4-Day Best of Cappadocia Tour

Optional Tour World's Best Hot Air Balloon Flight
In the early morning, you have the optional extra of joining the many others on Hot Air Balloon ride. Cappadocia is said to be one of the best places in the world to go up into a hot air balloon. You will take off for sunrise and get to witness this breathtaking landscape of fairy chimneys as it comes into the natural colours of the morning sun. An optional extra not to miss out.

Magical land of fairy chimneys
If you choose to have a Hot Air Balloon Ride, you will then be collected back at your accommodation for the North Cappadocia Tour around 09:30 AM.

North Cappadocia Tour is also known as Red Tour which covers all the highlights in the north. We will start with Goreme Esentepe for a panoramic view over this remarkable area. We continue to next stop along the way at Pasabag - Monks Valley. The other vantage point of the day is to stop at a place called Three Beauties, the most famous natural beauty and symbol of Urgup.

We continue to visit the Goreme Open Air Museum, a complex of medieval painted cave churches carved out by Orthodox monks. You will get an insight into the ancient history that is so important to this area. The open-air museum has beautifully decorated ancient frescoes scattered throughout its ancient caves and dwellings. Next stop is the town of Avanos, which is famous for all its pottery. You can attend one of the workshops to see these craftsmen at work. Devrent Valley is another stop in the day. Devrent Valley is also known as Imaginary Valley; it has many animal- shaped rocks, the famous one is the camel shape rock.

Cappadocia's Fascinating valleys
Explore more of this amazing region with the South Cappadocia Tour which focuses on the beautiful valleys that make up Cappadocia. Rose Valley and Red Valley are one of the most popular valleys where you will see how it gets the name from its beautiful rose coloured rocks and canyon that has many paths leading to hidden churches and into the other valleys. Then there is the famously named Love Valley that has unique rock formations that when you see them, you will understand how the name Love Valley came from. Next one is Pigeon Valley where pigeon homes were dug into the rock formations giving it all the unique look it holds onto today.

Incredible Underground City
Another major highlight of today is visiting the widest Underground City in Cappadocia - Kaymakli. This underground city is an architectural masterpiece considering only hand tools they used. There is a winery, ventilation shafts, storage rooms, bedrooms and meeting rooms all in a labyrinth structure. After spending some time exploring this marvelous underground city, it will be time to get back out and enjoy the wide open spaces of Meskendir Valley. It is time to take a short stroll and enjoy the fresh air again before moving to the most ancient settlement in the area Cavusin Valley and one last photo opportunity overlooking the panoramic view of Uchisar Castle.

You will be dropped back to your hotel around 17:00 where you have a few hours to enjoy some downtime before we pick you up from the hotel again.

Turkish night Show & Whirling Dervishes
We will pick you up around 19:30/20:00 pm from your hotel for Turkish Night with open Turkish Cusine and unlimited drinks. It is a fun night to enjoy absorbing up some of the traditional Turkish dancing. You will get to witness the beautiful Whirling Dervishes before having a fun-filled night of mock wedding dances, belly dancing and much more.

The night will end at midnight approximately, and we will drop you back at the hotel.

Mysterious underground city & Ihlara Canyon trek
Today is your last day to finish taking in the most amazing sights left in Cappadocia. A day not to miss when you are getting spoilt to be shown even more of this amazing landscape and sights.

You will visit another Underground City called Derinkuyu, the deepest underground City in the region with over 7 floors of houses, cellars, schools, and halls. It will blow your mind at how they managed to do this for their time. You will then get your chance to get back all that fresh air with a trek through the Ihlara Valley; its landscape is very stunning with also uncovered human dwellings and cave churches that let people believe that the valley was home to a large community for many centuries. Another highlight of your day is a Selime Monastery, the stunning rock-cut and the biggest religious building in Cappadocia with a cathedral-size church. Stop at Pigeon Valley and also Goreme Esentepe before the tour ends for some beautiful panoramic view to make sure you’ve got your everlasting memories of Cappadocia.

The day will end around 17:00 PM where you will then, later on, be transferred back to the airport in Cappadocia. From Istanbul Airport, you will be transferred directly to your accommodation.