There are many wonders in Turkey that impress most of the tourist that come to Turkey but Cappadocia is far beyond anywhere. With its charming history and incomparable natural beauty, which looks as if no one stepped on before, Cappadocia always offers you more than what you have expected from a touristic tour. Here are our “ Cappadocia Day Trip From Istanbul By Bus “ tour package details.

To make you save more time, we use overnight bus transportation programs, it means you will be transported to Cappadocia by bus at night and you will be taken to your hotel by the same process at the end of the tour.

People visiting the south side of Cappadocia

In the first day of your Cappadocia day tour, after you arrived in Cappadocia Bus Station in Goreme, you will be welcomed by our friendly and you will be driven to our office to have rest for a while to get more energy before taking the road. Then you will be transferred to the meeting point, where you meet up with your guide and other people that participated in this tour. From there, you will begin your day journey with the following sightseeing:

First of all, you will start your Cappadocia day tour with a visit to the impressive Dervent Valley. Devrent is located in the northern part of Aktepe, 1km from Pasabag (Monks’ Valley) and 5 km away from Avanos. Then, you will be taken to Pasabag “fairy chimneys”, a charming and worthwhile location where you can taste the mystic of Fairy Chimneys. Pasabag is also well known to the locals as the monk city. You will enjoy the beautiful Devrent Valley and Pasabağ at the same time both sites allow you to see the magnificent examples of the mushroom-shaped rock pinnacles as well as ‘fairy chimneys’. Later we will break at Avanos center of terracotta art and proceed to the small beautiful village of Avanos situated by the bank of Red River (Kızılırmak in Turkish). Avanos is considered as the center of terra cotta work of art since 3000 BC and vastly famous for clay pottery design. It is a town where you will be warmly welcomed to visit a traditional pottery workshop, which is probably set deep into the hillsides. The mesmerizing ceramics were dated back to the 3000 BC in the location and stayed alive from Generation to generations. Alternately, the visit to ceramic & tile center permit you to see how the ceramics made by hand. Then, we will have lunch to go on our journey of Cappadocia Day Trip From Istanbul.

After the lunch, we will move towards to the most eminent highlight of Cappadocia – the Goreme Open Air Museum. The museum is featured with the most impressive rock-carved churches and the most striking Byzantine frescoes in all of Cappadocia. It was an important Christian center in the early years of the middle ages. The museum was administered by Mokissos near Aksaray in the 11th and 13th centuries. In spite of being the vast number of monasteries, churches, and chapels in the neighborhood of Goreme, you will find many inscriptions bearing no dates. That’s why; these religious buildings are essentially dated in accordance with the iconography or architectural features.

By visiting the famous Goreme Open Air Museum, you will able to explore the prehistoric architectural beauty and to observe the best examples of icons in Cappadocia. Those soft rocks of Cappadocia from the clefts were used and carved out to form such as stables, churches, monasteries. Finally, you will be taken to Uchisar Village. Uchisar Village gives you the opportunity of exploring the panoramic view of volcanic valleys while you are on the top of Rock Castle’s Hills, which is known as Uchisar Castle as well. You can visit the carpet weaving co-operation if you have time. There you will able to see how the Turkish carpet made by hand. At the end of Cappadocia day trip from Istanbul, you will be transferred back to Istanbul by your luxury overnight bus, with the pleasure of feeling perfect!

A view from the Cappadocia green tour

Cappadocia south tour (green tour) can be the best option for visiting the green side of the Cappadocia region. If you are visiting Cappadocia for the first time, we suggest you join the green tour of Cappadocia.

Cappadocia South tour will start with the pickup from our office in Cappadocia. Our professional tour guide will bring you to the meeting point where the other your participants wait. You will be transferred to the luxury and non-smoking touristic vehicles. Our tour guide will give you information about the Cappadocia tour what you will visit in this day.

Green Cappadocia tour will start with the visiting the Gulludere Valley. You will see the amazing rock-cut churches and hike 5km through the Gulludere Valley. Then we will depart for the Cavusin Village. You will love to visit in Cavusin Village. It was already abandoned several about 11-th-century. Then we will have a lunch. After the lunch, we will drive to the Pigeon Valley for the incredible panoramic views. You will able to see whole the Cappadocia in there. You can take amazing photos when you are visiting the Pigeon Valley. We will go to Kaymakli Underground City that used as a sanctuary before. Local people of Hittites and Byzantine used this Underground City for saving themselves from wars and the bad weather conditions. You can still see the stables, living room, kitchen and more.

When the Cappadocia green tour ends, you will be transferred back to our office in Cappadocia.