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Cappadocia Daily Tours
Guaranteed
departure everyday, all year-round in 2008 !
Tour
1 - Goreme and fairy chimneys
Pick up from your hotel at 9:30am. In the morning,
first meeting with the lunar landscape of Cappadocia:
rock formations beyond belief in Devrent valley;
walking in Zelve Open Air Museum: a journey in the
past with its troglodyte houses; visit to
Pasabag "fairy chimneys" where the voice of
wind mixes with the "songs of fairies". Lunch in
Avanos, centre of terra cotta work of art
since 3000 BC. and a demonstration in a traditional
pottery workshop. Afternoon, visit the famous
Goreme Open Air Museum and see the best examples
of Byzantine art in Cappadocia in rock-cut churches
with frescoes and paintings (10th to 13th century).
Climb on top of the Uchisar Rock-Castle to have
a panoramic view of the valleys of Cappadocia. Return
to your hotel at around 17:30pm.
Tour
2 - Underground city and traditional villages
Pick
up from your hotel at 9:30am. Tour to Kaymaklı
Underground City, one of the most interesting
underground settlements in Cappadocia. Soğanlı
Valley, an Open Air Museum in a wild natural
setting near a typical Cappadocian village with
its different style Rock-Cut churches and frescoes.
Villages in the valleys, surrounded by the "table
top" mountains, are spectacular. Lunch and Visit
to Sahinefendi newly discovered (01 May 2002)
mosaic houses & Archaeological excavation
site. Continue with Keslik Monastery near Cemil,
that hides its frescoes behind a very thin smoke
layer which we can only see by torch light.
The Medrese (Theological School) from Seljuk
Turks in Taşkınpaşa is the witness
of an early and rich Turkish settlement in the
town. Our tour finishes with a visit to Mustafapaşa
(Sinasos), an old Greek town with its spectacular
old Greek houses; very fine examples of late
Greek settlements and architecture. Return to
your hotel at around 17:30pm.
Tour
3 - Ihlara Canyon walking tour
Pick
up from your hotel at 9:30am. Walking in Ihlara
Canyon, a "mirage" in the Steps of Anatolia
up to Belisirma village, the ancient Peristrema:
"Valley of the Sky" along the Melendiz River.
Rock-cut churches, spread across a wild plantation,
surprise you with their successfully painted
representations from the Bible. Lunch in Belisirma
a local restaurant by the river. Stop by Selime,
a village with cave houses at the end
of the canyon and a "star wars" like landscape. Return
to your hotel at around 17:30pm.
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