Green Tour: Explore Ihlara Valley, Derinkuyu Underground City & More in Cappadocia
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6 Ratings
Goreme

Panoramic view of Göreme, Exploration of Derinkuyu Subterranean City, One-hour hike in Ihlara Valley, Lunch, Yaprakhisar Scenic outlook, Visit to Selime Monastery, Trip to Pigeon Valley, Onyx and Stone Demonstration.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Goreme Panorama - First place in the tour is Panoramic view of Goreme. You get information about history, formation of Cappadocia tours while watching the fairy chimneys. Following the information, free time for photograph.
  • Derinkuyu Underground City - Derinkuyu, Cappadocia green tour After driving about 40 minutes, arrival to Underground City. This underground city was firstly used by the local people as a natural deep freeze. Later by the late Romans as a shelter against potential Arabian invasions.
  • Ihlara Valley - Cappadocia Ihlara Canyon is 52 km. away from Underground City.Approximately 45 minutes later, you will be in the entrance of Ihlara Valley.Ihlara Valley was formed by the volcanic actions of Mt. Hasan, next to Ihlara Valley. Afterwards, Melendiz River eroded the valley for millions of years besides the layers cracked and fell down.

You will start with the soup and salad, later you will able choose one of the main dishes from the list. Lunch will be over with season fruits.

  • Yaprakhisar - After lunch our guide will take you to a unique place, Yaprakhisar. You will see the nicest examples of conical fairy chimneys. Since the area is very similar to Star Wars Film Set.
  • Selime Monastery - Selime monastery is the biggest religious building in Cappadocia with a cathedral-size church. Inside the cathedral there are two rows of rock columns. These columns divide the cathedral into three sections. The size of the church is astonishing. The columns and arches of the church, cut directly from the tuff within the Selime monastery, still bear the tell-tale markings of various generations that once occupied it. Rudimentary icons from the early days can be seen more clearly, but detailed frescoes, painted later, are barely visible under the years of soot that covers the surfaces from when the Turks used the room for cooking.
  • Pigeon Valley - Goreme, Cappadocia Climbing tours to Selime monastery will exhaust you, probably. But till you arrive to Pigeon Valley, you will have about 1 hour to rest. Also, our guide will mention about some traditions, cultures and stories about Anatolia on the way.
What's Included
  • Lunch included
  • Comfortable travel with in-vehicle air conditioning
  • All fees and taxes covered
What's Not Included
  • On-board WiFi
  • Bottled water
  • Tea and coffee
Location
Goreme Panorama
Uchisar Yolu uzeri 1.km
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Norbert_n
Apr 9, 2023
Don't miss - Good experience, lots of useful and interesting information, thanks to our guide, Melih. Definitely worth it
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Rozib240
Oct 22, 2020
Unforgetable - Underground city was one of the most incredible places to visit. Our nice guid Nur made it more interesting with her explanations. We enjoyed the hiking through Ihlara valey as well. Both red and green tours have spectacular views in diferet valeys. You can feel like you are in wonderland
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Silvinkita
Sep 24, 2019
Great Green tour - It was a great Tour. The Service of the company was outstanding. Serious company. The Guide Festival was funy and competent. I recommend this Tour.
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Primrose
Apr 29, 2024
Great but did have enough to do everything on the itinerary - Our guide was brilliant. So professional and fun to chat to. However we didn't seem to have a enough time to do the monastery and only did about 20-30 minutes of the hike which was a little disappointing... We were taken to a jewellery shop during the time there and the staff there kept holding us back to sell the jewellery (which we gave into)
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Miles_g
Apr 12, 2023
THIS IS A SCAM - This is a scam company. They did not contact us at any point before our supposed ‘green tour’ and when we went the day of to find the travel agency, it did not exist. DO NOT BOOK THIS TOUR.
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