5 Days Istanbul - Cappadocia

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Day 1 Arrival & Hotel Check-in
2 stops
1
Istanbul Airport
Welcome to Turkey! Upon your arrival at Istanbul Airport, take the next flight to Kayseri or Nevsehir (locations of the two main airports of Cappadocia).
1 day • Admission ticket free
2
Cappadocia Tours
When you arrive at the airport in Cappadocia, you will meet our driver at the gate exit. From there, you will be transferred to your cave hotel.
8 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Day 2 Cappadocia Region (Private Cappadocia Region Tour)
7 stops
3
Devrent Valley
Day 2 will begin with an exploration of Cappadocia with Devrent Valley (also known as Imagination Valley), where we will see the different types of Fairy Chimney formations, which formed almost 30 million years ago.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
4
Avanos Oren Yeri
This trip offers the opportunity to stop by a local pottery shop, where details are shared of how people survived and created beautiful art dating back to the Hittite period.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
5
Goreme National Park
The stop at Goreme Open Air Museum allows you to discover some of the best cave churches of the 530 in Cappadocia.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
6
Cappadocia Cave Dwellings
You will see wonderful view of Cave Dwellings
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
7
Uchisar Castle
We will stop at Uchisar Castle and Pigeon Valley, two of the best spots for photography and photo opportunities in the world.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
8
Pigeon Valley
Pause for a photo break at Pigeon Valley.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
9
Goreme Panorama
Beautiful view of Cappadocia. We will return to our hotel.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 3
Day 3 Cappadocia Region & Flight to Istanbul (Private Cappadocia Region Tour & Istanbul)
4 stops
10
Zelve Open Air Museum
Zelve Open Air Museum which is one of the oldest settlement of Cappadocia and one of the three UNESCO sites in the national park
2 hours • Admission ticket free
11
Pasabag
We will then stop in Pasabag, where we will see the most interesting fairy chimneys, resembling those seen in the Hobbit and Smurfs.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
12
Kaymakli Underground City
We will take a 40-minute drive to see Kaymaklı Underground City, where some of the earliest Christians of Cappadocia stayed temporarily to avoid persecution and invasions.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
13
Kayseri Erkilet Airport (ASR)
Transfer to Kayseri or Nevşehir Airport. After the last visit in Cappadocia we are going to fly to Istanbul to complete our 5 days of programme in Turkey.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 4
Day 4 Istanbul (Walking Tour)
5 stops
14
Hippodrome
We will begin our walking tour with the Roman Hippodrome, which dates back to the 2nd century A.D. At this site, you will have the opportunity to see German Fountain, Obelisk of the Tuthmosis the 3rd, Serpent Column, and the Roman Obelisk.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
15
Blue Mosque
Later, we will visit the Blue Mosque, which was built in 1616 by the Ottoman Sultan Ahmet I.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
16
Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque
We will visit Hagia Sophia, the great church built in 537 by Justinianus
1 hour • Admission ticket included
17
TopkapI Palace
We will continue our tour by visiting the great Ottoman Palace, Topkapi where Sultans lived for five centuries.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
18
Grand Bazaar Jewelers
We are going to stop by Grand Bazaar one of the oldest shopping mall in the world, which dates back 16th century.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
Day 5
Day 5 Istanbul (Private Tour & Transfer to Airport)
3 stops
19
Bosphorus Strait
On Day 5, we will checkout from our hotel and begin our tour with a Bosphorus Cruise for two hours to see the neighborhoods of Istanbul from the sea.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
20
Dolmabahce Palace
We will later see the Dolmabahce Palace, which was the second residence of the Ottoman Sultans and their families following the 19th century
2 hours • Admission ticket included
21
Istanbul Airport
Depending on your departure, we will transfer you to the airport via Istanbul.
2 hours • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Infant meals not included

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