Cappadocia Highlights Tour and Underground City

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1
  Uchisar Castle

  The region's highest and largest freestanding rock formation. Get the big picture here!

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

  Zelve ruins, consisting of three valleys, is the place where fairy chimneys are most concentrated in the Cappadocia region. This area, which is one of the beauties created by nature, IX. and XIII. It became one of the important settlements and religious centers of Christians in the centuries, and the first religious seminars given to priests took place in this region. Price 15 € per person

  45 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 3
  Love Valley

  In ancient times, this hill was the meeting point of lovers. Lovers used to send small letters and names to each other through pigeons in the valley. However, the doves soaring in the sky are similar, maybe they still bring names to the lovers. In every image that has become as famous as fairy chimneys, wishing trees filled with evil eye beads, tied with rags and hanging pots are also featured here. Those whose wishes were granted would untie the pieces of cloth they had tied and then put them in the water. The branches of the wishing trees were filled with evil eye beads, and the fruits of the tree became these beads.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 4
  Fairy Chimneys

  Known as both the Pasabagi Valley and the Priests' Valley, these views, which have preserved their shape for centuries, adorn the valley and greet all visitors. Considering that there are millions of people coming from one end of the world to see the unique beauties of the valley, the word beauty is not enough for these formations. Paşabağı Valley, which takes its place at the top of the list of the most famous valleys in Cappadocia, is in the most important position of the region.

  1 hour • Admission ticket not included
• 5
  Avanos

  It is obvious that the protagonist in the story of the transformation of soil into mud, mud into pot and jug is craftsman hands. A master sits patiently at the pottery wheel. Because he knows that every pottery has a work and a story. Labor is on the wheel, not a mud pile as you spin it. Then those deft hands bring out a pottery. However, know that the pottery making of Cappadocia did not end here. Then it is expected to dry for a certain period of time and the products are sent to the oven. The pots that are baked in high-fire ovens for about 3 days are left to cool. Afterwards, polishing processes are applied to polish the hardened soil and further strengthen it. Afterwards, they decorate the pots by scraping with dexterous hands or by rubbing colorful clays with their hands. This painting process

  45 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 6
  Devrent Valley

  Devrent Valley, which is also known as Imaginary Valley and also as Pink Valley does not have cave churches like the other valleys of Cappadocia. The valley also has many animal shaped rocks.

  45 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 7
  Ozkonak Underground City

  We will head to the ancient Underground City occupied by many different civilizations throughout its 4000 year history. We will learn about how and why the city was built here and how they managed to live underground.

  40 minutes • Admission ticket not included

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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