2-Day Cappadocia Tour with Optional Hot Air Balloon Ride

Itinerary

Day 1: Day 1: Istanbul - Cappadocia

Stop At: Kaymakli Underground City, Derinkuyu Turkey
MIGHT BE REPLACED WTIH OZKONAK UNDERGROUND CITY. One of Cappadocia’s best-preserved subterranean sites. Explore its maze of passages, seeing underground stables and cellars while learning about the early Christians who once hid here to escape persecution.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Ortahisar Kalesi, Ortahisar Turkey
FROM OUTSIDE. On a stroll, admire its stone houses that surround its crowing rocky glory -- Ortahisar Castle. Stop for photos by this unique fortress.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Red Valley, Nevsehir Ortahisar, Nevsehir 50650 Turkey
NO HIKING - Panaromic view of Rose Valley – a beautiful stretch of land that takes its name from the red-hued rock that abounds throughout it. Wedged between the villages of Göreme and Çavuşin, the valley is studded with rock-carved churches and tunnels.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: 4 star hotel

Day 2: Day 2: Cappadocia

Stop At: Zelve Open Air Museum, Zelve Yolu, Nevsehir Turkey
Imagination Valley, where intriguing animal-like rock formations are abundant. Admire the landscape and stop in Pasabag (Monk’s Valley) in the region of Zelve, to walk through the area’s cone-like rocks where monks and hermits once lived in peaceful seclusion. 
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Pigeon Valley, Uchisar KasabasI Nevşehir Kapadokya, Goreme 50240 Turkey
See its famous bird-nesting caves
Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Avanos Oren Yeri, Goreme Turkey
Pottery town of Avanos
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Goreme National Park, Goreme Turkey
Exemplified by dusty-looking beige buildings and fairy chimneys, this open-air museum comprises a cluster of rocky monuments that attest to Byzantine life in Cappadocia. 

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.