Cappadocia by Flight

CAPPADOCIA by Flight From Istanbul

2 Nights / 3 Days Private Tour

with your own driver & expert guide
Come to Cappadocia where mountains, volcanic valleys & fairy chimneys are shrouded in mist, and ancient legends blend with modern facts to produce a deep national pride worth singing about. On our private Cappadocia tour, you'll learn about Cappadocia, which remains faithful to its historical Roman & Byzantine roots. Appreciate Cappadocia history, culture and volcanic valleys. But most of all, marvel at its spectacular scenery. This is the best tour of offering many optional activities.

See Cappadocia, best known for its unique moon-like landscape, underground cities, cave churches and houses carved in the rocks. Discover Turkey's world heritage sites, historic towns, volcanic valleys and sublime landscapes. Explore traditional villages, historical & national sites, museums.

The very well-planned and wide-ranging itinerary
Outstanding, incorporating history, culture, place, and natural environments
With the variety of accommodations
Extremely helpful Tour Guide - thoughtful about all of the travel details, knowledgeable, good humored.

HIGLIGHTS

PRICING : From $ (Custom Trip)

(based on two travelers) with Luxury Hotels

Tour Name: CAPPADOCIA by Flight From Istanbul

Tour Type: Private & Guided Tour - just for your party. ( It is NOT a shared / group tour )

Tour Start & End Point: Istanbul

Tour Duration: 02 Nights / 03 Days

Operates: All year - round

Transport: Minivan / Minibus / Coach

Stay: According to your preferences ( in a 3 star, 4 Star, Boutique, 5 Star or Deluxe Hotels)

DAY 01: CAPPADOCIA

Early morning pick up from hotel & transfer to Airport in Istanbul & take a flight to Cappadocia.

Pick up at Cappadocia Airport and transfer to Cappadocia to start the tour. Start with a stroll through

Goreme Panaorama Hill over The Goreme National park is in the middle of combinations of several valleys. It has a vast view of town of Goreme & surrunding valleys ( Pigeon Valley, Rose & Red Valleys, Swords Valley with a mesa hill of Aktepe)

Pigeon Valley - offers views of fairy chimneys in many colours, Uchisar Castle and the famous flat top-stone houses. It has wonderful views of thousands of hand-carved pigeon nests lie on the hills.

GOREME OPEN-AIR MUSEUM - Cappadocia’s main attraction – a monastic complex famous for the fresco-adorned rock-cut churches and monasteries, rectories, and cave dwellings of Roman & Byzantine ages, It was declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1970's.

Avanos - is a pretty town on the banks of the Red River (The longest river in Turkey) famous for a tradition of pottery, ceramics & tile making which dates back to Hittite ages ( 2000 B.C) You can see pottery being made, including the old techniques, and even make some yourself on the potter’s wheel. Carpet-weaving and tapestry-making are equally important local skills in the town.

PASABAGLARI / Fairy Chimneys Valley - known as Monks Valley as well. Here we see the multi-capped mushroom like rock formations and early Christian monk's cells carved into the Fairy Chimneys.

Optional Night Activitiy 1: Whirling Dervishes Night Show, in an 13 th C Caravansarai built on Silk Road

Night in Cappadocia (Meals: No)

Day 02: CAPPADOCIA

Optional Day Activitiy; Balloon Flight Tour - It offers sweeping views of the rocky landscape of Cappadocia.

Your day starts with an Underground City, We visit one of the best examples of underground dwellings could house more than 40.000 people. Top levels are even dating back to 3000 B.C. Later with the arrival of early Christians seeking freedom & shelters during the age of persecution, Underground cities got bigger & deeper with their living rooms, storage rooms, several air chimneys, indoor water wells, church , winery, labyrinth of tunnels and blind passageways, cemetery and even stables for animals.

Cavusin (Old Ghost Town) - Cavusin village has been abandoned because of frequent rock falls. A Huge Yellow Rock Hill/Castle with hundreds of cave-hollowed dwellings & several churches. We hike the Old town & climb to top of Cavusin Castle to see the best view of Rose Valley.

Fairy Chimneys of Urgup - On the way to Urgup, We stop to see famous Fairy Chimneys with caps of Basalt Rocks. These Rocks are the symbol of Cappadocia in all postcards and travel books. We walk the little hill around it with th view of Pancarlık Valley & town of Urgup town deep in the Valley.

Ortahisar Panorama Hill - Ortahisar holds a small but very famous Rock Castle in the middle of Old town. We drive up to the East Panorama Hill of Ortahisar (Best view of Ortahisar Castle with stone houses under it & the surrounding valleys around it)

Devrent Valley - also called as Pink or Imagination valley with Its famous pink rock formations. Here depends on your imagination power you will see many rock formatins look like different figures..The most remarkable one is the siting stone camel...

Optional Night Activitiy 2: Turkish Night Show in a Cave Restaurant - Folk dances and Belly Dance show

Night in Cappadocia (Meals: B)

Day 03: FLIGHT TO ISTANBUL

Morning pick up & transfer to Airport in Cappadocia. Take a flight to Istanbul direct.

Upon Arrival to Istanbul We transfer you to your hotel.

(Meals: B)

Inclusions

Expertise of Our travel specialists
Domestic Return Flights from Istanbul to Cappadocia
All accommodations - 5 star or Deluxe Resorts
All ground transportation and airport transfers in Istanbul & Cappadocia
Private Guide in your preferred language (English, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Italian, French)
All Domestic Flight Tickets
Listed meals only
All parking tickets and petrol.
All taxes

Exclusions (Not Included)

All Drinks & Lunches (We let Customers have the total freedom to choose their lunch, our guide will show the local restaurants)
Optional Tours & Activities
Entrance tickets/fees to sites or museums
All personal expenses.
Services of local porters in hotels, receptions, and other staff
All customary tips to Guide & Driver