From Istanbul: 3-Day Cappadocia Highlights Tour by Plane

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3 days (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English and 1 more

After being picked up from your hotel in Istanbul by private vehicle, we take you to Istanbul Airport. After your flight from Istanbul to Cappadocia, find the captain waiting for you at the airport and enjoy your free time after our captain drops you off at your cave hotel.

On the 2nd day, you will go on a Red Tour and we will visit Devrent Valley and Paşabağı (Monks' Valley). We will visit pottery making in Avanos, frescoes at Göreme Open Air Museum and the monastery complex. After having lunch, we will visit Esentepe panoramic point and Uçhisar Castle and end the day with being dropped off back to your hotel.

On Day 3, you will go on a Blue Cruise. Trekking in the Red and Rose Valleys. We will end the tour with Çavuşin Village, Lunch, Underground City and Güvercinlik Valley and you will be transferred to the Airport for your return flight.

What's Included

Small-group Red Cappadocia Tour
Live private support throughout the tour
Small-group Blue Cappadocia Tour
Vehicle
Lunch (Optional[2])
Lunch
Breakfast (Optional[2])
Breakfast
Professional Guide
2 night accommodation (Cave Suite Hotel)
Istanbul to Cappadocia Flight Ticket
Istanbul Airport Transfer - One Way
Cappadocia Airport Transfers
Cave Room Accommodation
All entries include taxes and fees
Dinner

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

Since you must be at the airport at least 1 and a half hours in advance for check-in, you will be picked up from your hotel accordingly.

Itinerary

Duration: 3 days (approximately)
    Day 1

    Welcome to Cappadocia!

    1 stop
  • 1
    Cappadocia

    Your journey begins with a warm welcome at Kayseri Erkilet Airport (ASR) or Nevşehir Kapadokya Airport (NAV), where our team will greet you with a personalized sign. After a smooth transfer to your charming cave hotel, enjoy some free time to relax and soak in the unique ambiance of Cappadocia.

    Admission ticket free
  • Day 2

    Red Tour

    5 stops
  • 2
    Devrent Valley

    Start the day visiting Devrent Valley, also known as “Imagination Valley”, this is the most surreal-looking landscape.

    1 hour Admission ticket included
  • 3
    Pasabag

    Your next stop will be Pashabagi (Fairy Chimneys) also called the Monks Valley because Christian hermits chose to locate hermit cells and churches in these three-headed pinnacles symbolic of the Holy Trinity, it is possible to see all the stages in the formation of fairy chimneys at this spot.

    1 hour Admission ticket included
  • 4
    Avanos Oren Yeri

    Proceed to Avanos (Venessa) the pottery centre of Cappadocia, this village is set on the banks of the Kizilirmak/Red River. The river gets its name from the red clay it deposits.

    1 hour Admission ticket included
  • 5
    Goreme Open-Air Museum

    You will have lunch in a local restaurant before continuing to Goreme Open Air Museum. The world’s most important Byzantine cave churches are found in these once remote valleys where monks and nuns pursued monastic life from the 3rd century on. Here you can see the best preserved Byzantine cave wall paintings and frescos from the Iconoclastic period through to the end of Seljuk rule.

    1 hour Admission ticket included
  • 6
    Uchisar

    Panoramic view point Esentepe. With a spectacular view over Goreme, see the complete view of Goreme valley and Goreme village: fairy chimneys, rock formations and cave houses. End your day with Uchisar Castle. This tall rock, the highest point of the Goreme region. After the tour, Transfer to your hotel and overnight stay in Cave Suite Hotel.

    1 hour Admission ticket free
  • Day 3

    Blue Tour and See You

    4 stops
  • 7
    Red Valley

    After pickup from your hotel at 9.45am, hike along the Red and Rose Valley, the most breathtakingly and mysteriously beautiful valleys in the region. Conclude your hike at the Cavusin Cave Village. Marvel at the rock castle and troglodyte dwellings where people lived until the 20th century.

    1 hour Admission ticket included
  • 8
    Kaymakli Underground City

    Descend towards the center of the earth with a trip to the Underground City of Kaymakli, one of the largest and deepest of Cappadocia’s many such settlements. Discover this underground city and its stables, cellars, storage rooms, refectories, churches, and wineries.

    1 hour Admission ticket included
  • 9
    Ortahisar

    Visit the Pigeon Valley. See spectacular view of dovecotes (pigeon or dove houses), old abandoned cave homes and old Greek houses of Uchisar and Ortshisar Castle, the biggest mass of fairy chimneys in Cappadocia.

    1 hour Admission ticket free
  • 10
    Pigeon Valley

    Visit the Pigeon Valley. See spectacular view of dovecotes (pigeon or dove houses), old abandoned cave homes and old Greek houses of Uchisar and Ortshisar Castle, the biggest mass of fairy chimneys in Cappadocia. 4.30 pm. At end of the tour you will be transferred to Kayseri Erkilet or Nevsehir Kapadokya Airport for your return airport transfer. End of our service.

    1 hour Admission ticket included

Additional info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Minimum age is 4 years
Supplied by Enka Travel

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