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Istanbul To Cappadocia 2 days 1 night accommodation tour.
Roundtrip Istanbul-Cappadocia flight tickets
All airport and hotel two way transfer
2 days Cappadocia daily tours with small group
One night accommodation boutique style hotel
Hot air balloon tours
Additional Info
Duration: 2 days
Starts: Istanbul, Turkey
Trip Category: Air, Helicopter & Balloon Tours >> Air Tours
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Istanbul To Cappadocia 2 days 1 night accommodation tour.
Roundtrip Istanbul-Cappadocia flight tickets
All airport and hotel two way transfer
2 days Cappadocia daily tours with small group
One night accommodation boutique style hotel
Hot air balloon tours
Itinerary
Day 1: Istanbul to Cappadocia
Stop At: Cappadocia, Cappadocia
05:00 Pick up from your hotel and transfer to Istanbul airport.
06:45- 07:00 Depart from Istanbul for Cappadocia by plane
08:40 Arrive in Kayseri or Nevşehir airport, meet in the airport. Transfer to our office in Göreme.
Duration: 5 hours
Stop At: Uchisar Castle, Uchisar Turkey
It is constructed on the highest point of the region. It has a totally dictinct castle form, including graves, tunnels and churches, that you cannot come across at any other place in the world.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Goreme Open-Air Museum, Merkez, Muze Cd., Goreme 50180 Turkey
Open Air Museum especially important to understand the influence of the religion, especially of Christianity, on the region. For good reasons it is the most famous attraction, a complex of several painted cave-churches carved out by Orthodox monks between 900 and 1200 AD.
Duration: 50 minutes
Stop At: Pasabag, Urgup Turkey
The best place to see three-headed fairy chimneys. Pasabag, the Pasha’s Vineyard, is surrounded by incredible natural rock formations; a spectacular scene.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Avanos, Avanos, Cappadocia
1 hour for the lunch in Restaurant which is very cool and popular in the region .You will start with the soup. Than you will have self-service.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Sentez Avanos Hali – Rug Workshop & Store, Kizilirmak Caddesi No 8, Avanos 50500 Turkey
Every carpet, with its patterns, resembles a collection of messages, beliefs and symbols. Every pattern that is woven into a carpet is a picture of a feeling, a desire or a wish. So far as that every carpet represents a living history from the early ages to the present in which women have patiently and untiringly written their joys and sorrows in amazing codes and magic letters which are to be read line by line
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Bezirhane Pottery, Ptt Karsisi Firin Cikmaz Sok, Avanos Turkey
Since Hittites 2000 BC people could get the red clays (terra rosa) around Kızılırmak river which is the longest river of Turkey, and white clays ( caulin) from volcanic hills .They could use the clays for their daily lifes by shaping the clay by their hand on the spinning wheels.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Urgup, Urgup, Cappadocia
The “fairy chimneys” with caps, mainly found in the vicinity of Ürgüp, have a conical-shaped body and a boulder on top of it. The cone is constructed from tufa and volcanic ash, while the cap is of a harder, more resistant rock such as lahar or ignimbrite. The fairy chimneys which are symbols of Ürgüp are called holly spirit chimneys. There is mother, father and son fairy chimneys stay together.
Duration: 30 minutes
Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in Cappadocia
Day 2: Cappadocia
Stop At: Cappadocia, Cappadocia
You will be picked up from hotel early morning and join balloon flight. You will fly about one hour and land. Then transfer to hotel.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Goreme Panorama, Uchisar Yolu uzeri 1.km, Goreme 50180 Turkey
First place in the tour is Panoramic view of Goreme. You get information about history, formation of Cappadocia while watching the fairy chimneys. Following the information, free time for photograph.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Derinkuyu Yeralti Sehri, Derinkuyu Turkey
After driving about 40 minutes, arrival to Underground City. This underground city was firstly used by the local people as a natural deep freeze, later by the late Romans as a shelter against potential Arabian invasions. With the clear explanations of your guide you will spend almost 1 hour here.
Duration: 50 minutes
Stop At: Ihlara Valley, Guzelyurt 68500 Turkey
Ihlara Canyon is 52 km. away from Underground City.Approximately 45 minutes later, you will be in the entrance of Ihlara Valley.Ihlara Valley was formed by the volcanic actions of Mt. Hasan, next to Ihlara Valley. Afterwards, Melendiz River eroded the valley for millions of years besides the layers cracked and fell down. Eventually, 80 meter- deep canyon was composed. Whole Valley is 14 km. length. In the past, generally Christians lived in the several parts of the Valley; also they carved churches and painted them. You will hike about 3,5 km.Hiking will last 1hour 15m.Then you will arrive to Restaurant for Lunch
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Selime Monastery, Guzelyurt Turkey
At first look, the monastery looks like a castle, but shelters, churches, chapels, bedrooms, storages and big cathedral proves us its being a monastery. You get information about the monastic life in Cappadocia.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Pigeon Valley, Uchisar KasabasI Nevşehir Kapadokya, Goreme 50240 Turkey
Climbing to Selime monastery will exhaust you, probably. But till you arrive to Pigeon Valley, you will have about 1 hour to rest. Also, our guide will mention about some traditions, cultures and stories about Anatolia on the way. Upon arrival to Pigeon Valley, pigeons will meet you on the top of the valley. Pigeons have always been important for Cappadocian people. Their eggs and droppings were used for different purposes. For this reason, local people carved houses for them to the slopes of valley. You will see the reason why people call them “houses”, when you see them.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Kapadokya El SanatlarI Merkezi, Asagi Mahalle, Adnan Menderes Caddesi, No:13, Nevsehir 50100 Turkey
The Last place in the tour will be a visit to onyx factory in Uchisar. Onyx is a volcanic stone which has various colors and contains different minerals in. As being a volcanic area, Cappadocia has some onyx deposits. In the factory, a master will give you information about the steps of onyx shaping and you will watch a shaping show.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Cappadocia, Cappadocia
After tour transfer to airport and fly to Istanbul
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
