Goreme

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Itinerary

• Meet at the airport (Kayseri or Nevsehir) and transfer to your u2018caveu2019 hotel. After having some rest, we pick you up in the afternoon around 5.30 pm for the ATV (Quad) Sunset tour, exploring the valleys in Cappadocia (Love, Rose and Swords Valley) and enjoying the sunset at Red Valley. ATV tour duration is 2 hrs.

• After breakfast, your guide will pick you up from the hotel to begin the Classical Cappadocia tour. This tour starts with Goreme panorama and Goreme open-air museum where there are several churches carved out of the rock, dating back to between the 10th and 13th centuries and displaying beautiful frescoes of religious scenes. We then move on to Devrent Valley to look at the strange rock formations and this is followed by Pasabag, meaning the Pashau2019s vineyard where mushroom-shaped rocks tower over the vineyard; these were once inhabited by hermit monks. There is a stop for lunch at the town of Avanos on the banks of the Red River where distinctive ceramics are made from the local red soil. A visit to a ceramics centre is given in the afternoon with the touru2019s last stop in the village of Cavusin. Tour will end at approximately 5 pm.

• On the last day, we depart the hotel after breakfast for a tour beginning with a photo-stop opportunity of Pigeon Valley where thousands of pigeon houses have been carved into the soft tufa rock since ancient times. The tour then moves on to Ihlara Canyon which is a 16km gorge cut through volcanic rock and we trek 4km by the side of the Melendiz River; here was the first settlement of the early Christians escaping Roman soldiers and there are dozens of churches carved out of the rock. At the end of the trek we stop for lunch at Belisirma and afterwards visit the huge Selime Monastery carved out of the rock by monks in the 13th century. Our last stop is at one of the regionu2019s underground cities which have been dug deep underground and contained storage rooms, wine and oil presses and once supported hundreds of the local population who would hide here to escape discovery by invading armies. At the end of the tour, according to your departure flight, you will be transferred to the airport for the flight back to your destination.

Good to know

• Infants are required to sit on an adultu2019s lap

• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.