Day 1 Arrival & Hotel Check-in
Arrival at Nevsehir or Kayseri airport, where we have 2 main airports of Cappadocia. Arrival at airport in Cappadocia, meet our driver at the exit gate and transfer to your cave hotel. Our driver will be at the exit gate with a board that your name is written. Welcome to Turkey.
• Overnight in Cappadocia
Day 2 Raguler Cappadocia Red Tour
Goreme Open Air Museum
We will begin at the Goreme Open Air Museum, an impressive collection of monasteries, churches and chapels that date back to the Middle Ages. It served as an important Christian centre of learning and its religious buildings still exhibit elaborate and beautifully preserved frescoes.
Cavusin Village
Cavusin is a small village on the road linking Goreme with the town of Avanos. Until the 1920s it had a mixed population with many Christian Orthodox families.
Uchisar Castle
Uçhisar is the best place to have a full view of all Cappadocia valleys the village. The panorama of the surrounding area is lovely. You will see the Uchisar Castle and the surrounding ancient houses; the scenery is beautiful; the ancient houses are hollowed out into the rocks and form amazing shapes.
Pasabag – Monks Valley
We will then have time to explore the Monks Valley, famed for its three-headed fairy chimneys. This region of is also known as Pasabag, or ‘Pasha’s Vineyard’, as its stunning earth pillars are located within a vineyard.
Devrent Valley
After a short drive we will stop in the Devrent Valley, famed for its lunar-like landscape of small, pointed fairy chimneys. We will take the time to explore the valley and witness some of its most unusual rock formations.
Ürgüp Three Beauties
A weird group of the so-called fairy chimneys – stone formations of tuff – near Ürgüp in Cappadocia. These are said to resemble a family: man, woman and a child between them
Love Valley
Love is a universal word, after all, and there is nothing that could be considered remarkable in its resemblance to the female equivalent of these enormous formations in the area. Love Valley harbours and encompasses incredible sights from the canyons below the vineyards and orchards leading to gigantic fairy chimneys
Avanos Pottery Workshop
Our final destination is the small town of Avanos, home to a terracotta industry that dates back to 3000BC. The clay is sourced from the Red River which passes through the town and we will have the opportunity to visit a traditional pottery workshop and see how it is crafted first-hand.
• Overnight in Cappadocia
Day 3 KONYA TOUR (PRİVATE)
HIGHLIGHTS
- Sultanhan Caravanserai
- Mevlana Museum
- Alaeddin Mosque
- Alaeddin Hill
You will be picked up from your hotel in Cappadocia by your guide and driver at around 09.:30am for starting your tour. You will be driven to Sultanhani caravanserai on the way which is the biggest and well preserved caravanserai on Silk Road. The history of Sultanhani dates back to 13th century as a kind of monumental caravanserai.
Then after driving 1,5 hour more we will arrive to Mevlana Museum in Konya. Mausoleum of Rumi, called as “Mevlana Muzesi”in Turkish language is a place on the list of must see list of Konya. A tomb is situated inside of Mevlana Museum called. One of his other names is famous mystic/sufi/thinker Rumi and his tomb is neighboring museum that displays relics of his life and his time. Inside of the Museum, you will have opportunity to see the items on display in the museum range from old manuscripts, hand written copies of the Koran, musical instruments which were used at Rumi’s time besides numerous art works dating from the Seljukera.
In a local restaurant you will have your lunch after visiting Museum.The next destination of this tour will be Alaeddin Mosque after lunch which is one of the most interesting examples of Turkish Architecture. The Mosque is famous with its wooden columns that carry the entire building. Inside the courtyard of the mosque there is a graveyard for the Sultans. As a final visiting destination will be Karatay Medrese (theological school). This building has glorious portal gate which is one of the best examples in Turkey. Also Mevlana gave his speech to his followers in Karatay Medresesi. You can see different tiles from Seljuk Turks period and tiles from Kubadabat Palace.
After last stop the tour ends at around 17:30-18:00 and we will drive you back to Cappadocia for dropping you to the hotel. Around 20:00-21:00 turn back your hotel.
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