Istanbul and Cappadocia Tour

Day 1: Arrival in Istanbul

Your driver will pick you up from the airport and transfer you to your hotel. Please note that We are using a company sign SW39. Please look for this sign when you arrive at the airport.

Day 2: Istanbul Old City Tour (B, L)

Your guide will meet you at the hotel between 08.00 and 08.30 am; you will visit the Istanbul Old City area: Hippodrome, Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Grand Bazaar, and Topkapi Palace; you will have lunch during the tour; the average duration of this tour is 8 hours. At the end of the tour guide will leave you to your hotel.

Day 3: Istanbul Bosphorus and Dolmabahce Tour (B, L)

Your guide will meet you in the hotel lobby between 08.00 and 08.30; during this tour, you will visit Golden Horn, Old city walls of Istanbul, Spice Market, Dolmabahce Palace (Dolmabahce Palace is closed on Mondays will be replaced with Chora museum); there is a lunch stop during the tour; tour ends around 05.00 pm; please do not forget to take your luggage in the morning, as after the tour you will be transferred to the airport to fly to Kayseri or Nevsehir airport; in Kayseri/Nevsehir you will have organized transfer from the airport to your hotel in Cappadocia.

Day 4: South Cappadocia Tour (Green Tour) – (B, L)

South Cappadocia tour (Green Tour) – After meeting your guide you will visit Goreme Panorama where you can see a wonderful view of Goreme town with its spectacular cave houses. Then we will start our hike in the beautiful Red/Rose Valley which will take approximately 4 km and slightly more than 1 hr. We will see fairy chimneys, local farms, pigeon houses, and cave chapels. At the end of the hike, we will have a quick stop at Cavusin Village. Then we will drive to Love Valley to take amazing pictures of pillar-shaped rock formations of Cappadocia. After our lunch, we will visit Kaymaklı underground city and stop at the viewpoint of Pigeon Valley and return to your hotel and overnight stay in Cappadocia.

Day 5: North Cappadocia ( Red Tour) – (B, L)

Your guide will meet you in the hotel lobby around 09.00 am and take you to the North Cappadocia tour, known as Red tour: Rose valley, Goreme open-air museum (important early Christianity center), Monks Valley, Cavusin village (one of the oldest settlements in the area), Avanos village 9with stop in traditional pottery workshop), Uchisar Castle, Dervent valley; average tour duration is 8 hours; after the tour, you will be transferred to the airport for your return flight to Istanbul. This program ends at Istanbul airport. In case you need additional overnight stays in Istanbul at the beginning or at the end of the trip, we can arrange them.