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Day 1: KAYSERI – CAPPADOCIA Arrival at the Kayseri airport and transfer to your hotel in the unique and fascinating troglodyte region of Cappadocia. The rest of the day is free at your leisure.
A full day tour of Cappadocia (the land of beautiful horses) view some of the fascinating frescoed and rock carved churches of the Göreme open-air museum, Visit the historic village of Cavusin, continue to Avanos for lunch, and visit the pottery artisans in the traditional rock-carved village of Avanos. Stop at the majestic fairy-chimneys of Pasabag, take a gentle stroll among the naturally sculptured rock shapes of Devrent Valley. Continue to Urgup to sample some of the wine produced in the area. Enjoy a panoramic view over Göreme from the Red and Rose Valleys, before returning to your hotel. Day 3: CAPPADOCIA – LIFESTYLE WALKING TOUR Enjoy a highly specialized ‘Lifestyle Walking Tour’ that takes you into traditional village family life of Central Cappadocia visiting local homes and rock-hewn villages and exploring many spectacular lesser-known valleys such as as the Pigeon’s valley, the White valley, and other unspoiled sights of the Central Anatolia plateau. (app 14 kms hiking) In the late afternoon, enjoy a kilim weaving demonstration and educational session on the centuries’ old craft of carpet weaving. Day 4: CAPPADOCIA – REMOTE CANYONS TOUR We drive across the fertile plains of Cappadocia to the multilevel underground city of Derinkuyu. After lunch near the Canyon of Ihlara, we enter the sheer-sided canyon of Ihlara, in which there runs a stream, and on.both sides there are rock hewn churches. We enjoy a 4 Km hike through the Ihlara valley to to arrive in the Belisirma village. Then we leave for Selime to visit this surreal ancient monastic site and several rock hewn churches. We continue along the Silk Road back to Cappadocian natural park, en route we stop at the well-preserved Agzikarahan Caravanserai, before returning to your hotel.
Morning visit to the massive rock-hewn citadel of Uchisar and to Pigeon Valley before a gentle 1.½ hour walk through the fascinating lunar landscape of White Valley. See the spectacular rock pillars, fairy chimneys, tunnel complexes and caves unique to this region. Return to Goreme where we meet the local village people in their unique cave homes. Visit the spectacular frescoed Yusuf (St. Joseph’s) Church before exploring the labyrinth of small streets and the traditional centuries’ old lifestyle of Goreme people. Afternoon and evening free, to enjoy at leisure. Various activities can be arranged for further enjoyment of your free afternoon. Day 6: CAPPADOCIA – SOGANLI TOUR This tour is specially designed to discover the hidden treasures of many out of the way, spectacular, interesting and realistic sights of Cappadocia. Our first stop is at the fascinating multilevel underground city of Kaymakli. Continue to Soganli Valley, also known as the ‘Valley of Dolls’ with its many Byzantine period rock tombs, enjoying a leisurely hike and exploring the Armenian style churches and monastery ruins. Then we pass through the remote villages of Guzeloz, Ortakoy, Baskoy and Sahinefendi. We visit Taskinpasa Caravanserai, before arriving at Cemil village, a typical small Cappadocian village. Following a brief stop, we continue to Mustafa pasha (Sinasos) for lunch. After which we visit the village, renowned for its excellent Ottoman and Greek architecture. Then we continue to the Pancarlik valley and enjoy a easygoing stroll before returning to your hotel. (L) Day 7: Morning transfer to Kayseri airport for ongoing destinations. |