North Cappadocia Tour (Red Tour)

Highlights

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Itinerary

1. Uchisar castle : that s a rock-cut castle which is dated back to early roman period. It is the biggest fairy chimney formation and converted into a citadel to support the flow commerce during the roman, byzantine, seljuk and ottoman periods. The castle is surrounded by conical fairy chimneys which used to be roadside shelters for traders. We stop somewhere nearby the castle to take photos of the area.

   30 min

2. Paşabağı bağ(monks valley) : this is the best site to see the whole geological journey of fairy chimneys. It s a valley full of fairy chimneys that look more like mushrooms with or without caps. It is the place where you ll see all the stages of the formation of fairy chimneys from very beginning most clearly.

   1 hAdmission included

3. Zelve openair museum: it s the settlement with the most dense caves in cappadocia. It actually resembles a cave town. It s one of the places where the first monastic lives started in cappadocia region. Over time it turned into a place where greeks and turks lived together for many years. this is the lost city of cappadocia that comes out of the fairy tales. People lived in caves until 1952. You can go for a walk aroud these cave living spaces.

   1 hAdmission included

4. Dervent valley : this place is where you can activate your imagination and push the boundaries of your imagination. It s a place where there are natural rock formations that usually resembles animals but at the same time you can imagine many different things by looking at rocks.

   20 min

5. Pottery demonstration : ıt ıs the oldest handicraft specific to cappadocia. there are still families in cappadocia who make their living with this work . We visit the town avanos to get to know this art . These families produce their own art pieces with the free hand and minds, without copying anything.

   20 min

6. Love valley: some of the most striking rock formations of cappadocia are here. You can take the most beautiful photos of the different colored landforms surrounding the town göreme from here.

   20 min

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Know before you go

How it compares in Goreme

• Its from-price is 42% below the median of the 555 day trips we list in Goreme.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Goreme

Göreme sits in the heart of Cappadocia, a surreal landscape of fairy chimneys, cave churches and dawn skies filled with hot-air balloons.

Göreme's houses and hotels are carved into soft volcanic rock, and the town is ringed by valleys of cone-shaped fairy chimneys shaped by erosion. The Göreme Open-Air Museum gathers rock-cut monasteries and churches whose frescoes, painted by Byzantine monks, still glow with colour, especially in the Dark Church.

Top-ranked sights in Goreme: Pigeon Valley (Güvercinlik Vadisi), Devrent Valley (Devrent Vadisi), Monks Valley (Pasabag Vadisi).

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