Itinerary
Day 1: Istanbul – Kayseri – Cappadocia
Stop At: Cappadocia, Cappadocia
Start your tour with a hotel pickup from central Istanbul and travel to airport in time for your flight. Board the plane on your own, and relax on the 1.5-hour flight southeast to Kayseri, a city deep in mainland Turkey. On arrival, meet your guide, hop inside your minibus and travel a little further into Cappadocia to see its wondrous sights.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Goreme National Park, Goreme 50180 Turkiye
Your first stop is Göreme Open-Air Museum, a UNESCO World Heritage site, home to fairy chimneys and a collection of rocky monuments that attest to Byzantine days in Cappadocia. Explore with your guide, and then continue to the small town of Avanos, which is famous for its pottery production.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Pasabag, Urgup Turkiye
After a quick look around the pretty town, enjoy a stop nearby in Pasabag (Monk’s Valley), and take a walk through the area’s cone-like rocks to see where monks and hermits once lived in isolated seclusion. Continue traveling through Dervent Valley, where fairy chimneys pepper the landscape, and then travel back to your hotel in Cappadocia in time for dinner.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Uchisar Castle, Uchisar Turkiye
Visit Uchisar Castle
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Avanos Pottery Workshop, Orta Mahalle Ataturk Caddesi No:91/A Avanos Taş Köprü Karşısı, Avanos 50500 Turkiye
A visit to Avanos
Duration: 45 minutes
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Accommodation included: 4 star hotel
Day 2: Cappadocia – Kayseri – Izmir
Stop At: Cavusin, Cavusin, Cappadocia
Spend the morning at leisure and enjoy breakfast in your hotel, meet back up mid-morning for another tour of Cappadocia. Start with a walk through Rose Valley, a gorgeous stretch of land that takes its name from its abundance of red-hued rock. Straddling the villages of Göreme and Çavuşin, the valley is peppered with rock-carved churches and tunnels, and your guide will point out the best ones as you walk. Finish up in Çavuşin and, after seeing its cave mosque, enjoy some free time for lunch (own expense).
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Red Valley, Nevsehir Ortahisar, Nevsehir 50650 Turkiye
A visit to Red Valley
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Mustafapaşa, Ürgüp/Nevşehir, Türkiye
A visit to Mustafapasa
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Kaymakli Underground City, Derinkuyu Turkiye
A visit to KAymakli Underground City
Duration: 1 hour
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Accommodation included: 4 star hotel
Day 3: Ephesus
Stop At: Ancient City of Ephesus, Selcuk 35920 Turkiye
Enjoy breakfast in your hotel, and then travel to Ephesus where an important archeological site, considered as one of Europe’s best-preserved Classical cities, awaits. Explore the ruins on a walking tour and see sights such as the Temple of Hadrian — a monument built to celebrate the Emperor Hadrian’s visits to the city.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House), Sultaniye Mahallesi, Selcuk 35100 Turkiye
Take a break for lunch in the main town (own expense), before traveling to the House of the Virgin Mary, a site that many believe is where the Virgin Mary spent her final days. Enjoy a look around the chapel and hear about its history as a place of pilgrimage from your guide. Finally, return to your coach and travel back to your hotel to check out.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Izmir, Izmir, Izmir Province, Turkish Aegean Coast
Your 3-day tour then finishes with a drop-off at the Izmir airport,Izmir hotel or Kusadasi hotel. Alternatively, upgrade to include a flight back to Istanbul, and finish your tour there instead.
Duration: 1 hour
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No accommodation included on this day.