Ayazini Attractions

Set in a delightful landscape 30km/20mi north of Afyon, the village of Ayazini has numerous rock dwellings, also an Early Christian church with cruciform domed rock basilica and tombs dating from antiquity and the Byzantine period; it is very reminiscent of the troglodyte villages of Cappadocia. The well-preserved church with its high central dome has barrel vaulting, an apsis visible from the outside, rows of columns, and a baptistry chapel. Ayazini used to be called Metropolis and was for a time a bishopric.