Day 1 commences with pickup from your Istanbul hotel, followed by a short flight to Kayseri or Nevsehir airport. After a scenic transfer to Cappadocia, head directly to the surreal Uchisar Castle. Then, explore the UNESCO-listed Goreme Open-Air Museum and the pottery-rich town of Avanos.
The excitement continues at the iconic Pasabag fairy chimneys in Pasabag and the Devrent Valley rock formations. After observing weaving traditions in Ortahisar, conclude your day with a relaxing night at your Cappadocian hotel.
Day 2 offers an optional hot air balloon ride over Goreme, presenting a breathtaking panorama. Later, traverse the striking Red Valley, capture the unique formations of Love Valley, and savor a leisurely lunch in Goreme village. The day continues with a visit to the mysterious Kaymakli Underground City. After a stroll through Pigeon Valley, the adventure concludes with a seamless transfer back to Istanbul.
After your driver picks you up from your hotel or airport at any time you want with a piece of paper with the name of the lead passenger on it, you will meet with our professional private guide and discover the fascinating atmosphere of Cappadocia with our guide.
DEVRENT VALLEY, Also known as Imaginary Valley or Pink Valley, this area does not have cave churches like the other valleys of Cappadocia. So what makes it so famous? The lunar landscape! Devrent Valley hides many different rock formations within. The small fairy chimneys in the valley form a lunar landscape, or moonscape, by their strange appearance. The valley has many animal-shaped rocks. Some of the most commonly seen shapes include camel, snake, seals, and dolphin
PASABAG, Highly remarkable earth pillars can be seen here, in the middle of a vineyard, hence the name of the place which means: the Pasha’s vineyard. Pasha means "General", the military rank, in Turkish and it is a very common nick name. This site is also called Monks Valley. The name was derived from some cones carved in tuff stones which stand apart. Currently, there is a vineyard and a number of tuff cones standing right next to the road.
Avanos is a town in centre of Cappadocia and famous for pottery making we will make a stop in one of the pottery workshop and you will watch pottery demonstration also you can try yourself as wel
GOREME OPEN AIR MUSEUM, Cappadocia's most famous attraction, for good reason, is the Göreme Open Air Museum, a complex of medieval painted cave churches carved out by Orthodox monks. There are over 10 cave churches in the Göreme Open Air Museum. Along with rectories, dwellings, and a religious school, they form a large monastic complex carved out of a roughly ring-shaped rock formation in the otherworldly landscape of Cappadocia. The best way to explore the cave churches of Goreme is via the clearly marked path, working counterclockwise. Each one has a modern Turkish name, given by local villages based on a prominent feature.
UCHISAR is a troglodyte village situated 4 km east of Göreme. It is famous for the huge rock formation once used as a fortification. This extraordinary rock is the highest peak in the region and offers a magnificent panoramic view of the whole of Cappadocia with Mt. Erciyes in the distance.Most rooms in the castle are connected to each other with stairs, tunnels and passages. At the entrances of many rooms, there are millstone doors, just like the ones in the underground settlements, used to control access to these places. Due to erosion it is unfortunately not possible to reach all the rooms. Most of the rooms, located on the north side of the castle are still in use as pigeon houses (dovecotes) today. Farmers used these pigeon houses to collect the droppings of pigeons which is an excellent natural fertilizer for the orchards and vineyards
According to the story, in Cappadocia, the beautiful daughter of a fairy sultan fell in love with a shepherd. Despite the fairy sultan's best efforts, she ran away with him, and they married. Over time, they had a child. The fairy sultan, however, was even more enraged when he heard this news and sent his soldiers to find the shepherd and his daughter. When the fairy sultan's daughter saw the soldiers approaching from afar, she prayed to God to keep her and her family from being separated. As the story goes, her wish was granted, and the three of them transformed into three beautiful fairy chimneys, remaining together forever
PIGEON VALLEY, thousands of pigeon houses carved into the rock. It is a surreal vision: an outrageously phallic landscape straight out of a Salvador Dali painting. The conical formations are the result of volcanic eruptions that took place millions of years ago. Eons of wind, rain and other forces of nature have eaten away at the volcanic rock creating tufa, a soft and malleable stone. Many of these cones, known as fairy chimneys, contain caves and labyrinths
A feud broke out between two families living in the village, and the village was unfortunately divided into two separate regions. Because of the separation, the young people from both villages had no contact with each other. However, two villagers brought the two young people together to meet, as this tragic incident became a source of concern. Word of the love between these two young people at first sight spread throughout the village, and the hostility between the two villages intensified. Spells were cast, and numerous fights broke out. Despite everything, the two young people, relentless, married.n the intervening years, children were born to these young people. The story of Love Valley perhaps witnessed its most painful moments during this period. Unwilling to see the war end, the villagers killed the man, and the woman committed suicide. Legend has it that after the deaths of the two young men, God rained down stones on Love Valley, and it has survived to this day.
The village's first settlements were carved layer by layer into the massive rock masses. Religious centers are found in these areas. They were inhabited during the Roman and Byzantine periods. It is believed to have been used as a place of worship and refuge, particularly by Christian monks. Pathways provide access to the rocky hilltops.
KAYMAKLI UNDERGROUND CITY is built under the hill known as the Citadel of Kaymaklı and was opened to visitors in 1964. The people of Kaymaklı (Enegup in Greek) have built their houses around nearly 100 tunnels of the underground city. The inhabitants of the region still use the most convenient places in the tunnels as cellars, storage areas and stables, which they access through their courtyards. Kaymaklı underground city has low, narrow and sloping passages. While the underground city consists of 8 floors below ground, only 4 of them are open to the public today, in which the spaces are organized around ventilation shafts
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