinkuyu, and Urgup. However, if you make the effort to reach the Soganli valleys, you will be rewarded for your efforts. The valleys contain a number of abandoned cave churches and monasteries that you can explore on your own with no crowds to bother you. We explored the Upper Soganli Valley, which had five five cave churches that are open to the public, three of which are accessible from the road and two of which you reach via a short hike (about 1/2 km). The whole time were were there, we only saw about 10 people in total, and most of the time, we had the places to ourselves.

In between the two valleys is the small town of Soganli, which has a couple of places to eat and small shops that sell souvenirs, including the region's famous hand-made dolls. To access the valleys, you have to pay a small fee, which I think was around YTL 5 (about $4).