Red Tour (North Cappadocia)
Göreme Open Air Museum
Rock Churches
Uchisar Castle – Natural Rock Castle
Cavusin Old Greek Village
Pasabagi Fairy Chimneys
Avanos Pottery Demonstraton
Devrent – Imagnation Valley
Urgup Wine Tasting.
The tour starts with a visit to Göreme Open Air Museum where you can see the world’s most important Byzantine cave churches. Goreme Open Air Museum is listed as one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Our next stop will be Pashabagi also called the Monks Valley because Christian hermits chose to locate hermit cells and churches in these three-headed pinnacles.
The last stop before lunch will be Devrent Valley , also known as “Imagination Valley”, this is the most surreal-looking landscape. We will have lunch in Avanos in one of the cave restaurants. Avanos is the town of traditional pottery art, thus, we will visit one of the family work-shops in Avanos to have some information about the pottery and have a kick-wheel-pottery demonstration after lunch.
We will end the day at Uchisar Castle, which is the highest point of Cappadocia and the view from the top is just brilliant.
Price: 35 Euros per person
Duration: 9:30 to 17:30
Group Size: 4 to 14 people
What’s Included:
• English speaking Professional Tour Guide
• Entrance fees to the various sites & Lunch
• Air Conditioned non-smoking vehicle
Not Included:
Beverages, Personal expenses, Tip to driver and tour guide.
Green Tour (South Cappadocia)
Goreme Panaroma
Derinkuyu Underground City
Ihlara Valley – 3,5 km. Walking
Belisirma Village
Selime Monastery
Uchisar Pigeon Valley
Ihlara Valley Tour starts at 09:30 am. The first stop is Goreme Panorama where you will have a complete view of Göreme valley and Göreme village: fairy chimneys, rock formations and cave houses. You will be also given the general information about Cappadocia at that first stop.
Next we will drive to Derinkuyu Underground City, one of the best preserved and deepest underground cities in Cappadocia. Derinkuyu is 55 meters deep and has 8 levels open to visitors. After spending about 1 hour in Derinkuyu Underground City, we will drive to Ihlara Valley which is a 16 km long canyon and both sides are lined with rock carved churches. We will have a 3 km hike and visit one of the cave churches in Ihlara Valley.
At the end of the walk, lunch will be served at Belisirma Village at a river by restaurant.
After lunch we will visit Selime Monastery, carved out of the rock by Christian monks in the 13th century. The size of the church makes a visit here astonishing.
The last stop of the day is a picture stop over the Pigeon Valley.
Price: 42 Euros per person
Duration: 9:30 to 18:00
Group Size: 4 to 14 people
What’s Included:
• English speaking Professional Tour Guide
• Entrance fees to the various sites & Lunch
• Air Conditioned non-smoking vehicle
Not Included:
Beverages, Personal expenses, Tip to driver and tour guide.
Blue Tour (South Cappadocia)
Mustafapasa
Keslik Monastery
Taskinpasa Madrasah
Sobessos Ancient City Excavation Area
Soganli Valley – Rock Churches
Kaymakli Underground City
Starting from your hotel at 9:00, we drive to Mustafapasa, famous for its beautiful architecture; Mustafapasa was one of the largest Greek towns in Cappadocia until the 1924 population exchange between Turkey and Greece. The next stop is the Keslik Monastery, with one of the rare iconoclastic examples of Cappadocia frescoes. After which we will drive to the Sobessos Excavation site. Archeologists have recently (in last 10 years) begun excavations of this area. From there, we continue to Soganli Valley. Soganli was once the third largest monastic center in the area and hosts many cave churches and a beautiful hiking valley. Before start to hike in Soganli Valley we get our lunch. After our lunch and afternoon hike through the Soganli Valley we will drive to Kaymaklı Underground City.
The last stop of the day is a picture stop over the Pigeon Valley.
Price: 55 Euros per person
Duration: 9:30 to 18:00
Group Size: 4 to 14 people
What’s Included:
• English speaking Professional Tour Guide
• Entrance fees to the various sites & Lunch
• Air Conditioned non-smoking vehicle
Not Included:
Beverages, Personal expenses, Tip to driver and tour guide.