Cappadocia 2 Nights 3 Days by air* (CT2N3D)

Guaranteed departure everyday, all year-round in 2008 !

Day 1
Take the early morning flight from Istanbul. Arrival at Kayseri airport and meeting just outside the arrival's gate with a sign bearing your name with your driver.  Transfer to Cappadocia. Tour to Kaymaklı Underground City, one of the most interesting underground settlements in Cappadocia. Soğanlı Valley, an Open Air Museum in a wild natural setting near a typical Cappadocian village with its different style Rock-Cut churches and frescoes. Villages in the valleys, surrounded by the "table top" mountains, are spectacular. Lunch and Visit to Sahinefendi newly discovered (01 May 2002) mosaic houses & Archaeological excavation site. Continue with Keslik Monastery near Cemil, that hides its frescoes behind a very thin smoke layer which we can only see by torch light. Our tour finishes with a visit to Mustafapaşa (Sinasos), an old Greek town with its spectacular old Greek houses; very fine examples of late Greek settlements and architecture.  Overnight Cappadocia 

Day 2
Hot Air ballooning with sunrise (extra), Return to hotel. In the morning, first meeting with the lunar landscape of Cappadocia: rock formations beyond belief in Devrent valley; walking in Zelve Open Air Museum: a journey in the past with its  troglodyte houses; visit to Pasabag "fairy chimneys" where the voice of  wind mixes with the "songs of fairies". Lunch in Avanos, centre of  terra cotta work of art since 3000 BC. and a demonstration in a traditional pottery  workshop. Afternoon, visit the famous Goreme Open Air Museum and see the best examples of Byzantine art in Cappadocia in rock-cut churches with frescoes and paintings (10th to 13th century). Climb on top of the Uchisar Rock-Castle to have a panoramic view of the valleys of Cappadocia.  Overnight Cappadocia

Day 3:
Walking in Ihlara Canyon, a "mirage" in the Steps of Anatolia up to Belisirma village, the ancient Peristrema: "Valley of the Sky" along the Melendiz River. Rock-cut churches, spread across a wild plantation, surprise you with their successfully painted representations from the Bible. Lunch in Belisirma  a local restaurant by the river. Stop by Selime, a village with cave houses at   the end of the canyon and a "star wars" like landscape.  

Transfer to Kayseri airport and the evening  flight to Istanbul and leave Cappadocia.

• Please ask for discounted rates for family and for large groups.
• To add an extra night, please add 40 EURO per person.
• Rates based on double room, if you wish to upgrade to Deluxe Room, please add 15 EURO per person, for a Cave Suite, please add 40 EURO per person.
• If you wish to stay at other hotels in Cappadocia (Anatolian Houses, Esbelli evi , Museum Hotel..),
  please contact us (price may change)
• Flights tickets are e-tickets and references will be sent to you after booking
• You may fly to Izmir, Antalya, Dalaman (may cost extra) after Cappadocia

If you already have a place to stay, already booked your flights, you may still join our tours, please contact us for rates and details.

Izmir Departures: On Saturdays & Wednesdays you may join the tours from Izmir with direct flight by Sun express and other days by Turkish airlines via Istanbul from any airport by the Coast.

Antalya Departures: Please ask!

Please contact us for rate specifications and reservations

• Hot Air Ballooning Over a Fairy Land ( Ballooning Cappadocia )
• Dervish Show / Turkish Night ( Turkish Nigt - Dervishes )