Day Trip From Istanbul To Cappadocia
Istanbul, Turkey
Trip Type: Day Trips
Duration: 14 hours
Your private vehicle will be waiting for you for an early morning transfer to the airport. Following the flight to Kayseri city, you will travel to Cappadocia region by car and guide. Your tour will include the Zelve Valley and the Göreme Open-air Museum with its churches carved out of rock and one of kind frescos; as well as the Kaymaklı underground city, where early Christians found refuge.
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Your private vehicle will be waiting for you for an early morning transfer to the airport. Following the flight to Kayseri city, you will travel to Cappadocia region by car and guide. Your tour will include the Zelve Valley and the Göreme Open-air Museum with its churches carved out of rock and one of kind frescos; as well as the Kaymaklı underground city, where early Christians found refuge.Your private vehicle will be waiting for you for an early morning transfer to the airport. Following the flight to Kayseri city, you will travel to Cappadocia region by car and guide. Your tour will start visiting Göreme Valley. Turks have a legend that explains the etymology of the name as: “Gör, Emi (see it for sure)”. This is not without a reason, for this is the important site of the region. The valley is home to rock churches and monasteries, going back as much as to 2nd century AD, which are richly decorated with colorful frescoes by exiled Christians in Roman era.
The wonders will then continue with the amazing panoramic view that you will enjoy at the natural citadel of Uçhisar. You will witness the poetry, written through the ages on the soft volcanic rock by the no other than the elements of the nature. The wind and the rain have worked together to create a surreal, almost lunar landscape; a scene of pillars and cones and, of course, the unique fairy chimneys.
After having lunch at an authentic restaurant, short walk through out Zelve - Paşabağ where you will find the most interesting fairy chimneys and possible to see the first example of monk’s chapel. Visit to Avanos for traditional handicraft as pottery manufacturing by Hittite technique and Tiles & Plates. Then head to Devrent Valley (Fairy Valley) for a close witness to fairy chimneys. After visit the wine factory and taste of delicious Cappadocian wines, stop for characteristic fairy chimneys in Ürgüp. Then transfer to the Kayseri Airport to fly back to Istanbul and transfer to your hotel.
The wonders will then continue with the amazing panoramic view that you will enjoy at the natural citadel of Uçhisar. You will witness the poetry, written through the ages on the soft volcanic rock by the no other than the elements of the nature. The wind and the rain have worked together to create a surreal, almost lunar landscape; a scene of pillars and cones and, of course, the unique fairy chimneys.
After having lunch at an authentic restaurant, short walk through out Zelve - Paşabağ where you will find the most interesting fairy chimneys and possible to see the first example of monk’s chapel. Visit to Avanos for traditional handicraft as pottery manufacturing by Hittite technique and Tiles & Plates. Then head to Devrent Valley (Fairy Valley) for a close witness to fairy chimneys. After visit the wine factory and taste of delicious Cappadocian wines, stop for characteristic fairy chimneys in Ürgüp. Then transfer to the Kayseri Airport to fly back to Istanbul and transfer to your hotel.
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