Ali Mountain Cistern Underground City and Ottoman Street
Moonday is located in the Talas district of Kayseri. Four minutes from our hotel by car, on Ali Mountain — a volcanic mountain 1,870 m high formed by the eruption of Mount Erciyes — you will find the Ali Mountain Cistern Underground City, and you reach Ali Saip Paşa Street, arranged as the Ottoman Street.
Some of the mansions on Ottoman Street serve as cafés, souvenir shops or art houses. The most interesting of these isMezar Art House . Their slogan is“One day you will surely come”
The Panaya Church was built in 1887 by Serasker Ali Saip Paşa, at the time of the Greek population exchange. In 1925 it was converted into a mosque and opened for worship. After its conversion, the Panaya Church took the name Yaman Dede Mosque..
Rock-Cut Sanctuary (Tol Church)
The entrance of the church, carved out of rock, consists of three sections with pointed arches. It is one of the oldest religious buildings in the Cappadocia region. The church was restored by the municipality in 2013 and opened to visitors.
Esma Hanım Tomb (Domed Monument)
It stands at the corner of Cemil Baba Cemetery, two minutes from our hotel by car. It was built in 1890 in the name of Esma Hanım, mother of Ali Saip Paşa. The octagonal structure is covered with an onion dome..
Erciyes University
In this international ranking, which includes 1,591 universities from 112 countries, our university placed in the 301–400 band, while in the national ranking it shared4. placewith Özyeğin University and Sakarya University. It is five minutes from our hotel by car.
Kayseri Ali Mountain Paragliding
Ali Mountain in Kayseri is among the most popular paragliding spots in Central Anatolia. This area, used as Kayseri’s paragliding site, lies within the Talas district, close to our hotel — three minutes by car.
Talas paraglidingoffers a delightful experience for those who want to try it.