2 Days Guided Tours
This is the most selected itinerary for visiting Cappadocia tours from Istanbul. But if you would like to spend more time in Cappadocia with additional activities such as trekking in numerous valleys, Yoga sessions, ATV Quad Bike tours etc then we can offer you 2 nights 3 days or 3 nights 4 days tours in Cappadocia. Our packages have only hand picked best cave hotels Cappadocia with fantastic views over Goreme town. Kindly contact us for details and let us cater the best option for you to offer a once in a life time memory in Cappadocia!
Pick up from your central hotel in Istanbul and transfer to airport to commence our 2 Days Cappadocia Tours from Istanbul. After this moment, without an assistance until you will travel to Cappadocia with e-tickets that our team provided one or two days before your departure. You will make your check-in and board the flight on your own. During the flight, you will be treated with complimentary food and drink onboard.
Once you land in Cappadocia airport, our transfer operator will stand by with a paper bearing your name at the exit of the terminal. Continue to our Office in Goreme. Meet the team to make the balance payment for Cappadocia Tour package. We will store your luggages in our Office in Goreme as we will be able to checkin the hotel at the end of the day after our tour.
Just like all others, your first impression will be like you are in a different planet. We will start our guided day trip from Goreme Panorama point for adapting the region.Our guide will inform us briefly about the region history and formation process while we are all in the mood of open-mouthed stare. Then continue Pashabag located between Goreme Village and the Zelve Valley. This valley is characterized by the conical shape of its abundant limestone fairy chimneys. You may hear this ‘’fairy’’ word very frequently during your visit. Its believed that these places and strange shaped structures was inhabited by some kind of creatures called also pixie(Jinn in Islam) in the past times. But after the revelation of Islam, all these creatures are banned to live near around mankind settlements. This valley is also known as the Valley of the Monks, since in antiquity, monks used to hide in the chimneys as hermits to better practice their religions and beliefs. However they all abandoned the region many moons ago, these caves were used by Turkish locals as vineyard houses or storehouses till the last decade. Now we visit these places as museums.
We then continue to Devrent Valley with numerous rock formations that has many interesting shapes that may remind of different objects or even some animals.
After this much history and exploration we will get to Avanos (ancient Vanessa) located by shore of legendary Red River to remember we are still on earth! After lunch in a local cave restaurant, we will have a short walk on the suspension bridge over Red River. We will pop in a ceramic atelier to watch a demonstration with 3000 years of traditional kick wheel of ancient Hittites.
Our last stop is the most famous official museum of Cappadocia, Goreme Open Air Museum with its several monasteries located next to each other. There are numerous chapels which walls are covered with frescoes by early Cristian craftsman. You will get to know in more depth what the day today of those people who lived in these monasteries was like. Our day ends in our cave hotel where you can also experience the life in modern and luxury caves. Overnight in Cappadocia.
Note: We seem to hear ‘’where are we going to dine and wine? No worry, all the hotels that we book in our packages are in the heart of Goreme. You can find numerous options from Turkish to Chinese and even Indian food. You can simply have a five-ten minute short walk after having some rest in hotel and enjoy a food appeal to taste your buds.
Just a suggestion: Try not to spend too much time in town as you need to early to bed and early to rise to participate the balloon ride before dawn!
2 hours before sunrise, pick up from your hotel and reach to balloon facility while you are slumbering to enjoy some snacks along with a hot or cold drink whichever you prefer. You may be looking confused whether it is worth waking up so early or not but wait until you ascend from ground in the basket. Amongst 100 balloons and thousands of travelers, our team will bring you to the balloon that you will ride on. Pay attention to pilot for instructions while you are making room for yourself and adjust your phone and cameras. Enjoy silent festival until you hear the sudden voice of burners! After 1 hour we will land in a suitable area and celebrate the event with a traditional way. Delivery of commemorative certificates and make our way back to hotel by shuttle again. Take a quick shower and enjoy your breakfast and shuffle your photos while you are sipping your coffee.
Pick up from hotel and commence the second day excursion of our Cappadocia tour package at about 10:00am. Let’s continue to explore this land from ground again. But this time we will go a further this time and go to the underworld of Cappadocia. One second, are we going back in time till Hittites? Not exactly but yes we will admire more and more deep down today. We will also have a mid-range hike in Rose valley and finish up in Cavusin village. Our day will finish on a hilltop by waving hand to this weird land. Pick up our luggages and ready to go our next destination.
Note: Our package includes roundtrip domestic flights from / to Istanbul but we can also arrange this from/to Ankara, Antalya, Izmir as well upon your request.
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