Sacred And Surreal Tour
Highlights | Northern Cappadocia (Red Line) |
Tour Type | Group Tour |
Departure | Every Day Guantee Depart |
Duration | 09:30AM TO 17:00PM |
Transportation | A/C Minivan |
PRICE (Per person) | EUR 65 |
Price Notes | 10€ Per Person extra charge for spanish guide |
If you have a sense of adventure and fun full days are a must! Marvel at the surreal rock formations and troglodyte dwellings of Goreme UNESCO World Heritage Park; cave rooms and tunnels; visit churches with fresco’s from the Byzantine era; experience pottery making and hike through valleys where locals still tend their gardens in traditions of their ancestor…
Uchisar castle + Goreme Open Air Museum + Cavusin + Pasabagı + Devrent Valley + Urgup Fairy Chimneys + Avanos Art Centre
Uchisar Castle
Your first destination is Uchisar Castle, which is situated at the highest point in the region. The top of the citadel provides a magnificent panorama of the surrounding area. take to many pictures of castle and geting information about volcanic activities and erosion in Cappadocia.
Goreme Open Air Museum
Where the Religious education was started in Cappadocia and Where the St. Basil created new rules of monastery life in easten Churches. We visit several cave churhes decoratied with excellence frescoes dating back to 4th 13th centuries such as Tokalı ( Buckle ) Church, Chapel of St.Basil , Elmali (Apple) Church , Chapel of St Barbara, Yılanlı ( Snake) Church (of St.Onuphorius)
Larder/Kitchen/Refectory.
Cavusin Old Greek Village
An old Greek village will be next place in the tour. The old village is largely deserted because the area has been plagued by rock falls. At Çavusin you can visit the Church of John the Baptist which probably dates from the 5th century with paintings from between 5th to 8th centuries. The view of Rose Valley is excellent from this village.
Lunch
Open buffet Lunch
You will get chance to taste most famous Cappadocian Desserts and Cold & Hot Dishes as much as you want.
Pottery Making
Since Hittites 2000 BC people could get the red clays (terra cota) around Kızılırmak river which is the longest river of Turkey, and white clays ( caulin) from volcanic hills .They could use the clays for their daily lifes by shaping the clay by their hand on the spinning wheels. We will visit one of the world famous Underground Pottery Museum at Avanos to see and also try pottery making. Its may remind you the movie ‘Ghost’
Pasabagı Fairy Chimneys (Monks Valley)
The best place to see three-headed fairy chimneys. Pasabag,the Pasha’s Vineyard, is surrounded by incredible natural rock formations; a spectacular scene. We will get better idea about the formation of Fairy Chimneys. Beginneng, Growing and End of Formation
Devrent Valley (Immaginations Valley)
The ruins at Devrent are spread over three valleys, which also house several pointed fairy chimneys with large stems. According your immagine you will see that every each rock looks like homan (Bride and Groom), Animals (Camel , Lizard, Pigeon…) and Napoleon’s Hat…
Urgup Fairy Chimney
The “fairy chimneys” with caps, mainly found in the vicinity of Ürgüp, have a conical-shaped body and a boulder on top of it. The cone is constructed from tufa and volcanic ash, while the cap is of a harder, more resistant rock such as lahar or ignimbrite. The fairy chimneys which are symbols of Ürgüp are called holly spirit chimneys. There is mother, father and son fairy chimneys stay together.
Included
- Entrance Fees
- Transportation
- Lunch
- Guiding Service in English & Japanese & Spanish
Excluded
- Drinks During Lunch
- Tips to Guide and Driver