Cappadocia: Small-Group Guided Tour
ID: GYG174573-265077
Category:
Country: Turkey
Duration:
07:00 hours
Description
Take a customized guided tour in Cappadocia. Explore the Göreme Open-air Museum with your personal licensed guide and visit Paşabağ, Devrent, and Honey Valley.
The driver and the guide will pick you up from your hotel in the morning. Then you can decide with them what to visit. Cappadocia's most famous attraction, for good reason, is the Göreme Open Air Museum, a complex of medieval painted cave churches carved out by Orthodox monks. There are over 10 cave churches in the Göreme Open Air Museum. Along with rectories, dwellings, and a religious school, they form a large monastic complex carved out of a roughly ring-shaped rock formation in the otherworldly landscape of Cappadocia.
Old Cavusin, with its rock-cut dwellings and stone houses, had several hermitages. The two most important churches in Cavusin are the Great Basilica dedicated to St. John the Baptist and Cavusin Church or the 'Great Pigeon House'. The old city of Avanos, whose name in ancient times was Venessa, overlooks the longest river in Turkey, the Kızılırmak (Red River). The ceramic trade in this district and its countless pottery factories date back to the Hittites, and the ceramic clay from the red silt of the Kızılırmak has always been used locally. Watch the potters at work using the kick wheel, using a technique that has not changed for generations.
Pasabag, the remarkable earth pillars, can also be seen here, in the middle of a vineyard - hence the name of the place which means: the Pasha’s vineyard. Also known as Imaginary Valley or Pink Valley, this area does not have cave churches like the other valleys of Cappadocia. The small fairy chimneys in the valley form a lunar landscape, or moonscape, by their strange appearance. The valley has many animal-shaped rocks. Some of the most commonly seen shapes include camel, snake, seals, and dolphins.
Highlights
- Choose from a variety of highlights to visit like the Uchisar Panaroma
- Explore Goreme Open Air Museum's cave churches
- Walk into the underground cities and see the Pasabag Monks Valley
- Enjoy the company of a licensed local guide and an experienced driver
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
At the time of booking let the supplier know your hotel name and location
The order of the tour itinerary may vary in order to avoid congestion
Guests should watch their step at all times in order to avoid injuries
You must keep social distance while in vehicles
The number of visitors is limited to reduce crowds
All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
You are required to bring and wear a mask
You will receive a mandatory temperature check
Hotels in Nevşehir, Urgüp, Avanos, Goreme, and Uçhisar.
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 48 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 48 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
