[1] Its adjacent provinces are Kırşehir to the northwest, Aksaray to the southwest, Niğde to the south, Kayseri to the southeast, and Yozgat to the northeast.

This province is notable for the fairy chimneys of Göreme, the Ortahisar (middle fortress), a number of old churches from the Byzantine period.

An approximately 5,000-year-old three-story underground town which referred as "Gir-Gör" (Enter and See) by locals was revealed in Avanos in 2019.

The five-kilometer-long city consisted of three floors, homes, tunnels, places of worship and a small human figurine.

The race tours 244 km (152 mi) in six days through several historic places across Cappadocia reaching out to Lake Tuz.