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Kukla Kebab, a diplomat's favorite outside the Foreign Ministry in Ankara, does a credible version, but really, one should only eat it here.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11497 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11496
It is situated inside the northern wall of the Spice Bazaar, and is entered via a stone stairway just inside the gate.

Remarkably quiet, decorated with lovely Iznik tiles, Pandeli is famous for its vegetables, and though it is always said that the food is not as good as it was in its fabulous heyday, one can still find subtle evocations of Ottoman cuisine.

Sample the meze, try the hünkar beğendi. A wonderfully civilised place in which to pass part of an afternoon.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11496 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11472
There are a very few hotels, but the local food is good. A pideci on the way out of town on the Nevşehir road makes some of the best pizza I've had anywhere, and provides an ideal lunch.

North of town there is a ceremonial hill commanding a fine view of the volcano Mt. Erciyes and the steppes east.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11472 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11471 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11471