3 Days / 2 Nights Istanbul to Cappadocia Tour in a CAVE HOTEL

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Flight from Istanbul to Cappadocia and Tour of Cappadocia ( Lunch )
6 stops
1
Istanbul
Our driver will pick you up from your hotel lobby and transfer you to Istanbul airport for your early mornig flight to Cappadocia.
25 minutes • Admission ticket free
2
Cappadocia
Upon your ariival, your guide will be waiting for you outside of the arrivals gate with your name sign. After greetings, you will continue to Cappadocia region.
50 minutes • Admission ticket free
3
Kaymakli Underground City
Tour to Kaymaklı Underground City, one of the most interesting underground settlements in Cappadocia. Drive to to Sahinefendi ( Sobesos )- Sobessos is newly discovered (01 May 2002) mosaic houses & Archaeological excavation site. Villages in the valleys, surrounded by the “table top” mountains, are spectacular.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
4
Keslik Monastery
Continue with Keslik Monastery near Cemil, that hides it’s frescoes behind a very thin smoke layer which we can only see by torch light.
45 minutes • Admission ticket included
5
ManastIr Vadisi
Visit to Mustafapaşa (Sinasos), an old Greek town with its spectacular old Greek houses; very fine examples of late Greek settlements and architecture.
45 minutes • Admission ticket included
6
Red Valley
Continue with panorama of the Red Valley, with its fabulous volcanic rock formations, is in the heart of Cappadocia but away from the tourist crowd. Drive back to hotel for overnight in Cappadocia.
40 minutes • Admission ticket included
Day 2
Cappadocia Tour (Breakfast, Lunch)
5 stops
7
Devrent Valley
After breakfast, first meeting with the lunar landscape of Cappadocia: rock formations beyond belief in Devrent valley
1 hour 15 minutes • Admission ticket included
8
Pasabag
Walking in Pasabag near Zelve; “fairy chimneys” where the voice of wind mixes with the “songs of fairies”.
45 minutes • Admission ticket included
9
Avanos
Lunch in Avanos, centre of terra cotta work of art since 3000 BC. and a demonstration in a traditional pottery workshop.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket free
10
Goreme Open-Air Museum
Afternoon, visit the famous Goreme Open Air Museum and see the best examples of Byzantine art in Cappadocia in rock-cut churches with frescoes and paintings (10th to 13th century).
1 hour 15 minutes • Admission ticket included
11
Uchisar Castle
Continue to Uchisar Rock-Castle to have a panoramic view of the valleys of Cappadocia. Drive to Hotel for overnight in Cappadocia.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 3
Cappadocia Tour - Flight to Istanbul (Breakfast, Lunch)
3 stops
12
Ihlara Valley
After breakfast Drive to Ihlara, walking in Ihlara Canyon, a “mirage” in the Steps of Anatolia up to Belisirma village, the ancient Peristrema: “Valley of the Sky” along the Melendiz River. Rock-cut churches, spread across a wild plantation, surprise you with their successfully painted representations from the Bible.
4 hours • Admission ticket included
13
Belisirma
Lunch in Belisirma, a local restaurant by the river. Stop by Selime, a village with cave houses at the end of the canyon and a “star wars” like landscape. Then transfer to Nevsehir airport for flight back to Istanbul
3 hours • Admission ticket free
14
Sabiha Gökçen Havalimanı
Arrival to Istanbul. Our representative will meet you and private transfer to your hotel. The end of our services
45 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Specialized infant seats are available
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
• Not recommended for travelers with walking disabilities

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