TURKEY TOUR #2 - 2 DAYS /1 NIGHT

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

DAY 1 : ISTANBUL – CAPPADOCIA

Tour starts early morning with an approximately 1 hour flight to Kayseri Airport near Cappadocia region.
Transfer from your hotel in Istanbul to Ataturk Airport early in the morning
Flight from Istanbul to Kayseri Airport. 1 hour flight
Transfer and check in to your hotel before the tour.
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.
Dinner at your hotel included.
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.

Amazing rock formations	Frescoes in a church	Cave house accommodations

DAY 2 : CAPPADOCIA

One day is never enough to see the wonders of the vast Cappadocia region. You have so many things more to see on your second day that will keep your eyes wide open with 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 Kayseri Airport after the tour.
Evening flight to Istanbul.
End of our service with your arrival to Ataturk airport in Istanbul

Optional: Extra transfer to your hotel in Istanbul if requested, 30 Euro for 1-3 pax
 

TOUR PRICE

TOUR RATES STARTING FROM
Higher prices may apply based on flight costs on different dates / seasons. Early reservation is highly recommended to secure better prices.

380 Euro per person in single room (1 pax)
335 Euro per person in double room (2 pax)
320 Euro per person in triple room (3 pax)

Attention !
* Itinerary can be changed/customized because of flight availabilities.
* Higher prices may apply based on flight costs. Early reservation is highly recommended to secure these prices.

Prices include:
All taxes. (Various surcharges apply for credit card payments about which you will be informed in advance)
1 night accommodation in Cappadocia, to be selected by us. (3 / 4 star or boutique cave hotel)
Mentioned guided day tours with lunch.
Entrance fees for museums
All mentioned meals above in the itinerary
2 way domestic flight tickets as mentioned in the itinerary.
All connecting transfers in between the tour period. 

Possible additions :
Hot air balloon flight at sunrise before the tour on the 2nd day: 130 Euro per person discounted price
Extra hotel accommodation in Cappadocia, if you want to extend your stay requested.
Hotel upgrade is possible in Cappadocia.
Hotel accommodation and Daily Tours in Istanbul before or after the tour.
 
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PAYMENT AND RESERVATION

Payment and reservation: Depending on season/number of participants etc, we will request 20-30 % 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