TURKEY TOUR #1 - 2 DAYS / 3 NIGHTS

CAPPADOCIA TOUR FROM ISTANBUL BY BUS
Budget package tours from reputable travel agency of Turkey
This package tour is available departing from Istanbul everyday.

DAY 1 : ISTANBUL – CAPPADOCIA

This tour package will start with an overnight bus ride to Cappadocia by new model, air-conditioned coach. Bus ride is especially recommended for people who also want to see the great land panorama of Turkey on the way. Besides this will save you from the cost of 1 night hotel accommodation. The buses are non-smoking air-conditioned and have Pullman seats suitable for sleeping. There will be several stop-over points at some highway cafe-restaurants during the journey for toilet needs or for those who would like to eat or drink a cup of coffee

Overnight bus to Cappadocia. Departure at around 19.00 o'clock from a point near our office in Sultanahmet. PS: The departure time may change slightly depending on season but you will be informed of exact departure time after you your reservation is completed.

Amazing rock formations	Frescoes in a church	Cave house accommodations

DAY 2 : CAPPADOCIA

Your bus will arrive to Cappadocia next day early in the morning. Get ready for a day full of surprises. The program will be:

Full day Northern Cappadocia tour including transfers, guide and entrance fee. This tour will cover the most famous parts of the region such as Goreme Open Air Museum, Zelve, Urgup and Dervent Valley.
Lunch will be served during the tour in a nice Turkish Restaurant.
Transfer back to hotel.

Hotel accommodation in Cappadocia. Private rooms with air condition and bath/WC. Possible hotels are Possible hotels are Antik Cave, SOS Cave Hotel, Urgup Inn Cave or similar quality/location hotels to be selected by us if they are not available at the time of booking.

 

DAY 3 : CAPPADOCIA – ISTANBUL

One day is never enough to see the wonders of the vast Cappadocia region, which partially covers 3 provinces of the country. Minimum 2 day tour is a must after coming all the way. You have so many things more to see on your second day, your eyes wide open in amazement. The second day's itinerary will be like this:

Breakfast in your hotel included
Full day Southern Cappadocia Tour including transfers, entrance fees and lunch.
This tour will cover wonderful Rose Valley, either Derinkuyu or Kaymakli underground city, as well as a caravanserai of Seljuk period, which was the great Turkish Empire founded in Anatolia even before Ottomans.
Lunch in a typical Turkish Restaurant during the day tour.
Transfer to bus station
Overnight bus to Istanbul. (Non-smoking new model long distance coaches with air-condition and Pullman seats suitable for sleeping)
End of our service with your arrival to the main bus station in Istanbul, next day at around 7:30 am.
Extra transfer from bus station to your hotel in Istanbul, 30 Euro for 1-3 pax

 

PRICING

Tour Pricing:
210 Euro per person in single room (for 1 pax)
185 Euro per person in double room (for 2 pax)
180 Euro per person in triple room (for 3 pax)

Above tour prices include:
All taxes. Various surcharges may apply for credit card payments, of which you will be informed in advance.
Accommodation in private rooms at 3 star or equal quality special class/boutique hotels
Mentioned guided day tours with lunch.
Entrance fees for museums
All mentioned meals above in the itinerary
Transportation by non-smoking, air-conditioned long distance buses, with flexible seats suitable for sleeping
All connecting transfers in between the tour period.
Compulsory travel agency insurance (legally required in Turkey) 

Possible additions :
Hot air balloon flight at sunrise before the Cappadocia tour on the 3rd day: 135 Euro discounted price
Airport hotel transfers in Istanbul- 30 Euro for 1-3 pax
Hotel accommodation or daily city tours  in Istanbul before or after the tour.
Extra hotel accommodation in Cappadocia, if requested.
 
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PAYMENT AND RESERVATION

Payment and reservation: Depending on season/number of participants etc, we will request 15-25 % of the total tour price in advance. We will send you necessary details by e-mail. Advance payments can be made by Pay Pal, Visa and Master and American express credit cards by mail order method or money transfer. You can pay the balance in Istanbul with credit cards or in cash, as you wish.


 

CAPPADOCIA

In ancient geography, Cappadocia or Cappadocia (Turkish: Kapadokya) was the name of the extensive inland district of Asia Minor (modern Turkey).

Cappadocian region is the place where nature and history come together most beautifully within the world. While geographic events are forming Peribacalari (fairy chimneys), during the historical period, humans had carried the signs of thousand years old civilizations with carving houses and churches within these earth pillars and decorating them with frisks.

Cappadocia contains several underground cities, largely used by early Christians as hiding places before they became a legitimate religion. The Cappadocian Fathers of the fourth century were integral to much of early Christian philosophy. It also produced, among other people, another Patriarch of Constantinople, John of Cappadocia who held office 517–520. For most of the Byzantine era it remained relatively undisturbed by the conflicts in the area, first with the Sassanid Empire and later against the Islamic expansion led by Arabs.

The area is a world famous and popular tourist destination, as it has many areas with unique geological, historic and cultural features.

The region is southwest of the major city Kayseri, which has airline and railroad service to Ankara and Istanbul.

The Cappadocia region is largely underlain by sedimentary rocks formed in lakes and streams, and ignimbrite deposits erupted from ancient volcanoes approximately 9 to 3 million years ago (late Miocene to Pliocene epochs). The rocks of Cappadocia near Goreme eroded into hundreds of spectacular pillars and minaret-like forms. The volcanic deposits are soft rocks that the people of the villages at the heart of the Cappadocia Region carved out to form houses, churches, monasteries. Goreme became a monastic center between 300-1200 AD. First period settlement in Goreme reaches to the Roman period from Christianity. Yusuf Koc, Ortahane, Durmus Kadir and Bezirhane churches in Goreme, houses and churches carved into rocks till to Uzun Dere, Baglidere and Zemi Valley carries the mystical side of history today. The Goreme Open Air Museum is the most visited site of the monastic communities in Cappadocia and is one of the most famous sites in central Turkey. It is a complex comprising more than 30 rock-carved churches and chapels containing some superb frescoes, dating from the 9th to the 11th centuries.
 

GOREME

Goreme, which hide among fairy chimneys, is the heart of Cappadocia. First period settlement within the region reaches to Roman period from Christianity. Ortahane, Durmus Kadir, Yusuf Koc and Bezirhane churches in Goreme, houses and shafts engraved from rocks till to Uzundere, Bagıldere and Zemi Valley carries the mystical side of history today.

Goreme is a wide open air museum, in which there are Fairy Chimneys and lots of churches. Very interesting churches, which are within one of the most important centers of Christianity, Goreme, are under protection.

Goreme is 15 km east of Nevsehir and 5 km west of Urgup


 

ROSE VALLEY (KIZIL VADI)

Rose Valley is a large valley located between Goreme and Cavusin villages, and it is divided into many smaller valleys: Gulludere, Kizilcukur, Meskendir and Zindanonu valleys. This beautiful valley gets its name from the rose-colored rock that varies in hue and intensity depending on time of day, season and weather conditions. During the easy hiking we will visit several cave churches, cave houses and cave tunnels.

PS: Rose Valley can be replaced with Ihlara Valley occasionally, if there is a considerable request for a specific date.

Source: Ministry of tourism and Culture