"Local and foreign tourists stop by Üçlerkayası village when they see the rock settlements on the way while visiting these areas. The number of tourists coming to our village is increasing day by day," he said.
Aziz Ahmet Özdemir, who runs a restaurant and boutique hotel in the village, said there is a large number of European visitors coming to the region.
"Natural habitats, villages and historical places top people's lists due to the [coronavirus] pandemic," Özdemir said.
Inscribed tentatively on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the Phrygia Valley spreads across the capital Ankara and central Eskişehir as well as its neighbors in the Aegean region, Kütahya and Afyonkarahisar.
According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Phrygia is a civilization that existed in 800 B.C. and dominated central Anatolia from the Mediterranean Sea to the south and Black Sea to the north.
