Itinerary

1. Cappadocia: Full-Day Private All Cappadocia Tour

   • Goreme Open-Air Museum: For a good reason, Cappadocia's most famous attraction is the Göreme Open Air Museum, a complex of medieval painted cave churches carved out by Orthodox monks. The best way to explore the cave churches of Goreme is via the marked path, working counterclockwise. Each one has a modern Turkish name, given by local villages based on a prominent feature.
   • Uchisar Castle: Uchisar is a troglodyte village 4 km east of Göreme. It is famous for the massive rock formation that was once used as a fortification. Farmers used these pigeon houses to collect the droppings of pigeons which is an excellent natural fertilizer for the orchards and vineyards.
   • Kaymakli Underground City: Kaymakli Underground City was built under the hill known as the Citadel of Kaymaklı and was opened to visitors in 1964. The people of Kaymaklı (Enegup in Greek) have built their houses around nearly 100 tunnels in the underground city.
   • Pigeon Valley: Thousands of pigeon houses are carved into the rock in Pigeon Valley. It is a surreal vision: an outrageously phallic landscape from a Salvador Dali painting. The conical formations result from volcanic eruptions that occurred millions of years ago.
   • Fairy Chimneys: Fairy Chimneys (Pasabag), Highly remarkable earth pillars, can be seen here in the middle of a vineyard, hence the name of the place, which means: the Pasha's vineyard. Pasha means "General", the military rank, in Turkish, and it is a ubiquitous nickname. This site is also called Monks Valley. The name was derived from cones carved in tuff stones that stand apart. A vineyard and several tuff cones are standing right next to the road.
   • Devrent Valley: Devrent Valley, Also known as Imaginary Valley or Pink Valley, this area does not have cave churches like the other valleys of Cappadocia. So what makes it so famous? The lunar landscape! Devrent Valley hides many different rock formations within. The small fairy chimneys in the valley form a lunar landscape, or moonscape, by their strange appearance. The valley has many animal-shaped rocks. The most commonly seen shapes include camel, snake, seals, and dolphin.
   • Avanos Pottery Demonstration and Onyx Crafts: Discover the unique Cappadocian art of pottery-making, a tradition that dates back to the Hittite period, on this 2.5-hour tour of Avanos, the heart of the region's craft industry. Step inside a ceramics workshop to watch the experts at work, then try for yourself as you craft a jug on the spinning pottery wheel – a unique souvenir to take home with you.