Explore Cappadocia - 2 day tour from Istanbul

If this is your first trip to Cappadocia, then this is an excellent program for you!

HIGHLIGHTS

• Explore Cappadocia with its fairy chimneys and otherworldly geological formations, landscape sculpted and carved by millions of years of the sheer force of nature. See its underground cities and scenic valleys.

• See rock cut Byzantine churches, chapels and monasteries which include some wonderful 11th and 12th century frescoes on the cave walls.

• Climb and explore the different caves and rooms throughout the fortress, experiencing first-hand what it must have been like to hide in these fortified rocks, waiting for the ancient enemy to pass by or give up. Be amazed at the elaborate ancient ventilation the residents constructed.

• Make your way down into the depths of the earth of this ancient settlement that has 18-20 floors which boast depths as long as 40 meters. (Don't worry, we'll only go down to the 8th floor!) You'll marvel at the fact that Derinkuyu is just one of 36 Cappadocian underground cities, which archaeologists date back to the time of the Hittites around 4,000 years ago

Daily tour program

- Day 1 - Istanbul to Cappadocia - (L)
Early in the morning we will meet you at your hotel and provide a transfer to Istanbul domestic
airport and put you on a short domestic flight to Cappadocia.
Upon arrival, we will take you on a guided of Cappadocia.
Today will be devoted to exploring more of Cappadocia's unforgettable sites.
Sites you'll see today:
* Goreme Open-Air Museum
* Fairy Chimneys
* Devrent Valley
* Uchisar Castle,
We'll also visit local crafts people and learn the special art of making dolls and traditional pottery.
Overnight in Cappadocia.

- Day 2 - Cappadocia to Istanbul - (B/L)
(If you have purchased the optional hot-air ballooning tour, please note that you'll need to rise very early in the morning to go to the balloon-launch site. After the trip has concluded, we'll come back to the hotel for breakfast and have a rest before setting out in later in the morning to see the rest of the sites listed below.)
Today, we'll stroll through an amazing subterranean city where ancient Christians once hid from Arab invaders; we'll then wander through the Ihlara Gorge and spend time in a classic Anatolian village.
* Underground City of Derinkuyu-
* Ihlara Gorge
* Traditional Anatolian villages.
After the tour we will provide a transfer to Cappadocia Airport and put you on a short domestic flight back to Istanbul.
Upon arrival you will be met and transferred to your hotel.

*** Program ends ***

Total cost : $375.00 US Dollars for per person in a double room & $475.00 US Dollars in a single room

Small group tour

Note: ( Rates are subjected to change for late and last minute bookings )

Price includes
* Accomadation in a deluxe cave hotel
* All land transfers with comfortable vehicles
* All of the meals mentioned in the itinerary (B-breakfast, L-lunch & D-dinner)
* Professional, English-speaking tour guides
* Admissions to Cappadocia sites
* Domestic fight tickets from Istanbul to Cappadocia
* Domestic flight tickets from Cappadocia to Istanbul
* All taxes and service charges

Excludes
* International flight tickets to Istanbul
* Hot Air Balloon tour on Cappadocia ($125.00 US Dollars for per person)
* Drinks with meals

We can customize this program and add more days in Istanbul and include sites like Gallipoli, Troy, Antalya, Eastern
Turkey and Black Sea Region, contact us for customization options.