5 Days Cappadocia, Ephesus and Pamukkale Tour from Istanbul

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Flight to to Cappadocia from Istanbul
7 stops
1
Cappadocia
Your will pickup early at 04:00 for the drive to the airport and flight to Cappadocia. Once you land, you'll spend the day walking through the region's distinctive rock formations and historical locations. The itinerary takes you through Zelve Open Air Museum, Imagination Valley, Monks Valley, and up to Uchisar Castle, where you get sweeping views of the fairy chimneys and valleys below. By evening, you'll head to your hotel to settle in for the night. Overnight in Cappadocia
1 hour • Admission ticket free
2
Devrent Vadisi
Devrent Valley (Imaginary Valley), famous for its unique fairy chimneys.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
3
Pasabag
See the most interesting Mushroom-shaped pinnacles.
45 minutes • Admission ticket included
4
Urgup
Ürgup's Fairy Chimneys, with caps and conical shaped body and a boulder on top of it.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free
5
Avanos Pottery Workshop
Avanos a beautiful town by red river and we will visit how the pottery is made.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
6
Zelve Open Air Museum
In the 1960s, Zelve became an official open-air museum and a UNESCO World Heritage site. To enhance Zelve’s allure and draw more tourists, the official narrative of Zelve became exoticized—this was an ancient monastic community with monks crawling through cave holes.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
7
Uchisar Castle
Uchisar Castle Panorama view
1 minute • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Cappadocia South Tour
7 stops
8
Cappadocia
After breakfast, your guide meets you in the hotel lobby at 09:30 to explore more valleys and underground sections of Cappadocia. You'll walk through Rose Valley and Pigeon Valley, then descend into the historic OzKonak Underground City to see how people lived centuries ago. Around midday you'll grab lunch at a local restaurant, then continue to the villages of Ortahisar and Cavusin. The group heads back to the hotel as evening arrives.
7 hours • Admission ticket free
9
Red Valley
This breath-taking valley is famous for its having wonderful lanscape and the best various collection of fairy chimneys in Cappadocia. 45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
45 minutes • Admission ticket included
10
Rose Valley
ROSE VALLEY HIKE
1 hour • Admission ticket included
11
Cavusin
CAVUSIN VILLAGE is surrounded by a valley, which becomes gradually wider, called Red Valley. The houses of the village were cut into massive rock formations. The village is famous for its rock-churches.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
12
Ozkonak Underground City
Özkonak Underground City,a complex of joined caves , built by the Christians to hide from their attacks.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
13
ORTAHISAR CASTLE
1 hour • Admission ticket free
14
Pigeon Valley
Pegion Valley, visit the pegion houses carved into the rocks. Invites the people to a magical world thanks to not only its wonderful sight, but also providing to be organized many various nature sports with its huge and plain land. It is perfect area for walking, trekking and hiking.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 3
Cappadocia to Izmir Kusadasi by plane
2 stops
15
Izmir
Cappadocia to Izmir by plane You'll leave your hotel in Cappadocia and head to the airport for your flight to Izmir, routing through Istanbul. Once you arrive in Izmir, a transfer takes you to your hotel in Kusadasi. After checking in, the rest of the day is yours to settle in and relax.
Admission ticket free
16
Kusadasi
Transfer from Izmir Airport to Kusadasi for overnight this day. Kusadasi It is one of the well-known tourist attraction center of Turkey which is located on the Aegean Sea coastline as noted for capital cruise ports of the country. It belongs to province of Aydin, 71 km far away from Aydın and 90 kms to Izmir, only 15 kms is the distance to Ephesus, one of the most visited archeological sites of this area , so excellent location makes the town of Kusadasi as the most important vacation center of Aegean region.  
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 4
Pamukkale and Hierapolis Tour
2 stops
17
Hierapolis & Pamukkale
Your will meet you at your hotel lobby at 07:15 and we will drive 3 hrs for a tour of Pamukkale Hot Springs & Hierapolis Ancient City. You will be visiting Pamukkale and Hierapolis area with a professional licensed tour guide. In Pamukkale, you will see the Cotton Cliffs (Pamukkale Travertens), one of the natural wonders of the world formed by deposits of calcareous salts. Also, you will visit the Hierapolis Ancient Site with its basilica, theatre, and Roman Baths. At the end of the guided tour, you will have some free time to explore the area on your own. As an option, you may choose to swim in the Pamukkale antique pools (at your own expense) during this free time. After the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel at around 20:00. Overnight in Kusadasi.
6 hours • Admission ticket included
18
Kusadasi
End of Pamukkale tour transfer back to Kusdasi for overnight. Overnight in Kusadasi.
3 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 5
Ephesus & House of Virgin Mary Tour / Flight back to Istanbul
5 stops
19
Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House)
Ephesus & House of Virgin Mary Tour / Flight back to Istanbul End point Pickup from Airport drop to your hotel, Istanbul, Türkiye 22:00 - 23:30 Your Tour Guide will meet you at your hotel lobby at 09:00 and you will have a full day city tour. (Ephesus Ruins, Fountains of Trajan, Polio, Temples of Hadrian and Domition, Library of Celcius, Bouloterion and the Great Theatre, Lunch at a local Restaurant, House of the Virgin Mary) After the tour, you will be transferred to Izmir Airport to take a flight back to Istanbul. Tour ends upon arrival.
7 hours • Admission ticket included
20
Ancient City of Ephesus
Ancient City of Ephesus The Ancient Ephesus; The best-preserved classical city in Eastern Mediterranean. During the 1C AD, Ephesus was the second-largest city on the planet after Rome with more than 250,000 citizens. Ephesus is also so well preserved that, walking on the ancient streets among the beautiful monuments such as the third largest library of the ancient world or the largest roman theatre on the Asia continent, gives you the feeling of a time traveler
1 hour • Admission ticket included
21
The Temple of Artemis
The Temple of Artemis Temple of Artemis or Artemision was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Its ancient cult dedicated to Artemis was very famous in antiquity and made Ephesus a much-visited pilgrimage place.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
22
Isa Bey Mosque
Explore the beautiful Isa Bey Mosque, a fine example of Seljuk architecture.
10 minutes • Admission ticket included
23
After the tour drives you to Izmir Airport for your 1hour 30min domestic flight to Istanbul. You’ll be transferred to Izmir Airport for a late-evening flight to Istanbul Airport or Sabiha Gokcen Airport. Upon arrival, our representative will meet you and driver take you to your hotel
Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Tags