Kayseri Trip Overview
You can rediscover in Cappadocia by going beyond the usual routes.If you enjoy walking, this tour is for you.
Additional Info
Duration: 8 days
Starts: Kayseri, Turkey
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Kayseri, Kayseri Province, Turkey
You can rediscover in Cappadocia by going beyond the usual routes.If you enjoy walking, this tour is for you.
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrive Göreme
Stop At: Goreme, Goreme, Cappadocia
We pick up Kayseri or Nevsehir Airport. After check in to your hotel, you will meet with your tour guide and an information meeting will be held about the program.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: 3 – 4 star hotel acommadation or boutique cave hotel
Day 2: Göreme and Zemi Valley
Stop At: Zemi Valley, Goreme 50180 Turkey
After breakfast, you walk through the streets of Göreme. Most of the houses are centuries old and have been converted to modern hotels and restaurants. First, you walk a few kilometres with a view to the Uchisar Castle on a dirt road; then you go down to the Zemi valley, this path takes you back to Göreme via Görkündere. Walking for the day: 13 km, 4-5 hours
Duration: 5 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: 3-4 star hotels accommadation or boutique cave hotel
Day 3: Göreme Open Air Museum and Rose Valley
Stop At: Goreme Open-Air Museum, Merkez, Muze Cd., Goreme 50180 Turkey
In the morning there is an opportunity for a balloon flight, an unforgettable experience to watch the landscape from above (optional, payable on site). You will walk from your hotel to the Göreme Open Air Museum (Unesco World Cultural Heritage), the frescoes of the churches in the museum are unique.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Meskendir Vadisi Kesişim Yeri, 50500 Çavuşin/Avanos/Nevşehir, Turkey
Then you will walk through the Meskendir Valley via the Red Canyon to Üzümlü Church. After the lunch break, you will hike to the Haçlı church, and from there the path goes via Rose Valley back to Göreme. Walking for the day: 14 km, 5 hours
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: 3-4 star hotel accommadation or boutique cave hotel
Day 4: Love Valley – Uchisar Castle
Stop At: Love Valley, Goreme 50180 Turkey
Today’s route leads you through the Love Valley and its fairy chimneys.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Uchisar Castle, Uchisar Turkey
After you exit Love Valley, you will hike up to Uchisar Castle. The climb to the castle is worthwhile because the panoramic view from above is unique. Afterwards, you will walk through Uchisar down to the Pigeon Valley and through Pigeon Valley back to Göreme. Walking for the day: 13 km, 4-5 hours
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: 3-4 star hotel accommadation or boutique cave hotel
Day 5: Boztepe, Çavusin and Pasabag
Stop At: Boztepe, Boztepe, Manavgat, Turkish Mediterranean Coast
Today you will hike via the higher path parallel to the Boztepe hill, offering spectacular views of the Rose Valley to Çavuşin Castle, where you can visit the John the Baptist Church.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Fairy Chimneys, Goreme Turkey
From there the path continues to Paşabağ. Here are the most remarkable fairy chimneys in Cappadocia. If you wish, you can extend your stage by walking further from Paşabağ and visiting the old cave settlement of Zelve which was inhabited until 1953. Walking for the day: 13 km, 4 hours
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: 3-4 star hotel accommadation or boutique cave hotel
Day 6: Ortahisar and Mustafapasa
Stop At: Ortahisar, Ortahisar, Cappadocia
Your hike begins near the small Tuff Castle of Ortahisar and takes you along the paths and field roads through the Gomeda Valley, known for its multi-storey “pigeon houses”, to your hotel in Mustafapaşa (Sinasos). Next two nights in the boutique cave hotel in Sinassos. Walking for the day: 13 km, 4 hours
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: 2 days accommadation in Mustafapasa
Day 7: Cemil Village, Golgoli Valley, Mustafapasa
Stop At: Golgoli Tepesi, Mustafapasa Koyu, Mustafapasa, Urgup Turkey
After breakfast of your hotel, you will be transferred by car to the village of Cemil. The path crosses the ancient settlement Golgoli. In the early Christian era, the population of Sinasos (Mustafapaşa) used to celebrate the birth of the Mother Mary and Easter in this ancient settlement. You can visit the abandoned cave dwellings there. The connecting tunnel to the Gomeda valley has partly collapsed and can not be passed, but there are still some tunnels and underground houses to be discovered. A timber road leads you down to the village of Sinasos and your hotel. Walking for the day: 12 km, 4 hours
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Accommadation in Mustafapasa
Day 8: Departure
Stop At: Kayseri, Kayseri, Kayseri Province
Our adventure ends after breakfast in Goreme. Those on the group flights will be transferred back to Kayseri or Nevsehir airport.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.