2 Days Cappadocia Tour From Istanbul by Plane

Travel to Cappadocia by air and enjoy 2 days of tours. Take in the Goreme Open Air Museum and the fairy chimneys and enjoy a hot-air balloon ride.

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Istanbul End Point:
Istanbul Duration:
2 Days Departure:
4.15 am

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€ 275_{/Per Person}

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Experience

Discovering Cappadocia's eroded landscape is a top experience in Turkey, but reaching the remote region can be a challenge if time is limited. Combining round-trip flights, ground transport, and activities, this small-group tour is an easy way to maximize your sightseeing time. Included boutique accommodations are in a cave hotel, for a uniquely Cappadocian experience that ensures a memorable stay.

Experience

Highlights

Marvel at the magical fairy chimneys
Admire the red clay pottery of Avanos
Discover the rock-cut churches of the Goreme Open Air Museum
Visit the beautiful valleys of Cappadocia

Full Description of Two Days Cappadocia Tour by Plane from Istanbul

Day 1: Departure

4.15 am Pickup from your Istanbul hotel and transfer to Istanbul airport. You will receive your Flight Tickets after reservation. You will be met at the Cappadocia airport with your name written on a paper for Cappadocia transfer. Red tour: Start the day visiting Devrent Valley, also known as "Imagination Valley", this is the most surreal-looking landscape. Your 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 symbolic of the Holy Trinity, it is possible to see all the stages in the formation of fairy chimneys at this spot. Proceed to Avanos the pottery centre of Cappadocia, this village is set on the banks of the Red River. You will have lunch in a local restaurant before continuing to Goreme Open Air Museum. The world's most important Byzantine cave churches are found in these once remote valleys where monks and nuns pursued monastic life from the 3rd century on. Here you can see the best preserved Byzantine cave wall paintings and frescos from the Iconoclastic period through to the end of Seljuk rule. Panoramic view point Esentepe. With a spectacular view over Goreme, see the complete view of Goreme valley and Goreme village: fairy chimneys, rock formations and cave houses. End your day with Uchisar Castle. This tall rock, the highest point of the Goreme region. After the tour, Transfer to your hotel and overnight stay in a CAVE HOTEL.

Day 2:

(Optional: Pre-sunrise hot-air balloon flight. Hotel pickup: around 06:30 during winter and 04:30 during summer. Dropoff: 8.00/30) Blue tour: After pickup from your hotel at 9.45am, hike along the Red and Rose Valley, the most breathtakingly and mysteriously beautiful valleys in the region. Conclude your hike at the Cavusin Cave Village. Marvel at the rock castle and troglodyte dwellings where people lived until the 20th century. Enjoy lunch in a local restaurant. Descend towards the center of the earth with a trip to the Underground City of Kaymakli, one of the largest and deepest of Cappadocia's many such settlements. Discover this underground city and its stables, cellars, storage rooms, refectories, churches, and wineries. Visit the Pigeon Valley. See spectacular view of dove cotes (pigeon or dove houses), old abandoned cave homes and old Greek houses of Uchisar and Ortshisar Castle, the biggest mass of fairy chimneys in Cappadocia. 18.00 pm. At end of the tour you will be transferred to Cappadocia airport for your return flight to Istanbul. Upon your arrival in Istanbul, you will be met at the airport with your name written paper and transferred from the airport to your hotel in Istanbul. End of our service.

Includes

Flight tickets (Round-Trip)
Istanbul Hotel - Airport transfer (Round-Trip)
Cappadocia hotel - Airport transfer (Round-Trip)
Breakfast (1 Day)
Lunch (2 Day)
Overnight accommodation - CAVE HOTEL
Small-Group Red Cappadocia tour (Full-Day)
Small-Group Blue Cappadocia tour (Full-Day)
Professional art historian guide
Entrance fees
All taxes, fees and handling charges

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Personal expenses
Tips/gratuities