2 Days Cappadocia Tour from Istanbul with Cave Hotel and Balloon Ride

2 Days Cappadocia Tour from Istanbul with Cave Hotel and Balloon Ride

You'll be picked up from your hotel in Istanbul and fly to Nevşehir or Kayseri where you will meet your guide then board an air-conditioned coach. First day visit Devrent Valley.
Next, head to Avanos the Pottery Center of Cappadocia where the village is set on the banks of the Kizilirmak/Red River.
You will have lunch at a Turkish Restaurant before heading to the Goreme Open Air Museum.
Byzantine Cave churches can be found in these once remote Valleys where Monks lived a monastic life in the 3rd Century. End your first day with a view of Uchisar Castle. Next day, you will enjoy a Hot Air Balloon Ride and witness the stunning landscape of Cappadocia.
Enjoy breakfast in your hotel before starting the full day Cappadocia tour with a 4km walk along the Red and Rose Valley famous for the volcanic rock formations and is situated in the heart of Cappadocia.
Then head to Kaymakli one of the broadest and deepest Underground settlements in Cappadocia.

Itinerary

Day 1: Istanbul - Cappadocia

Stop At: Devrent Valley, Devrent Mevkii No:1 Aktepe Koyu Turkey
Enjoy a private transfer from your hotel in Istanbul and fly to Nevşehir or Kayseri where you will meet with your guide and then travel on an air-conditioned coach.

Start the day by visiting Devrent Valley, also known as Imagination Valley, one of the most surreal-looking landscapes in Cappadocia.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Pasabag, Urgup Turkey
The next stop will be Pasabagi known as Monks Valley, where the Christian hermits chose to build Hermit Cells and Churches. These three headed Pinnacles are symbolic of the Holy Trinity and make it possible to see all the stages of the Fairy Chimneys.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Avanos, Avanos, Cappadocia
Next, continue to Avanos the Pottery Center of Cappadocia where the village is set on the banks of the Kizilirmak/Red River and gets its name from the Red clay deposits, where you can also see the potters at work.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Goreme, Goreme, Cappadocia
Lunch is served in a local Turkish Restaurant before heading to the Goreme Open Air Museum where the Byzantine Cave churches are found in these once remote Valleys where Monks and Nuns pursued monastic life the 3rd Century.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Uchisar Castle, Uchisar Turkey
End your day with a panoramic view of Uchisar Castle and the tall Rock, which is the highest point of the Goreme region.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Cave Hotel in Cappadocia

Day 2: Full day in Cappadocia

Stop At: Hot Air Balloon Cappadocia, Müze Cd. No:46/1, Göreme, 50180 Göreme/Nevşehir Merkez/Nevşehir Merkez/Nevşehir, Turkey
Enjoy a memorable Hot Air Balloon ride early in the morning and then go back to the hotel for breakfast before starting your full day Cappadocia tour.


Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Red Valley, Nevsehir Ortahisar, Nevsehir 50650 Turkey
Begin with a leisurely 4km walk along the Red and Rose Valley famous for the volcanic rock formations and is situated in the heart of Cappadocia. The walk will end in Cavusin Village, where you will see a Rock Castle and Troglodyte dwellings were lived in until the 20th Century.


Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Kaymakli Underground City, Derinkuyu Turkey
Visit Kaymakli Underground City spread over 8 levels

Lunch is served in a Local Turkish Restaurant before heading towards the centre of the earth.


Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Pigeon Valley, Uchisar KasabasI Nevşehir Kapadokya, Goreme 50240 Turkey
On the way back you will visit Pigeon Valley with spectacular views of Dovecotes, Old abandoned Cave Homes and Old Greek houses and finally, stop in Ortahisar to see the biggest mass of Fairy Chimneys in Cappadocia.

At the end of this fabulous tour, you will be taken to the airport for your flight back to Istanbul and transfer to your hotel in Sultanahmet.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.