CAPPADOCIA (Daily/2-3-4 Days) By Plane-Bus
Day 1 Early morning flight to Kayseri or night bus to Ürgüp. Departure for Cappadocia, the "Wonderland". Walk through the "Fairy Chimneys" in DEVRENT VALLEY. PAŞABAĞ (Monks') VALLEY, practice pottery production with the ancient technique in AVANOS. Visit to GÖREME, the "open-air museum" holding the earliest churches and chapels carved in fairy chimneys presenting finest examples of frescoes. PIGEON VALLEY, petrified valley of UÇHİSAR, the highest point in the region. Dinner and overnight.
Day 2 Visit to the HOSPITAL MONASTERY. Walk into the "wonderland" at KIZILÇUKUR (Red Valley) and the village of ÇAVUŞİN with rock-cut dwellings. UNDERGROUND CITY OF KAYMAKLI, rock-cut city beneath the earth up to 8-9 levels where early Christians used to hide from Roman and Byzantine persecution. Explore the rock formations in ÇATALKAYA. A fantastic overview of the fairy chimneys from ESENTEPE. Dinner and overnight.
Day 3 DERİNKUYU UNDERGROUND CITY, walk through amazing IHLARA VALLEY. Lunch at Belisırma. Visit to monasteries at YAPRAKHİSAR and SELİME. Visit to 13th century Seldjoukian AĞZIKARAHAN CARAVANSERAI. Dinner and overnight.
Day 4 MUSTAFA PAŞA which inhabited Greek Orthodox families until the beginning of the 20th century. Walk through the DAMSA LAKE. Visit to KEŞLİK, Archangelos Monastery with a church hall. After lunch, visit to SOĞANLI where you will be seeing two valleys "DEEP VALLEY" and "CAN VALLEY". Watching local women baking bread. At the end of the tour, drive to TAŞKINPAŞA for a wonderful panoramic view. Evening flight from Kayseri or night bus from Ürgüp to İstanbul.
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Tour Includes: Round trip tickets, transfers, half-board accommodation at a 4* or a boutique hotel upon availability (breakfast & dinner), professional guidance, museum entrance fees, lunch during tours and V.A.Tax (18%); excludes drinks and transfer from the bus station to the hotel in İstanbul in the bus package.
By Plane: 1 hour / way
By Bus: approximately 10 hours / way
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Itinerary
Day 1 - Istanbul - Cappadocia
Take the morning flight from Istanbul Ataturk airport to Kayseri. Arrival and meeting at the airport just outside the arrival's gate with a sign bearing your name and transfer to Cappadocia. In the morning, first meeting with the lunar landscape of Cappadocia: rock formations beyond belief in Devrent valley; walking in Pasabag near Zelve ; "fairy chimneys" where the voice of wind mixes with the "songs of fairies". Lunch in Avanos, centre of terra cotta work of art since 3000 BC. and a demonstration in a traditional pottery workshop. Afternoon, visit the famous Goreme Open Air Museum and see the best examples of Byzantine art in Cappadocia in rock-cut churches with frescoes and paintings (10th to 13th century). Continue to the Uchisar Rock-Castle to have a panoramic view of the valleys of Cappadocia.Overnight Cappadocia.
Day 2 - Cappadocia
Tour to Kaymaklı Underground City, one of the most interesting underground settlements in Cappadocia. Soğanlı Valley, an Open Air Museum in a wild natural setting near a typical Cappadocian village with its different style Rock-Cut churches and frescoes. Villages in the valleys, surrounded by the "table top" mountains, are spectacular. Lunch and Visit to Sahinefendi ( Sobesos ) newly discovered (01 May 2002) mosaic houses & Archaeological excavation site. Continue with Keslik Monastery near Cemil, that hides its frescoes behind a very thin smoke layer which we can only see by torch light. Our tour finishes with a visit to Mustafapaşa (Sinasos), an old Greek town with its spectacular old Greek houses; very fine examples of late Greek settlements and architecture. Overnight Cappadocia
Day 3 - Cappadocia - Ephesus
Take the morning flight from Kayseri to Izmir by Sunexpress ( Saturdays & Wednesdays, direct flights by Sunexpress - Departure: 09:25am Arrival: 11:00am, the other days via Istanbul by Turkish airlines: 06:45 ASR IST 08:15 TK0267 THY
09:00 IST ADB 10:05 TK0316 THY) . Arrival and meeting at the airport and Visit to the ancient city of Ephesus. We will spend several hours walking in the footsteps of Alexander the Great, Caesar, Cicero, Apostles Paul and John and many other familiar historical names. The recently opened Slope Houses where the wealthiest Romans lived are an excellent example of sensitive excavation and presentation. The mosaics and frescos are spectacular. Tradition has it that Virgin Mary was brought here by St John after the Crucifixion and lived her final years near the city of Ephesus on an isolated mountaintop. A lovely chapel is constructed on the site tended by Franciscans and open to visitors. It has been designated a pilgrimage site by the Pope. Overnight Sirince or Kusadasi near Ephesus. (B)
Day 4 - Ephesus - Pamukkale
Drive to Pamukkale, on the way, visit to Aphrodisias. Aphrodisias was primarily known as a center for the arts, specifically sculpture. The Aphrodisias School of Sculpture had a distinctive style and was very well circulated throughout the Greek and Roman world. Discovery of Travertine terraces and Hierapolis. The travertine terraces at Pamukkale are one of the most spectacular natural wonders we ever have seen from various mineral springs in a vast white cliff side, about 200 m overlooking the plain, calcite-laden waters have dripped down over a series of terraced levels and created a fairyland of bizarre solidified cascades and shell-shaped basins. It looks like creations from snow or like balls from cotton, which gave the scenery the Turkish name Pamukkale (cotton castle): “pamuk” for cotton and “kale” for castle. Moreover the water in the basins is changing its color according to how the light enters. Overnight Pamukkale. (B.D)
Day 5 - Pamukkale - Istanbul
Transfer to airport in Denizli and take a flight from Denizli to Istanbul (08:40 DNZ IST 09:50 TK0237 THY ). Connect to your international flight and leave Turkey
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Cappadocia Tours 4 Day By Bus
Itinerary
DAY 01
Istanbul-Cappadocia
19:00 Pick up from meeting point at Sultanahmet
20:30 Overnight by bus to Cappadocia(first class comfortable bus)
DAY 02
Cappadocia Tour
08:00 Arrive in Cappadocia and hotel c/in
09:30 Full Day Cappadocia Tour -ndash; (North)
Visiting;
Zelve Open air museum where three canyons meet in the Valley.
Then visit Devrent Valley to see the unique fairy-chimneys. Drive to Pa-thorn;abag (Monks Valley) to see most interesting mushroom-shaped pinnacles. Drive to the city of Avanos for lunch. In the afternoon visit Göreme Open-Air Museum where the remains of rock-hewn churches and Christian settlements date back hundreds of years. Before end of the tour visit the naturel Castle at Uçhisar. After the tour transfer back to the hotel. Overnight stay in Cappadocia (Cave Hotel).
DAY 03
Cappadocia Tour
Breakfast at the hotel
09:30 Full Day Cappadocia Tour -ndash; (South)
Visiting;
Derinkuyu Underground City to visit the huge refugee settlement carved by early Christians, where they used to hide from persecutors. From Derinkuyu continue to the beautiful Valley of Ihlara, formely known as Peristerema. Explore the famous rock-hewn churches and hike 4 km through the valley. On the way back to monasteries in Selime Village and 13th century Caravansaray built by Selçuk Turks on the Silk Road. After the tour transfer back to the town and free time.
20:00 Overnight by bus to back to Istanbul (first class comfortable bus)
DAY 4
Istanbul
07:30 Arrive in Istanbul and transfer to the Sultanahmet
Prices include all local taxes (VAT etc.) and service charges. 320 USD
what''s included
All the transfers from bus station to hotel and back
Round Trip Bus to Cappadocia
2 Full day Tours in Cappadocia
2 Lunches
Entrance Fees
Professional Guidance
1 Night Accomodation
1 Breakfast