DAY 1 - FULL DAY NORTH OF CAPPADOCIA TOUR
You
will be picked up from Kayseri airport, bus station or your hotel
and start to visit;
DEVRENT VALLEY has various types of fairy
chimneys. Among these are those with caps, cones, mushroom like
forms pillar and pointed rocks. With the action of smaller,
secondary volcanoes and the action of rivers, wind and flood waters,
this layer of tuff has slowly but steadily been eroded to produce
the rock formations know as "fairy chimmeys". We will take a walk
through this amazing valley.
ZELVE OPEN AIR MUSEUM
has the most important churches in the
valley. Balikli, Uzumlu, and Geyikli, blong to the Pre Iconoclastic
period. The valley was inhabited until 1952. Apart from monasteries
and churches, houses, a mill, a mosque, and several dovecotes are
found in the valley.
PASABAGLARI (MONKS VALLEY) Many fairy
chimneys with multiple stems and caps can be found here, this style
being unique to this area. A chapel dedicated to St. Simeon and a
hermit's shelter is built into one such fairy chimney with three
heads.
AVANOS is known for the pottery, a craft
dating back to the Hittite period. The red clay which is worked by
local craftsmen comes from the residue in the Kizilirmak river. The
Kizilirmak, which divides Avanos into two, is Anatolia's longest
river.
GOREME OPEN AIR MUSEUM is the place where
this religious education was started. You will visit the churhcesö
chapels and monasteries carved into the fairy chimmeys from the 10th
to the 13th centuries with fresgos painted on the walls. In the 4th
century three important men created a now unity here they are the
Great St. Basil, Bishop of Kayseri his brother St Gregory of Nyssa
and St. George of Nazianus.
PIGEON VALLEY here you will see where the
Pigeons and hear of how they were used to help the people. Some
examples where to send messages and to fertiziize the grapes. Also
you will see a wonderful panoromic view.
UCHISAR CASTLE is the highest point in
the region. The castle and its surrounds used to be the most
populated area this settlement, which resembles Ortahisar in style.
The top of the citadel provides a magnificent panorama of the
surrounding area. End of the tour transfer to hotel. Overnight in
cave hotel.
DAY 2 - FULL DAY SOUTH OF CAPPADOCIA TOUR
After breakfast you will be picked up from hotel around 09:00 and
start to visit;
KIZILCUKUR: is an
isolated valley behind Urgup. It has beautiful rock formation with
some great hidden rock-carved churches. The most interesting part of
this area is the countless tracks connecting the small villages and
towns through vineyards and gardens like a spider net. It is always
possible to see villagers working in the area and offering grapes,
apples or apricots to you.
CAVUSIN: One of the oldest settlements in the area, Cavusin
is situated 2km from Goreme, on the Göreme-Avanos road. The Church
of St.John the Baptist offers a panoramic view of the village. This
church and its paintigs date back to the 5th century, making the
oldest church in the region. It had a large courtyard which is
unusual for Cappadocia, this has been eroded away however.
HOSPITAL MONASTRY: One of the oldest monastries in
Cappadocia.
KAYMAKLI: Kaymakli and Derinkuyu underground cities are the
two largest and deepest of the 40 others in Cappadocia. They both
have eight floors, although not all are open to the public.
PIGEON HOUSE: Visit the pigeon houses and rock formations.
End of tour
transfer back to hotel.
DAY 3 - FULL DAY IHLARA TOUR
After breakfast you will picked
up from hotel and start to visit;
DERINKUYU UNDERGROUND CITY, used as shelter for centuries,
consists of hundred rooms, stable, kitchen, church, storage,
missionary school and goes down to 70 meters.
AGZIKARAHAN CARAVANSERAI, built on the way of Silk Road by
Seljuk Empire in 13th century for traders, also the area has
developed insurance system.
SELIME is the end of Ihlara valley with an impressive
monastery and settlement.
IHLARA VALLEY
is a 14 km.-long-valley which has early period churches carved
into rocks in two sides of Melendız Stream in the canyon.
End of the tour transfer to cave hotel. Overnight in cave hotel.
DAY 4 - FULL DAY SAGANLI TOUR
After breakfast you will picked
up from hotel and start to visit;
MUSTAFA PASA was inhabited by Greek
Orthodox families until the beginning of the 20th century. The
houses dating back to the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th
centuries display fine examples of stonework.
DAMSA lake is an example of the hard work of local men and women
in building a Dam acroos the lake.
CEMIL means "Pretty Village" here is where the Greek people
lived.
KESLIK this Archangelos Monastery is about two kilometers south
of Cemil. The monastery compries a church chapel, refectory, hall,
and othere chambers, all hollowed out of a group of broadbased
cones.
SOGANLI fracatured and collape during an earthquake that
added to erosion resulting in deep valleys and canyons. Soganli
valley, which is divided into two, has been occupied since the Roman
period. The rock cones found on the sides of the valley were used as
graves by the Romans, and later as churches by the Byzanties. Here
you will see local women making bread in outside ovens.
TASKINPASA: this was Byzantine Tamisus, seat of a bishopric,
orginally known to the Turks as Damas. The town takes its present
name from Taskin Pasa, a Karamanid emir who ruled here in the
fourteenth century. The will hold anothe Panoromic view.
End of tour transfer back to Kaysri airport, bus station or hotel.
Tour ends.
Tour Includes:
*All
transfers
*4 Full day tours with lunch
*3 Night cave hotel with breakfast
* Entrance fee to the various sites.
* Transportation in non-smoking mini/midi bus with professional
English speaking guide and experienced driver. (Guide in other
languages available also on demand)
Not Included: Drinks, tips to guide, driver and
personal expenses and optional tours
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