3-Day Highlights of Cappadocia Tour

Day 1 Goreme an Enviroment

1. 1

   Goreme Panorama

   30 min

   View the landscape of Cappadocia And Goreme National Park from this panoramic point.

2. 2

   Uchisar

   30 min

   We enter one of the cave houses which is still being used as a cafeteria and offer you an apple tea. Here you will witness how the cave house could be spacious and charming with a stable temperature around 12 Degree Celcius. Cave house of Cappaodcia does not need A/C. It is cooler than outside in summer and warmer in winter.

3. 3

   Pigeon Valley

   30 min

   We view the valley which is full of dove-cote and if we are lucky some of the pigeons may be visible there

4. 4

   1 hour

   Goreme Open Air Musuem has a lot of rock cut churches and monasteries and once it was housing around 300 monks and nuns. Here was a school where they studied the Christianity and stayed at the troglodytes. We visit the rock-cut churches and monasteries with beautiful frescoes painted around 9-12 C AD.

5. 5

   Pasabag

   1 hour Admission ticket included

   The fairy-chimneys valley. The mushroom shaped natural rock formations of Cappadocia were named fairy chimneys by locals of Cappadocia.

6. 6

   Avanos

   45 min

   The pottery town of Cappadocia, Avanos has been a handcraft town since 1600 BC, The Hittites Era. The kick wheel of the pottery was invented here and in recent centuries Avanos became a tile production town.

7. 7

   Devrent Valley

   30 min

   A photo stop to see seating stone camel.

8. 8

   Urgup

   20 min

   They are called the family fairy-chimneys because they are five altogether, grandfather, grandmother, the parents, and the child.

Day 2 Ihlara Valley and Kaymakli or Derinkuyu Underground city

1. 1

   Kaymakli Underground City

   1 hour Admission ticket included

   We will spend about 1 hour in the underground city to explore the rooms of the shelters

2. 2

   Ihlara Valley

   2 hours Admission ticket included

   Ihlara is a 14 km long , 150 meters deep canyon and has around 4000 manmade caves and 100 rock-cut churches and chapels . Here we walk 3 Km and visit some of the churches of Ihlara such as Agacalti church, Sumbullu church, Snake church.

3. 3

   Selime Monastery

   1 hour Admission ticket included

   The biggest rock-cut monastery in Cappadocia, which is carved into a cliff . The scenery here is so unusual. It was used in the background for some parts of the Stars Wars Movie.
   After Tour Transfer to Kayseri or Nevsehir Airport