Day 1
With an early pick-up from your hotel
around 05:00am , we will transfer you to Istanbul or Sabiha Gokcen
Airport and have the flight
to Cappadocia. Our driver will meet
you at the airport and drive you to our office.
After some refreshment in our office,
you will start touring in magical Cappadocia with the most important place in
Cappadocia Region: Goreme Open Air Museum. The
museum is listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site since
1985. You will see the best-preserved rock-cut churches in the area. The next
visit will be in Cavusin where there were Greek and Turkish people living
together until 1924.
You will see an old Greek and Turkish Village which was inhabited until 1950’s
and then moved by the government to a new place because of the falling rocks
from the village. We will visit Pasabag (Monks Valley) which is also known as
mushroom-shaped fairy chimneys. The fairy-chimneys in Pasabag are
the best-protected ones in
the area and it gives the best idea about the formation of a fairy-chimney.
We will have our lunch at a
local restaurant in Avanos. After lunch, we
will have the kick-wheel pottery demo which is an art for about 4000 years. Starting with
the Hittites, this art became the most important cultural heritage of the town.
The next stop will be Kaymakli Underground City after driving about 30 minutes which is one of the UNESCO World Heritage
Sites in Cappadocia. After experiencing the life in underground, we will drive
you to Pigeon Valley to see Uchisar Castle and the valley from a panoramic
point. The tour will end around 5:00pm and we will drive you back to your hotel. Overnight
accommodation in Goreme.
Day 2
Optional Hot Air Balloon Flight in the early
morning can be a good start the day with sunrise.
This morning will start at 09:30 with
a pick-up from your hotel in Goreme and drive about 5 minutes to the Goreme
Panorama Point to see Goreme Town and valleys of Cappadocia from
a higher point. Our guide will give you information about the history and
geography of the region. The next visit will be after 40
minutes drive in Derinkuyu Underground City which
is the deepest one in Cappadocia region. The underground city has all the
amenities of a classical underground city, but in this one, you will reach
60 meters below the ground.
We will then visit one of the
most spectacular canyons in Turkey: Ihlara
Gorge. 3
km hike will be one of the highlights of our tour. We will
hike through the canyon for about 1
hour along the river,
passing by Byzantine rock-cut churches decorated
with frescoes. We end the hiking portion of the tour near Belisirma
village, where we will have lunch
in a quaint riverside restaurant.
After lunch, we will drive
about 15 minutes to climb up to Selime Monastery which
is the biggest one in the region. We will see the monastery, kitchen, catedral
and church sections after climbing there. Then, we will drive about 1,5 hours
to get back to Uchisar area to see the traditional stone art demonstration and Pigeon
Valley at the same place. The tour will end around 5:00pm and
we will drive you back to the airport for the flight back to Istanbul. After
you land at the airport, our driver will meet you there and drive you to your hotel in Istanbul.
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