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Guided Ephesus Tour: Exploration of Derinkuyu Underground City & Selime Monastery in Cappadocia
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2 Ratings
İstanbul
Embark on a guided tour of Ephesus and discover the hidden gems of Cappadocia. Explore the depths of Derinkuyu underground city and marvel at the stunning Selime Monastery in Southern Cappadocia.
Duration:
15 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Istanbul - * This pick-up service is valid for guests who booked the option of “from/to Istanbul Hotels” : The travel services will start with a departure transfer from your hotel to airport. The driver will meet you at the reception of your hotel (or your AirBnb address if the street of it is available for car parking) and then transfer to airport for your flight from Istanbul to Cappadocia.
- Cappadocia - Upon your arrival Cappadocia airport, you will be met by your private tour guide and driver, and then start your full-day guided Cappadocia tour in private basis. The tour guide and driver will be waiting you at the exit gate of arrival terminal in airport, and holding a signboard written your name on it.
- Cappadocia Tours - * This pick-up service is valid for guests who booked the option of “from/to Cappadocia Hotels” : We will pick you up from your hotel and then start your full-day guided Cappadocia tour in private basis.
- Keslik Monastery - Keslik Monastery is a sprawling cave monastery complex with two churches, a large refectory hall, a sacred spring, and endless cave rooms. Located in an idyllic garden setting, this is the most expansive monastery in Cappadocia. This site has been used and developed in many ways throughout the course of 2,000 years. This area was a gravesite in pre-Christian Roman times, a large communal monastery during the Byzantine era, and now a tourist site in modern Turkey.
- Kaymakli Underground City - Kaymakli, one of the major underground cities of Cappadocia, consists of 8 floors. However, as in many underground cities, not all floors are open to tourists. In the city, the first floor is separated for the animals to go out easily. Establish a connection between the churches and other living spaces with the corridors separated from the stables. Kaymakli Underground City, which has astounding sections such as warehouses, kitchens, cemeteries, mughouse, and copper processing workshop, still contains hidden underground tunnels that have not been fully revealed.
- Hanimeli Turkish Food - You will take your lunch in a traditional Turkish restaurant which manage by a Turkish family. Also, vegetarian meals are available in same restaurant.
- Goreme Open-Air Museum - Here is the monastery, including the rock cut churches, kitchens, wineries, storages and living rooms left from Anatolian Christians. Goreme Open Air Museum is listed as one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
- Uchisar Castle - Uchisar rock castle is one of the biggest landmarks of Cappadocia. It is the highest tuff hill in the area with beautiful views of the surrounding valley full of bizarre rock formations. (There are no any visit to rock castle because of the walking difficulties and safety risks on there. You will have a stop for panoramic view to this rock castle.)
- Cappadocia - * This drop-off service is valid for guests who booked the option of “from/to Cappadocia Hotels” :At the end of tour, you will be dropped back to your hotel in Cappadocia.
- İstanbul - These drop-off & return transfer services are valid for guests who booked the option of “from/to Istanbul Hotels” : At the end of tour, you will be transferred to Cappadocia airport for your flight back to Istanbul. Upon your arrival Istanbul, we will meet you again at the airport and then we will drop you to your hotel in Istanbul. The departure time of return flight is between 08.00pm and 09.00pm. That’s meaning, Your return flight will be landing Istanbul approx. 09.30pm and 10.45pm. * The best timing is this one for you can catch your return flight to Istanbul after your full-day Cappadocia tour on today.
What's Included
- Transport by air-conditioned vehicles
- Airport transfers for listed domestic flights
- Included one-way flight: Istanbul to Izmir (‘from Istanbul to Kusadasi’ option)
- Lunch provided
- Roundtrip domestic flights between Istanbul and Izmir (‘from/to Istanbul Hotels’ option)
- Guided by a licensed Ministry of Culture and Tourism professional
- Hotel pick-up & drop-off in Kusadasi, Bodrum, Istanbul
- Port pick-up & drop-off in Kusadasi (‘from/to Kusadasi Port’ option)
What's Not Included
- Drinks
Additional Information
The tour of Southern Cappadocia enables you to discover Derinkuyu, the deepest underground city in Cappadocia. It also offers a chance to appreciate invaluable sights of the less frequented locations in Cappadocia such as the exquisite Ihlara valley and the Selime Monastery, Cappadocia’s largest rock-carved monastery with a church the size of a cathedral.
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate.
- Airport pick-up & drop-off services are valid for option of “from/to Istanbul Hotels”
- Notice to guests who booked the option of “from/to Istanbul Hotels” !!! Service provider (tour operator) can request your some passport details for the bookings of your flight tickets. If you do not share the details which requested by service provider (tour operator), your domestic flight tickets can not bookable.
- Notice to guests who booked the option of “from/to Istanbul Hotels” !!! Service provider (tour operator) will send e-tickets of your domestic flights at one day before your tour date. You will not need the print out copies of the tickets for domestic flights. Your passport, and reservation number on the tickets will be enough for get your boarding cards from the desks of airline companies.
- Notice to guests who booked the option of “from/to Istanbul Hotels” !!! If your return hotel is different than pick-up hotel, please inform that detail immediately. If you inform that detail after organised your flight tickets, service provider (tour operator) can request extra cost because of the distances between the airports and some hotels.
- Notice to guests who booked the option of “from/to Istanbul Hotels” !!! If your pick-up / drop-off hotels are inside of airports (IST and SAW airports) service provider (tour operator) do not provide any hotel pick-up / drop-off service.
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required.
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking.
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults. If you will be 1 adult + 1 child, service provider (tour operator) can request & charge the amount of 2 adults.
Location
İstanbul
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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Piero_k
Jun 2, 2021
Best tour ever - Excellent experience, excellent tour guide, excellent service, excellent view and I can go on saying about this tour, we had great time and really enjoyed it, they took us to even more llaces that it was mentioned. money well spent and it totally worth it. Thank you, I highly recommend this tour.
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