2 Day Private Cappadocia Tour from Istanbul + Standard Balloon Ride
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Overview
Tour at a glance
What's included
- Rountrip Domestic Flights
- Pick up & Drop Off
- Lunch
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- 1 Night Accommodation
Not included
- Dinners, tips, personal expenses
Day by day
- Goreme National Park Pick up from hotel in Istanbul and transfer to Istanbul Airport OR Sabiha Gokcen Airport. We will arrange early flight either Kayseri Airport OR Nevsehir Airport. It is 1 Hour 20 minutes flight. Once you arrive in you will be met by our driver and you will be taken to Cappadocia which takes another 1 hour. You will be met by our guide and you will start Full Day Tour of, DEVRENT VALLEY : Devrent Valley (also spelled as Dervent Valley) reveals many different rock formations and is only a 10 minute drive from Goreme. The small fairy chimneys in the valley form a lunar landscape, or moonscape, by their strange look. The valley also has many animal shaped rocks. It looks like a sculpture zoo made by nature. Some of the most important, or the easiest seen animal shapes are camel, snake, seals, and dolphin. If you let your imagination run free you will find many others. It is like looking at clouds and seeing a dragon. There is even a rock pillar which looks like Virgin Mary, holding Jesus Christ. MONKS VALLEY : Pasabag in Cappadocia is located on the road to Zelve, coming from Goreme or Avanos. Highly remarkable earth pillars can be seen here, in the middle of a vineyard, hence the name of the place which means: the Pacha’s vineyard. Pacha means “General”, the military rank, in Turkish and it is a very common nick name. This site is also called Monks Valley. The name was derived from some cones carved in tuff stones which stand apart. Currently, there is a vineyard and a number of tuff cones standing right next to the road. AVANOS : The town of Avanos is set on the banks of the Kizilirmak, the Red River. The town is about 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Goreme. Avanos has a lively center with all the usual amenities including a modern, tourist-oriented hamam (Turkish Bath). A large travelling market visits Avanos on Fridays. We suggest a visit to Avanos for individual travelers on Fridays. This tented market has everything for the house, clothing, fruits and vegetables and more.Also you will have a chance to see pottery maiking. GOREME MUSEUM : The Goreme Open-Air Museum resembles a vast monastic complex composed of scores of refectory monasteries placed side-by-side, each with its own fantastic church. It is obviously the first sight to be visited by any traveler in Cappadocia, standing as it does in the very center of the region with easy access from all directions. It is only 15 minutes walk (1.5km, 1 mile) from Goreme village center. It contains the finest of the rock-cut churches, with beautiful frescoes (wall paintings) whose colors still retain all their original freshness. It also presents unique examples of rock hewn architecture and fresco technique. The Goreme Open Air Museum has been a member ofUNESCO World Heritage List since 1984, and was one of the first two UNESCO sites in Turkey. UCHISAR CASTLE : Uchisar is situated at the highest point in Cappadocia, on the Nevsehir-Goreme road, just 5 km from Goreme. The top of the Uchisar Castle, provides a magnificent panorama of the surrounding area with Mount Erciyes in the distance. It will be a panoramic view. No interior visit !
- Kaymakli Underground City 04:45 - 05:30 - Pick up from hotel. You will join 1 hour balloon ride. After the balloon tour you will be taken back to hotel. Breakfast & Check out. Full Day Cappadocia Tour 2 of , KIZILCUKUR VALLEY : One of the nicest and most most beautiful places to go walking in Cappadocia in in Red and Rose Valley . The two valleys are next to each other and are easily combined. Start at Sunset point (near Ortahisar) and hike down through first Red Valley and then continue on the Rose Valley. CAVUSİN VİLLAGE : After our wanderings through Swords and Rose Valleys on our second day in the Göreme area, we arrived in Çavuşin village. It was a lovely quiet village and had some amazing sites to visit. The ‘old’ village, now abandoned, was all carved into the hillside. I’m not really sure how old the settlement is, but it’s definitely been around for a long, long time. All the buildings and churches and homes of the village were within the hill and were probably connected internally via tunnels and such. As we wandered around the ruins and took in the amazing view of the plains and hills stretching all the way to the horizon, I could understand why people living here would want to burrow into the mountains. Basically, if you lived out here in a village in Cappadocia, you were on your own. If raiders or brigands or enemy armies or whatever arrived in the area, there was really no one to help you. It must have been a strange and precarious life, living in such isolation. So, these villages built into the rock must have been much more secure and difficult to attack or raid than if the people just lived in houses on the plain. UNDERGRAUND CITY : is built under the hill known as the Citadel of Kaymakli and was opened to visitors in 1964. The people of Kaymakli (Enegup in Greek) village have constructed their houses around nearly one hundred tunnels of the underground city. The inhabitants of the region still use the most convenient places in the tunnels as cellars, storage areas and stables, which they access through their courtyards. The Kaymakli Underground City has low, narrow and sloping passages. While the underground city consists of 8 floors below ground, only 4 of them are open to the public today, in which the spaces are organized around ventilation shafts. PIGEON VALLEY : Pigeon valley is situated between Göreme and Uçhisar and is ideal for walking, as the trek is relatively easy. The name comes from the thousands of pigeon houses that have been carved into the soft tuff since ancient times. Although they can be found throughout Cappadocia, they are especially numerous in this valley. They were carved wherever space allowed, including abandoned cave houses and churches. In Cappadocia, pigeons have long been a source of food and fertilizer. The advent of chemical fertilizers has reduced the use of pigeon dung. However, some farmers still maintain their lofts because they insist that the reputation of Cappadocian fruits as the sweetest and most succulent in Turkey is entirely due to pigeon dung. After the tour, you will be taken to airport and flight to Istanbul. Met on arrival, transfer to your hotel in Istanbul.
Meeting & pickup
Hotel pickup is included for all travellers.
Schedule
Good to know
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Cancellation policy
If you cancel at least 6 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.<br>If you cancel between 2 and 6 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.<br>If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.
Traveller reviews
Ibrahim arranged private guides and drivers for airport transfers in several cities in Türkiye and it worked out perfectly and seamlessly. Our second city, Cappadocia, was fantastic and definitely worth the visit. Umut, our guide, was awesome, very friendly and excited to show us his city. We arranged a half day tour upon arrival and then a balloon ride was arranged for us the next day. Do not miss doing this! It was fun and beautiful. One downside is the shuttle ride for sunrise, as we were the first to be picked up and it took longer than an hour to pick everyone else up, but the driver was very good and friendly. Ibrahim arranged a jeep ride for us on a last minute request. He was incredibly accommodating with our schedule and options. Our hotel was in the Urgup village. I hadn't realized how many other villages there were, but I would choose Urgup again over the others. It is smaller, quieter, very walkable with great restaurants. Private transfers to and from the airport were very efficient and comfortable.
The entire trip and experience was Wonderful. The tour guides were incredibly knowledgeable, affable and helpful. And on top of this, the tour manager took care of every other detail and made sure we were completely comfortable and happy. We Loved the Experience and will always Cherish it.
Amazing morning. Had difficulty getting in and out of the basket, but with help made it. And it was definitely worth it. The views were incredible. It felt like we were with the birds soaring above the land. Only two complaints, sometimes the music was distracting from the views and the flight was too short. But overall I recommend that if you have the opportunity, take this tour.
Turkland Travel Agency gave us a wonderful experience in Turkey. I traveled with my family to Istanbul, Cappadocia, Izmir, Ephesus, Kusadasi and Pamukele. At all times the detail in the tours was noticeable. The tours are very good and personalized. The hotels are very comfortable and cozy. I want to give special thanks to Ibrahim Basyesil. From the agency, he organized our tours and was always attentive to our questions, responding with help and speed.
We booked our tour with Turkland and spent a week in Turkey. It turned out to be a private tour and everything was well organised by Ibrahim. He welcome us on our arrival and checked on us almost daily via whatsapp to ensure that we were happy with everything. We had a few different guides throughout our tour and they were all fantastic. All hotels and meals provided were above our expectations and we highly recommend Turkland Tours. We would give 6 stars if we could!
It was very well organized and the tour was amazing .... they took care of all the details .... the balloon ride was canceled due to weather however they refunded me the cost .... i really enjoyed it thank you guys ❤️
I rarely write reviews and only do so when something has exceeded my expectations, and Turkland Travel has done just that. As an avid traveler, having visited almost 90 countries now, it’s hard to impress me anymore.... but the level of service, attention to detail, constant communication and quality of tour options presented to us by Turkland was truly unbelievable... and of course Cappadocia itself is spectacular! Thank you to Ibrahim in Istanbul, and Yagmur and Canan in Urgup for making our visit absolutely unforgettable.
Excellent travel agent and outstanding tour around cappadocia. Highly recommended anyone looking to tour cappadocia, pamukkale and Istanbul .. one of the best
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