Istanbul Trip Overview
Make your Istanbul adventure totally unique with a 2 days private sightseeing
Cappadocia tour. Optional HOT AIR BALLON TOUR
See fairy chimneys in Ucguzeller, stop at Cavusin village, descend into Kaymakli Underground City, and take a walk in Red Valley with a guide who shares the history and landmarks at each stop. Upgrade to include the optional pre-sunrise hot air balloon flight.
Get the personalized experience of a private tour
Customize the itinerary to suit your personal interests
Make the most of your limited time in Cappadocia
Relax in courtesy hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Info
Duration: 2 days
Starts: Istanbul, Turkey
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Make your Istanbul adventure totally unique with a 2 days private sightseeing
Cappadocia tour. Optional HOT AIR BALLON TOUR
See fairy chimneys in Ucguzeller, stop at Cavusin village, descend into Kaymakli Underground City, and take a walk in Red Valley with a guide who shares the history and landmarks at each stop. Upgrade to include the optional pre-sunrise hot air balloon flight.
Get the personalized experience of a private tour
Customize the itinerary to suit your personal interests
Make the most of your limited time in Cappadocia
Relax in courtesy hotel pickup and drop-off
Itinerary
Day 1: Istanbul to Cappadocia
Stop At: Cappadocia, Cappadocia
You will be picked from your Istanbul Hotel around 04:00 Am to take *flight at 06:55 Am. Upon your arrival you will be transfered to Goreme where you will meet with our guide.
Approximately 09:00 AM you will start the first day of your tour;
First day’s highlights :
Goreme Open Air Museum
Pasabaglar (Monk’s Valley)
Devret (Imagination Valley)
Uchisar Castle
Urgup Town
Avanos Pottery Town
Rose & Red Valleys
Tour ends around 16.00 , then you will be dropped to your cave hotel in Goreme for a pleasant stay.
Duration: 10 hours
Stop At: Goreme Open-Air Museum, Merkez, Muze Cd., Goreme 50180 Turkey
The Goreme Open-Air Museum resembles a vast monastic complex composed of scores of refectory monasteries placed side-by-side, each with its own fantastic church. It is obviously the first sight to be visited by any traveler in Cappadocia, standing as it does in the very center of the region with easy access from all directions.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Pasabag, Urgup Turkey
Pasabag in Cappadocia is located on the road to Zelve, coming from Goreme or Avanos. Highly remarkable earth pillars can be seen here, in the middle of a vineyard, hence the name of the place which means: the Pacha’s vineyard. Pacha 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.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Ortahisar, Ortahisar, Cappadocia
Ortahisar means “middle castle,” and as its name implies, it is central among the Cappadocian towns of Goreme, Urgup, Uchisar and Nevsehir, and only a few kilometers from the Goreme Open Air Museum. When entering the town, you will notice doors in the rock surfaces on both sides. These doors are the best example of the cool-air storages in Cappadocia. In these natural air-conditioned rooms, lemons and oranges from the Mediterranean region, apples from Nigde, local potatoes, quinces and onions are stored. Green lemons slowly turn yellow in these store-rooms.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Devrent Valley, Devrent Mevkii No:1 Urgup Yolu, 50500 Turkey
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. There are no Roman castles or Roman tombs in Devrent Valley, either. Actually it was never inhabited. So what makes it so famous? The lunar landscape!
Devrent Valley (also spelled as Dervent Valley) reveals many different rock formations and is only a 10 minute drive from Goreme. The small fairy chimneys in the valley form a lunar landscape, or moonscape, by their strange look. The valley also has many animal shaped rocks. It looks like a sculpture zoo made by nature. Some of the most important, or the easiest seen animal shapes are camel, snake, seals, and dolphin. If you let your imagination run free you will find many others. It is like looking at clouds and seeing a dragon. There is even a rock pillar which looks like Virgin Mary, holding Jesus Christ.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Local cave hotel is a very warm, cozy and homey boutique hotel Local Cave House Goreme
Day 2: Cappadocia to istanbul
Stop At: Kaymakli, Kaymakli, Nevsehir Province
Kaymakli underground city is built under the hill known as the Citadel of Kaymakli and was opened to visitors in 1964. The people of Kaymakli (Enegup in Greek) village have constructed their houses around nearly one hundred 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. The Kaymakli 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.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Pigeon Valley, Uchisar KasabasI Nevşehir Kapadokya, Goreme 50240 Turkey
Pigeon Valley (often misspelled as Ilhara Valley), near Mount Hasan and Mount Melendiz (two of the three volcanoes of Cappadocia) is a canyon with a depth of approximately 100m and was formed by the Melendiz River thousands of years ago. It begins at Ihlara village and ends with Selime Monastery at Selime village
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Cappadocia, Cappadocia
Lying in south central Turkey, the moonscaped region of Cappadocia, southeast of Ankara, is most famous for unique geological features called fairy chimneys. The large, cone-like formations were created over time by erosion of the relatively soft volcanic ash around them. Past cultures have dug into them to create dwellings, castles (like Uchisar) and even entire underground cities like Kaymakli and Derinkuyu, used as hiding places by early Christians. Nearby Kayseri is the gateway to the area.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Goreme Panorama, Uchisar Yolu uzeri 1.km, Goreme 50180 Turkey
The best view of Goreme Town and Volcano in clear weather.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Kizilcukur, Dereler, 50400 Ürgüp/Nevşehir, Turkey
Kızılcukur is a valley called Rose Valley as well because of the red colors of the rocks. This is one of the best valleys for hiking in the area even for 4 km. Kızılcukur was also used by Christians at the 5th century, so you will explore tge cave dwellings and old churches. The colors also change up according to the daylight. It is the best place to see sunset.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Istanbul, Istanbul
Tour will finish around 17:30 and you will be transferred to airport and you will take 20:30 flight to istanbul.
From istanbul airport you will be picked and transfered to istanbul where you will spend the night.
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
