09:30. Approximately, pick up from your hotel for a Full day tour of North Cappadocia.
The tour begins by visiting Esentepe, a hillside with spectacular views over the Göreme Valley, taking photos of the magnificent lava-formed landscapes, as a taster of what’s to come. Then, exploring properly with the guide, starting by visiting Pasabag (Monk’s Valley), whose chimneys are widely regarded as the best in Cappadocia, then a chapel dedicated to the well-known reclusive monk, St. Simeon as well as some small cave habitations that were carved and used by monks one thousand years ago, then admiring the Devrent Valley, where more mushroom-shaped pinnacles cover the hillsides.
We drive to the pottery town of Avanos, where the longest river in Turkey Kizil Irmak (Red River) passes through. You will attend the pottery-making demonstration and even try your hand at making your own unique pot. A meal break will be taken for a buffet lunch at a local restaurant, before visiting the UNESCO-listed Goreme Open-Air Museum, famous for its rock-cut chapels coated in Byzantine frescoes. Then, You will admire the beautifully painted chapels. Marvel at the numerous cave churches and monasteries with their richly frescoed walls painted by Orthodox Monks around 1000-1200 AD.
Then visit of Uchisar Castle. Situated at the highest point and providing superb panoramic vistas, it is a large rock formation full of interconnected rooms, tunnels, and passages that have been carved from the tufa. Scattered throughout the immediate surroundings are several Roman tombs also cut from the tufa. End of the excursion with a hotel drop-off.
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Starting from
09:30. Approximately, pick up from your hotel for a Full day tour of North Cappadocia.
The tour begins by visiting Esentepe, a hillside with spectacular views over the Göreme Valley, taking photos of the magnificent lava-formed landscapes, as a taster of what’s to come. Then, exploring properly with the guide, starting by visiting Pasabag (Monk’s Valley), whose chimneys are widely regarded as the best in Cappadocia, then a chapel dedicated to the well-known reclusive monk, St. Simeon as well as some small cave habitations that were carved and used by monks one thousand years ago, then admiring the Devrent Valley, where more mushroom-shaped pinnacles cover the hillsides.
We drive to the pottery town of Avanos, where the longest river in Turkey Kizil Irmak (Red River) passes through. You will attend the pottery-making demonstration and even try your hand at making your own unique pot. A meal break will be taken for a buffet lunch at a local restaurant, before visiting the UNESCO-listed Goreme Open-Air Museum, famous for its rock-cut chapels coated in Byzantine frescoes. Then, You will admire the beautifully painted chapels. Marvel at the numerous cave churches and monasteries with their richly frescoed walls painted by Orthodox Monks around 1000-1200 AD.
Then visit of Uchisar Castle. Situated at the highest point and providing superb panoramic vistas, it is a large rock formation full of interconnected rooms, tunnels, and passages that have been carved from the tufa. Scattered throughout the immediate surroundings are several Roman tombs also cut from the tufa. End of the excursion with a hotel drop-off.
Starting form,
45 €
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True Blue Tour was created on April 25, 2001 by ONUR TRAVEL CO. We are licensed in Turkey as an “A” category travel agency and tour operator (Licence No: 3686). Originally, True Blue Tour was created to serve the needs of its parent company
