Daily Cappadocia Tours
RED TOUR
Meet the guide and driver in the hotel, and start
discovering Cappadocia's unique landscape; first stop is the highlight of
Cappadocia Region, Goreme Open Air Museum to witness the living art of
Christian and Byzantine history on cave churches. Then we drive to Çavuşin,
an old Greek village for to discover the civil architecture in Cappadocia.
We have lunch at a local restaurant in Avanos where has been the centre of
terra-cotta art since 2000 BC. After lunch drive to Pasabagi or ‘Monks
Valley’ to see the fascinating mushroom-shaped pinnacles. Then we drive to
Devrent (Imagination Valley) for to see different shapes of fairy-chimneys.
Before returning to the hotel visit the natural rock castle at Uchisar.
GREEN TOUR
Depart from your hotel, for Derinkuyu Underground city
to visit the huge refugee settlement carved by early Christians. From
Derinkuyu continue to the beautiful valley of Ihlara, the ancient
Peristerema: 'Valley of Sky' along the Melendiz River. Explore the famous
rock-cut churches and hike 4km through the valley. On the way back visit
Selime Monastery, on the way back visit Pigeon Valley
BLUE TOUR
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.
- Lunchs
-Modern, air-conditioned, vehicle for land transportation
-Professional English speaking tour guide
-Admission fees to sights and museums
-Parking, portage, tipping (except guide, driver), tolls
-V.A.T.