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Ihlara Valley Hike: Explore Ancient Monastery & City
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1,664 Ratings
Goreme
Hiking in Ihlara Valley to a classic village lunch on the river, exploring the ancient monastery and underground city with its unique beauty.
Hiking in Ihlara Valley to a classic village lunch on the river, exploring the ancient monastery and underground city with its unique beauty.
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Goreme Panorama - Our first stop will be at the Göreme Panoramic Point, where we have magnificent views over Göreme Valley
- Kaymakli Underground City - We will head to the ancient Underground City occupied by many different civilizations throughout its 4000 year history. We will learn about how and why the city was built here and how they…
- Goreme Panorama - Our first stop will be at the Göreme Panoramic Point, where we have magnificent views over Göreme Valley
- Kaymakli Underground City - We will head to the ancient Underground City occupied by many different civilizations throughout its 4000 year history. We will learn about how and why the city was built here and how they managed to live underground.
- Selime Monastery - We will visit Selime rock-art Monastery, which is the biggest rock-cut structure in all of Cappadocia. The monastery was the center of religious, social and commercial life.
- Ihlara Valley - We will take will take a pleasant 3 km hike through Ihlara Valley, a natural green canyon as deep as 100 meters at some points. There you will see cave churches with some unusual frescoes and enjoy lunch by the river.
- Pigeon Valley - Our last stop has a beautiful view of Uçhisar Castle across the gardens of Guvercinlik Vadisi (Pigeon Valley). This is great location for scenic photos. Additionally, we will visit the onyx workshop where we can see the region’s precious stones in here.

What's Included
- Lunch
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- All fees and/or taxes
- Lunch
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- All fees and/or taxes
What's Not Included
- drinks during lunch are extra and will be paid by the guests.
- drinks during lunch are extra and will be paid by the guests.
Additional Information
- Baby seat available upon request.
- Baby seat available upon request.
Location
Goreme Panorama
Uchisar Yolu uzeri 1.km
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Janaesmith22
Mar 21, 2025
Great tour and awesome tour guide! - Ece was such a great tour guide. She provide a great experience and always prioritized our safety and comfort. Really appreciated having her for my first time in Turkey! Would recommend anyone to book with her!
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122laceyl
Mar 21, 2025
Great Cappadocia Tour - This was such a great tour! We had a wonderful time and saw many interesting places. Ece was a very good guide and her English was very good as well.
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830alyssaa
Mar 21, 2025
Ece is Cappadocia's finest - Ece is very personable, knowledgeable, and safety forward. Highly recommend her as a tour guide for the green tour! 👍 👍
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Bryanvu7233be
Mar 21, 2025
Snowy tour through Cappadocia - It was a cold and snowy day but Ece was still able to make it a great experience! We loved the historical sites and information throughout the tour.
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171jonathanq
Mar 21, 2025
Great experience! - Ece provided a well rounded trip. She also prioritized our safety since it was snowing. Everything was well organized.
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F5418ybjimmyl
Mar 21, 2025
jimmy’s review - ece was very nice and kind. i would recommend her as a tour guide to everyone. she engaged in conversation with me and informed me about all the facts. she is the best!!
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Len_aye
Mar 21, 2025
Fun day sightseeing with Ali G - The Green Tour of Cappadocia was the better of the 2 tours we took, not only because of the incredible sights we visited, the Kaymakli Underground City and the Selime Monastery, but by our fun and informative guide Ali.
The week we visited in late March it snowed heavily in the region so everything was covered in white and very cold but it gave us an unusual experience visiting these places.
At each stop Ali gave us enough time for ourselves to take photos and see the sights on our own after giving us a brief background info of which place. That is except for the underground city where he guided us from place to place through the labyrinth and stopping at each point and told us some interesting facts about each location inside the city.
One criticism I have of this tour is the change in itinerary from having lunch by the river in the Ihlara Valley (which was the main reason for booking this tour) but unknown to us the restaurants by the river have been demolished. The tour information was clearly out of date and consequently gave us false information. Instead we had lunch at a rather unremarkable restaurant a few minutes drive from the Selime monastery and had unremarkable food, which was what we kind of expected from these tours.
Overall, I would still recommend this tour as you’ll experience some unique geographical landscapes you won’t find anywhere else in the world.
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161juleng
Mar 21, 2025
Ali was amazing - Ali was amazing, it has been a really nice day and he explained us everything very good. The food was also very tasty.
It has been a good day.
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835emeseb
Mar 20, 2025
A must-see tour while in Cappadocia - We had a great experience with Mustafa Onur who took us to the Southern part of the Cappadocia region. The underground city of Derinkuyu was a quite exceptional and unique experience. Onur was extremely knowledgeable about the history of the region and he shared a lot of info about the various aspects of Turkish culture. He was kind and friendly and on top of everything during the tour. This tour is highly recommended!
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Kiwiinlondon910
Mar 20, 2025
Cappadocia green tour 17/03/25 - Awesome tour. I especially loved the little hike in the valley. My friend loved the tour too, however she felt a bit rushed by our tour guide when we were exploring the underground caves.
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