About Tour
A perfect combined tour where you will visit Ankara the capital city of Turkey and all the way up to Cappadociain 5 days.
What to see during the 5-day Short Anatolian Tour Package?
Tours can be customized according to the group you want to go to. Our knowledgeable and experienced travel consultants will be able to reach your desired holiday location without having to search for individual places.
What to expect during the 5-day Short Anatolian Tour Package?
Day 1: Ankara- Arrival Day Ankara City Tour
Welcome to Istanbul. Upon our arrival at Ankara Airport, our professional tour guide will meet with you, greeting you with a board with your name on it. Transfer from the airport and check in to your hotel. After lunch, we will visit the Ataturk Museum at the Ataturk Mausoleum. . After the tour we come back to the hotel, and the rest of the day is yours.
Day 2: Ankara - Konya – Cappadocia
After breakfast early in the morning at 08:00 drive to Konya. Once your reach Konya stop at a restaurant for lunch at noon. After lunch, we will visit the imposing green-tiled Mausoleum of Mevlana, the mystic founder of the Sufi sect (Whirling Dervishes). After the Konya Mevlana tour drive to Cappadocia. Arrive in Cappadocia around in the early evening and check into your hotel. If you wish to join our optional activity of Ballooning tomorrow, please contact your guide and register because it will take place early the next morning.
Day 3: Cappadocia – Red Tour
OPTION: If you wish to join our optional activity of Ballooning, please contact your guide and register the day before because it will take place early in the morning.
After breakfast, we will get to know the Cappadocia region, a volcanic area in which the geological formation started 10 million years ago. As a result of these formations, phallic pillars have come to life. The beautiful horse country Katpatuka, (as the Persians called her) is an unbelievable strip of land, enchanting and mysterious. Cappadocia region is also famous for its arts, including ceramics and carpets. You will be picked up at approximately 09:30 from your hotel to join our regular tour. Tour starts with Uchisar Castle, the highest point of Cappadocia. After Uchisar, you visit Goreme Open Air Museum, the Heart of Cappadocia. Goreme Open Air Museum is famous for frescoes dating to the 10th century describing the life of Jesus Christ and monks. The next stop is Cavusin, which is an abandoned village with old cave Greek houses. After Cavusin you go to the restaurant in Avanos to have lunch. After lunch, you visit a pottery workshop, to see how to make pottery. Then you go to Pasabagi where you can see three-headed fairy chimneys. After Pasabagi you visit another workshop to see Cappadocian handwoven carpets and kilims. The next stop is Devrent Valley, which is also called Imagination Valley, where you can see natural rock formations looking like animals. Then you head to a wineshop in Urgup for wine tasting. The last stop is Three Beauties, three beautiful fairy chimneys with their hats, which is the symbol of Cappadocia. This tour will end in the early evening and you will be returned back to your hotel.
Day 4: Cappadocia – Green Tour
After breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel, where we will drive you to Derinkuyu underground city, one of the best preserved and deepest Underground cities in Cappadocia. Derinkuyu Underground city is 55 meters deep and 8 levels open to visitors. after that, we will drive you to Ihlara valley which is a 16 km long canyon, and both sides are lined with rock-carved churches. We will have a 3 km hike and visit one of the churches in the valley. At the end of the hiking, lunch is served at the Belisirma village beside the river. After lunch we will visit Selime monastery, caved out of the rock by Christian monks in the 13th century On the way back to the hotel we will stop at pigeon valley.
Day 5: Cappadocia to Istanbul- End of Tour
After breakfast, you will have free time shopping in Cappadocia. Evening we depart from Kayseri airport for Ankara airport or Istanbul Airport. End of our tour.
Extra Tour Details
- Everyday departure (All year round)
- Duration: 5 days
- Groups / Private
What is included during the Excursion?
Included:
- Accommodation BB
- All sightseeing & fees mentioned in the itinerary
- Lunch at a local restaurant
- Flight tickets
- Transfer service from Hotels & Airport
- English Guide
Excluded:
- Beverage during the tour
- Tips to the guide&driver(optional)
- Personal expenses
What extra activities to do during the tour?
- Istanbul Turkish Bath Experience
- Istanbul Bosphorus Dinner Cruise
- Istanbul Culinary Taste Tour
- Cappadocia Katpatuka Mud Cave Experience
- Cappadocia Pottery Workshop Experience
- Cappadocia Standard Hot Air Balloon Flight
