Urgup Trip Overview
Take time out to tour Turkey’s famous moon-like landscape of Cappadocia — on a two-day excursion from Kayseri. You’ll visit UNESCO World Heritage Sites like Goreme National Park, discover the rich history in the Open Air Museum in Goreme, visit the pottery town of Avanos, Kaymakli, Pasabagi and Pigeon Valley, near Uchisar. You’ll also have the option to admire Cappadocia’s beautiful scenery of tall, volcanic rock from a hot air balloon.
Additional Info
Duration: 2 days
Starts: Urgup, Turkey
Trip Category: Multi-day & Extended Tours >> Overnight Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Urgup, Cappadocia, Turkey
Take time out to tour Turkey’s famous moon-like landscape of Cappadocia — on a two-day excursion from Kayseri. You’ll visit UNESCO World Heritage Sites like Goreme National Park, discover the rich history in the Open Air Museum in Goreme, visit the pottery town of Avanos, Kaymakli, Pasabagi and Pigeon Valley, near Uchisar. You’ll also have the option to admire Cappadocia’s beautiful scenery of tall, volcanic rock from a hot air balloon.
Itinerary
Day 1: Kayseri or Nevsehir Airport – 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: 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: 30 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.
