Guided Turkey Tours

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Guided Turkey Tours offers 3 daily tours in Cappadocia. Our tours include the most famous tourist atractions in the region such as Goreme Openair Museum , Kaymakli Underground City, Cavus Inn Village, Uchisar Castle , Red Valley , Rose Valley , Ihlara Valley and many more sites.

 

Tour Itineraries:

 

Local Highlights Cappadocia Tour

 

We will pick you up from your hotel at 9:30. Start the day visiting Devrent Valley also known as Imagination Valley, this is one of the most surreal looking landscapes in Cappadocia.

 

The next stop will be Pasabagi also known as Monks Valley where Christian hermits chose to build Hermit Cells and Churches in these 3 headed Pinnacles symbolic of the Holy Trinity, it is possible to see all stages of the fairy Chimneys at this spot.

 

Proceed to Avanos the Pottery Center of Cappadocia, the village is set on the banks of the Kizikirmak/Red River. The River gets its name from the Red clay deposits, here you can watch the potters at work using the traditional kick wheels, a technique that has remained unchanged for generations.Lunch is served in a local Restaurant

 

After lunch we continue to the Goreme Open Air Museum, import Byzantine Cave churches are found in these once remote Valleys where Monks and Nuns pursued monastic life the 3rd Century. Here you will see the preserved Byzantine Cave wall paintings and Frescos from the Iconoclastic period through to the end of the Selcuk Rule. 

Icons with scenes from the Old and New Testament can be seen above portraits of Saints and Church Fathers depicting the Structure of the Byzantine Period.

Panoramic View Point Esentepe with a spectacular view over Goreme Valley and Goreme Village.

End your day with a view of Uchisar Castle, this tall Rock is the highest point of the Goreme region.After the tour, you will be returned to your hotel. 

 

The Price of the above programe: from €60 Euros

                                                        
 

 

Southern Cappadocia Tour ( Red Tour )

 

Start the day with a leisurely 4km walk along the Red & Rose Valley, these Valleys have some of the most breathtaking and mysterious views in the region, The Valley is famous for the fabulous volcanic rock formations and is in the heart of Cappadocia but away from the mainstream tourist sites.

 

The relaxing walk will end in Cavusin Village where we will see a Rock Castle and Troglodyte dwellings where people lived until the 20th Century.Lunch is served in a Local Restaurant.

 

After lunch we will descend towards the center of the earth with a trip to the Underground City of Kaymakli, Kaymakli is one of the largest and deepest Underground settlements in Cappadocia. The City is approximately 40m deep and contains all the rooms commonly found in Underground Cities, Stables, Cellars, Storage rooms, Refectories, Churches and wineries.

 

On the return we will visit Pigeon Valley where you will have spectacular views of Dovecotes, Old abandoned Cave Homes and Old Greek houses.Lastly we will stop in Ortahisar to see Ortahisar Castle the biggest mass of fairy Chimneys in Cappadocia.

 

The Price of the above programe: from €60 Euros

 

                                                                      

 

Ihlara Valley Tour

 

Today’s tour we start with a Spectacular View over Goreme from Esentepe, here you will see a complete view of Goreme Valley and Village consisting of Fairy Chimneys, Rock formations and Cave Houses.

We continue our drive to the Derinkuyu Underground City, this City is one of the best preserved settlements in Cappadocia, the excavated depth is approximately 85m and as well as containing the usual Refectories, Church’s and Wineries it has a large room on the second floor that was a Missionary School with Study rooms. 

Proceed to the Famous Ihlara Valley, The gorge is 16km long and both sides are lined with Rock carved Churches and Houses, our leisurely walk is 4km along the River deep in the Valley where you are free to explore the Hidden Churches.

At the end of the walk lunch is served at a quaint Restaurant in Belisirma Village on the River. On route back to Cappadocia we visit the Selime Monastery which was carved out of Rock by the Christian Monks in the 13th century, the size of this Church is truly astonishing.

We will stop briefly at Yaprakhisar Panoramic Point for another view of this great Monastery (This is also the spot where the famous Star wars Movie was shot)

 

The Price of the above programe: € 60  Euros