Istanbul to Cappadocia Escape

Meet at the airport Transfer to your hotel. You will be given your room key and the rest of the day is yours to explore Istanbul.

Between 08:30 - 09:00 am Pick up from hotel you will have a full day guided tour of the Hagia Sophia Mosque, pride of the Byzantine architecture, Byzantine Hippodrome, where chariot races were held, Blue Mosque, famous for its blue Iznik tiles, Topkapi Palace, former residence of Ottoman Sultans and Grand Bazaar, Turkey's largest covered market with 4000 shops. Overnight in Istanbul (* Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesdays, replaced by Underground Cistern or Turkish and Islamic Arts Musuem & Grand Bazaar is closed on Sundays, replaced with Spice Bazaar ) Admission/Entrance Fees to the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul is optional ; Hagia Sophia: 25 Eur (Tour Guide will have pre-paid Skip-the-line Tickets in hand. You can pay the tour guide in cash or pay in advance )

Pick up from your hotel and transfer to port, take a ferry to Buyukada We will have a tour with electric vehicles. Lunch is included. English peaking guide. End of the day, we drive to back to your hotel.

Breakfast. Transfer from hotel to airport in Istanbul to board the flight for Kayseri. On arrival, you will be transferred from airport in Kayseri to hotel in Cappadocia. Check-in at your hotel and relax.   

Depart from your hotel to visit Red valley through Cavusin and explore the famous rock-cut churches and hike 2 km. Then visit Cavusin village. Old Cavusin was abandoned several decades ago due to avalanches. The current village of Cavusin is located on the road. Old Cavusin, with its rock-cut dwellings and stone houses, had several hermitages. After lunch drive to the Pigeon Valley. In the afternoon visit Underground City, where early Christians lived in fear and faith. The houses in the village are constructed around the nearly one hundred tunnels of the underground city, which is one of the most interesting underground settlements in Cappadocia. The underground city was originally carved out as eight floors; however four floors are available to visit. In wartime about 5000 people can refuge in. The tunnels are still used today as storage areas, stables, and cellars

Capadocia ATV Safari (Quad Biking) - Shared Transfers

After breakfast you will have free time shopping in Cappadocia. Today we depart for Kayseri Airport for our domestic flight to Istanbul and then back to home. We hope your tour was a memorable one and we would like to see you in the future in one of our tours again. Have a nice trip back home