Hollywood world in Cappadocia with Balloon Flight from Istanbul

Hollywood world in Cappadocia with Balloon Flight from Istanbul

This Cappadocia 1-day tour package with hot-air balloon flight departs from Istanbul Ataturk airport. Your professional tour guide will take you to places where some of the most famous Hollywood movies were shot. Cappadocia has hosted hundreds of movie scenes for Hollywood thanks to its unique plateau facilities. With 193 movies having been shot in Cappadocia in the last 40 years, these include famous ones like Nicolas Cage’s Ghost Rider 2, Noah, L’empire des Loups and Star Wars.

Your flight: Istanbul Ataturk airport (IST) 12:35 am - Kayseri airport (ASR) 1.55 am 

You will receive your PNR code after reservation.

You will be met at the Kayseri airport with your name written on a paper. 

Hot-air balloon deluxe flight !

You will enjoy the breakfast when the balloon is being inflated which takes 20 minute then take off for the breathtaking balloon ride. 

It is a privilege to witness the sunrise in the air in Cappadocia. Pass through the most beautiful valleys of Cappadocia just like a bird. Fly over the fairy chimneys as your pilot is informing you about the region. The tour route covers the most spectacular views of Cappadocia.

After this approx. 70 min. tour, your professional pilot, with the help of the ground team, will land.

And finally, after the landing, a celebration with refreshing drinks (non-alcoholic) is waiting for you. On the spot where you land we deliver your flight certificate specially made for your name and continue to celebrate our successful balloon flight.

Then, Private tour: Hollywood world in Cappadocia !

First visit will be to the Devent Valley (Imagination Valley) where a magic wand touched a piece of land and turned it into a dreamy picture while this region was on the making. Each fairy chimney looks as if once flesh and bone faces turned into stone figures and you can not help but lose sense of time scanning through them for a familiar face.

Next stop is the Zelve Valley where the movie Ghost Rider 2 was filmed. Once there, you will feel you are in the movie set yourself! Zelve Valley is where the oldest and the longest settlements took place in the region. It is also known as the place Christianity started to spread. Many monasteries, churches and old settlements can be found in Zelve.

Lunch is at a local restaurant.

We will then go to the Uchisar Castle where L’empire des Loups was filmed. Being the highest point of the region, Uchisar Castle overlooks  the Hasan and Argeus; today’s inactive volcanic mountains, the originator of the unique shapes of Cappadocia. Final stop is the Selimiye Monastery where the-second-highest-grossing movie of all time Star Wars was filmed. One of the oldest settlements in history, Selimiye Monastery has footprints of many civilizations as the Romans, Seljuks, Hittites, Persian, Byzantines and the Ottomans. Once home to the Orthodox communities, people that lived here obeyed the rules from the cathedral without questions. This truly was their sacred place.

Your tour ends here. After that, you will be dropped off at your Cappadocia hotel, Kayseri or Nevsehir airport at around 17:30.