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Get to know Cappadocia on an action-packed overnight tour! With a one-way flight from Istanbul included, plus hotel accommodation and excursions, the tour includes everything you need to see Cappadocia at ease. Enjoy a hike through Rose Valley, see fairy chimneys and rocks houses in the village of Çavuşin and explore the UNESCO-listed Göreme Open-Air Museum. Upgrade to include a hot air balloon flight over Cappadocia if you wish!
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Duration: 2 days
Starts: Istanbul, Turkey
Trip Category: Multi-day & Extended Tours >> Multi-day Tours
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Get to know Cappadocia on an action-packed overnight tour! With a one-way flight from Istanbul included, plus hotel accommodation and excursions, the tour includes everything you need to see Cappadocia at ease. Enjoy a hike through Rose Valley, see fairy chimneys and rocks houses in the village of Çavuşin and explore the UNESCO-listed Göreme Open-Air Museum. Upgrade to include a hot air balloon flight over Cappadocia if you wish!
Itinerary
Day 1: Day 1: Istanbul – Cappadocia
Stop At: Kaymakli Underground City, Derinkuyu Turkey
MIGHT BE REPLACED WTIH OZKONAK UNDERGROUND CITY. One of Cappadocia’s best-preserved subterranean sites. Explore its maze of passages, seeing underground stables and cellars while learning about the early Christians who once hid here to escape persecution.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Ortahisar Kalesi, Ortahisar Turkey
FROM OUTSIDE. On a stroll, admire its stone houses that surround its crowing rocky glory — Ortahisar Castle. Stop for photos by this unique fortress.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Red Valley, Nevsehir Ortahisar, Nevsehir 50650 Turkey
NO HIKING – Panaromic view of Rose Valley – a beautiful stretch of land that takes its name from the red-hued rock that abounds throughout it. Wedged between the villages of Göreme and Çavuşin, the valley is studded with rock-carved churches and tunnels.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: 4 star hotel
Day 2: Day 2: Cappadocia
Stop At: Zelve Open Air Museum, Zelve Yolu, Nevsehir Turkey
Imagination Valley, where intriguing animal-like rock formations are abundant. Admire the landscape and stop in Pasabag (Monk’s Valley) in the region of Zelve, to walk through the area’s cone-like rocks where monks and hermits once lived in peaceful seclusion.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Pigeon Valley, Uchisar KasabasI Nevşehir Kapadokya, Goreme 50240 Turkey
See its famous bird-nesting caves
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Avanos Oren Yeri, Kapadokya Cd., Avanos 50500 Turkey
Pottery town of Avanos
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Goreme National Park, Goreme 50180 Turkey
Exemplified by dusty-looking beige buildings and fairy chimneys, this open-air museum comprises a cluster of rocky monuments that attest to Byzantine life in Cappadocia.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
