2 Days Cappadocia Tour from Istanbul: Explore Cave Hotels, Underground Cities, and More

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Experience the wonder of Cappadocia on a 2-day tour from Istanbul. Stay in unique cave hotels, explore underground cities, marvel at frescoes, and take a hot air balloon ride at sunrise. Don’t miss this must-see destination in Turkey!

Duration: 2 days

Cancellation: 6 days

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Highlights

Istanbul to Cappadocia by plane and Southern Cappadocia day tour and overnight in Cave suite hotel

Kizilcukur - Kızılcukur is a valley called Rose Valley as well because of the red colors of the rocks. This is one of the best valleys for hiking in the area even for 4 km. Kızılcukur was also used by Christians at the 5th century, so you will explore tge cave dwellings and old churches. The colors also change up according to the daylight. It is the best place to see sunset.

Cavusin - Cavusin this village is one of the ancient settlement in the early period of the Christians having the oldest church of region dating back to 3rd century. It was exactly settled like a big town where you see lots of the cave rooms used as living rooms, sleeping rooms, kitchens, wineries, etc. All these are waiting for you to explore where cave houses collapsed because of landslide in 1960 which has a gorgeous view.

Love Valley - Love Valley called originally White Valley offers you a wonderful view with its funny shaped fairy chimneys.

Kaymakli Underground City - Underground City this underground city is the most interesting one in the regions among 36 other ones which were first used by Hittites and later by Christians like a shelter in during Roman persecution times. By carving lots of rooms all connected with tunnels, they lived in here when the cities were invaded by enemies. You have a chance to see the rooms, food storages church and kitchens. Chimneys and defence systems used in the underground city will surprise you during the visit.

Pigeon Valley - Pigeon Valley is a panoramic view point where you will see the pigeaons and pigeon houses which were used tp keep pigeons in order to collect their dropping for fertilising the earth especially wineyards.

Uchisar Castle - Uchisar Castle is the highest point in the region. The castle and surrounds used to be the most populated area this settlement to survery the enemies. The top of the citadel provides a magnificent panorama of the surrounding area.

What's Included

Round trip flight tickets, including all taxes
Accommodation in a Cave suite hotel with breakfast
Daily breakfast and lunch
2-day guided tour with lunch, transportation, and all entrance fees
All airport transfers included

What's Not Included

Dinner

Additional Information

Istanbul to Cappadocia Trip – Don’t miss out on a journey to one of Turkey’s most visited metropolises! Experience a sunrise hot air balloon ride. Check-in to a unique cave hotel. Discover the subterranean urban landscapes. Be awestruck by the Open Air Museum’s frescoes. Enjoy a walk in the Ihlara Valley. Sample the regional wines. A trip to Turkey isn’t complete without a visit to Cappadocia.

Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 7 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel between 3 and 6 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

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Brianhq1985ki

Jan 10, 2023

Great tour! - We recently visited Cappodocio on January 3-4, 2023. It was amazing, and these folks made the whole thing easy, arranging all the logistics for us (and arranging any other logistics you might desire - like shows or dinner reservations). Mustafa was a great tour leader! We enjoyed his company very much, and it was great to learn about all the unique characteristics of this beautiful place from him. I'm sure you've seen photos on Instagram, but it's even more impressive in person. It looks like you're on a different planet.

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Deannie

Dec 30, 2022

2 Days Cappadocia Tour - GREAT tour - Great experience on this tour with this company. Tour guide Tunchej (spelling? I'm sorry!) was very knowledgeable and did a great job for the two days. I enjoyed learning about Cappadocia's history, seeing the underground city, and Fairy Chimney/rock formations along with everything else. The history of the area is so interesting. I booked the hot air balloon ride but it was canceled due to the weather (snow) so I'll definitely have to come back again. It did snow that night and was so pretty. The logistics were so easy; all I had to do was show up at the right place at the right time. Flights to and from Kayseri, and airport transfers were no fuss. The entire tour was wonderful, highly recommend it! Note: The description in Trip Advisor did not mention the hot air balloon option but the operator in town only accepts cash and does not take credit cards. I was able to pay because I happened to have enough Euro and Lira on hand (paid in both Euro and Lira), but the moral is: bring cash.

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Macklinambush34

Feb 3, 2020

Cappadocia - I finally got to see Cappadocia and it was so worth it. Everything about that place is stunning. The rock formations, the valleys and most of all, the balloons in the mornings. We went on one of the balloons and it was amazing, but we also took pictures on the ground the next morning with the balloons in the air and I think those are my favorite. I will definitely be coming back here some day.

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Katrinwexler

Jan 27, 2020

Cappadocia 2 Day Tour - We booked the 2 Day Cappadcia Tour with this company and we had so much fun, Cappadocia is really cool and they day tours were both great. Plus, the cave hotel we stayed in was really nice and it had a pool. You should definitely book with them if you want to go to Cappadocia,

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Maryyoung05

Jan 7, 2020

A colorful holiday - We reached Turkey Trips specialists for their services and they made us free from all conventions and organized all stuff. The magnificence of Cappadocia, about which we had recently heard previously, was now in front of us. Those minutes were of the worth which are to store in our souls. I feel honored to have this visit for our vacation.

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Hakimgr

Dec 23, 2019

Amazing trip love it - went with my friend and had an amazing trip, Thanks to Ikram who was very nice to us and answerd all of our questions, i strongly recommend this agency's services.

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Nov 21, 2019

Amazing experience - I had a warm welcoming from Mr.Erkan i'll never forget his help and sense of consideration that should not be taken lightly , i strongly recommend his services to anyone!

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Malwina3

Feb 1, 2020

Cappadocia was perfect! - Cappadocia is exactly like the pictures. Every where we went was so beautiful. The hot air balloon ride was the best part. Every picture I took was amazing. The day tours were great too. We loved the underground city and all of the old homes carved into the rocks. Such a cool place

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Michel_j

Aug 19, 2023

The worst tour ever - Thé worst ever your I have experienced never again will I book Viatour part of TripAdvisor We were collected at 4 am to go to the airport by a driver that did not speak anything but Turkish He dropped us off at the airport and left us no one to meet us so we manage to find our flight to Cappadocia we still had to wait 140 minutes to departure once arrived we were told to board that bus and again with no explication at a small travel agency to be said seat down for one hour again then a mini bus eventually arrived got on then did all the hotels and by then 10.30 still not touring but falling asleep from the 3 am wake-up call the guide was not at all friendly either the bear comments We had a mixed group of at least twelve when it was supposed to be up to four with Alf American Spanish the other from Australia At the end of the day 4 pm we were dropped at a so called cave hotel but was a very budget one star max and not in a cave room We were furious as we find out that the others were. The next morning at 10 am the terrible guide picked us up and said that he was not our guide the the other man was once on board he explained that he would be with the American Spanish and the others with the other guide except that we were all in a small bus of twelve they American were so load with the guide that we could not hear our guide So we decided to return to Istanbul made up an excuse to be dropped to a bus and return to the airport got very lucky to purchase two one way back to Istanbul and for such expensive Tour that we paid for never never again

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Mje0250

Jun 11, 2023

the worst worst ever - this had to be the worst and definitely not good value for what we expected we were picked out at 4 am from our hotel dumped at the airport no english by then we had been up for almost 5 hours why so much waiting we could have been in bed spleeping at least 2 hours got ourselves our flight and boarding no one to great us on departure once landed a full bus dropped just us in some local travel agent again an other hour to wait anyway by 11.30 an other bust with a guide collected us then we did the hotels pickup we finely started the tour 10 people for supposed to be 6 maximum said the brochure we were a mixed of english speaking and American Spanish the country was beautiful the guide was barely talking he explained what we were to see and do that was it from him thank go as the group of american were so lourd that they was no way we could had fallen a sleep from such early start, we were dropped at our cave hotel which sadly was not a very very basic 1 or 2 stars with a muslim breakfast no coffee no tea do breakfast was a miss the quite tour guide arrived and said today we are sharing the bus two tour guide me in spanish the other in english again tge so call small group was 12 the guide had verbal diarrhoea the same american were so so loud that we had to move and ask our guide to speak up the most unpleasant situation so we decided to cancel the rest of our tour by lunch time we got dropped back at the airport and purchased 2 tickets back to Istanbul so here we are never again will be booking this Viatour

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