3 Days Cappadocia Trip from Istanbul by Plane

Day 1: Departure

At 11:00 am, you will be picked up from your Istanbul hotel and transferred to Istanbul airport. Your one-way flight ticket will be provided after making a reservation. Upon arrival at the Cappadocia airport, a representative will be waiting for you with your name written on a signboard for your transfer. You can then enjoy some relaxation time at your comfortable Cave Suite hotel.

Day 2

(Optional: Pre-sunrise hot-air balloon flight. Hotel pickup: around 06:30 during winter and 04:30 during summer. Dropoff: 8.00/30)

Embark on the Red Tour to explore the surreal landscape of Devrent Valley, also known as “Imagination Valley.” Next, visit Pashabagi, also known as Monks Valley, where Christian hermits once lived in hermit cells and churches located in three-headed pinnacles symbolic of the Holy Trinity. Marvel at the various stages of fairy chimney formation in this area.

Continue to Avanos, the pottery center of Cappadocia, located on the banks of the Red River. Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant before heading to the Goreme Open Air Museum. This remote valley was home to monks and nuns who pursued monastic life from the 3rd century onwards. Admire the best-preserved Byzantine cave wall paintings and frescoes from the Iconoclastic period to the end of Seljuk rule.

Take in the panoramic view from Esentepe, which offers a spectacular view of the Goreme valley, including fairy chimneys, rock formations, and cave houses. Finally, visit Uchisar Castle, the highest point in the Goreme region, before returning to your Cave Suite Hotel for an overnight stay.

Day 3

Blue Tour: Departing from your hotel at 9:45am, embark on a scenic hike through the stunning Red and Rose Valleys, widely regarded as the most breathtaking and enigmatic valleys in the region. Conclude your hike in the captivating Cavusin Cave Village, where you can marvel at the rock castle and troglodyte dwellings that were inhabited until the 20th century. Enjoy a delectable lunch at a local restaurant before descending deep into the earth with a visit to Kaymakli Underground City, one of the largest and deepest of Cappadocia’s many subterranean settlements. Discover the city’s stables, cellars, storage rooms, refectories, churches, and wineries. Next, visit the Pigeon Valley, where you can witness a stunning panorama of dovecotes (pigeon or dove houses), abandoned cave homes, and old Greek houses of Uchisar and Ortshisar Castle, the largest collection of fairy chimneys in Cappadocia. At the end of the tour, you will be transferred to Cappadocia airport. This marks the conclusion of our services.