2 Days Red and Green tour

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1
  Uchisar Castle

  First Day we will pick you up from hotel at 09:30 am and first stop s Uçhisar Castle. It is constructed on the highest point of the region. It has a totally dictinct castle form, including graves, tunnels and churches, that you cannot come across at any other place in the world.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 2
  Zelve Open Air Museum

  Cappadocia is an amazing place full of wonders. Things to do in Cappadocia are countless but for this article, we will be looking for one of the most amazing ones: Zelve Open Air Museum. One of Cappadocia's most well-known outdoor museum places is Zelve Valley, which is situated close to Pasabag Monks Valley between Avanos and Goreme. One of the most famous sights in Cappadocia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site is Zelve Valley Open Air Museum, where tourists may see pointed, comprehensive, and sharp fairy chimneys.

  45 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 3
  Cavusin

  An old Greek village will be next place in the tour. Çavusin is a village about 4 kilometers from Göreme .The old village is largely deserted because the area has been plagued by rock falls. At Çavusin you can visit the Church of John the Baptist which probably dates from the 5th century with paintings from the 6th, 7th and 8th centuries. The view of Rose Valley is excellent from this village.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 4
  Pasabag

  The best place to see three-headed fairy chimneys. Pasabag, the Pasha's Vineyard, is surrounded by incredible natural rock formations; a spectacular scene.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 5
  Avanos

  1 hour for the lunch in Restaurant which is very cool and popular in the region .You will start with the soup. Than you will have self-service.

  1 hour • Admission ticket free
• 6
  Kapadokya Seramik

  Since Hittites 2000 BC people could get the red clays (terra rosa) around Kızılırmak river which is the longest river of Turkey, and white clays ( caulin) from volcanic hills .They could use the clays for their daily lifes by shaping the clay by their hand on the spinning wheels.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 7
  Devrent Valley

  The ruins at Devrent are spread over three valleys, which also house several pointed fairy chimneys with large stems.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 8
  Urgup

  The "fairy chimneys" with caps, mainly found in the vicinity of Ürgüp, have a conical-shaped body and a boulder on top of it. The cone is constructed from tufa and volcanic ash, while the cap is of a harder, more resistant rock such as lahar or ignimbrite. The fairy chimneys which are symbols of Ürgüp are called holly spirit chimneys. There is mother, father and son fairy chimneys stay together.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 9
  Sentez Avanos Hali - Rug Workshop & Store

  Every carpet, with its patterns, resembles a collection of messages, beliefs and symbols. Every pattern that is woven into a carpet is a picture of a feeling, a desire or a wish. So far as that every carpet represents a living history from the early ages to the present in which women have patiently and untiringly written their joys and sorrows in amazing codes and magic letters which are to be read line by line

  45 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 10
  Goreme Panorama

  Second Day, we will pick you up from hotel at 09:30 am and first stop is Göreme Panorama. You get information about history, formation of Cappadocia while watching the fairy chimneys. Following the information, free time for photograph.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 11
  Derinkuyu YeraltI Sehri

  After driving about 40 minutes, arrival Underground City. This underground city was firstly used by the local people as a natural deep freeze, later by the late Romans as a shelter against potential Arabian invasions. With the clear explanations of your guide you will spend almost 1 hour here.

  1 hour • Admission ticket included
• 12
  Ihlara Valley

  Ihlara Canyon is 52 km. away from Derinkuyu Underground City.Approximately 45 minutes later, you will be in the entrance of Ihlara Valley.Ihlara Valley was formed by the volcanic actions of Mt. Hasan, next to Ihlara Valley. Afterwards, Melendiz River eroded the valley for millions of years besides the layers cracked and fell down. Eventually, 80 meter- deep canyon was composed. Whole Valley is 14 km. length. In the past, generally Christians lived in the several parts of the Valley; also they carved churches and painted them. You will hike about 3,5 km.Hiking will last 1hour 15m.Then you will arrive to Restaurant for Lunch

  1 hour • Admission ticket included
• 13

  1 hour for the lunch in the valley, next to the River. You will start with the soup and salad, later you will able choose one of the main dishes from the list. Lunch will be over with season fruits.

  1 hour • Admission ticket free
• 14
  Selime Monastery

  Our tour will go on with another movie- set-like place, Selime Monastery. At first look, the monastery looks like a castle, but shelters, churches, chapels, bedrooms, storages and big cathedral proves us its being a monastery. You get information about the monastic life in Cappadocia.

  45 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 15
  Pigeon Valley

  Climbing to Selime monastery will exhaust you, probably. But till you arrive to Pigeon Valley, you will have about 1 hour to rest. Also, our guide will mention about some traditions, cultures and stories about Anatolia on the way. Upon arrival to Pigeon Valley, pigeons will meet you on the top of the valley. Pigeons have always been important for Cappadocian people. Their eggs and droppings were used for different purposes. For this reason, local people carved houses for them to the slopes of valley. You will see the reason why people call them “houses”, when you see them.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 16
  Kapadokya El SanatlarI Merkezi

  The Last place in the tour will be a visit to onyx factory in Uchisar. Onyx is a volcanic stone which has various colors and contains different minerals in. As being a volcanic area, Cappadocia has some onyx deposits. In the factory, a master will give you information about the steps of onyx shaping and you will watch a shaping show.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Children must be accompanied by an adult
• We can change tour days

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