CAPPADOCIA BY BUS FROM ISTANBUL

Turkey package tours from experienced gay & lesbian owned travel agency of Turkey

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TURKEY TOUR #1 (2 DAYS / 3 NIGHTS)

TOUR ITINERARY 

DAY 1 : ISTANBUL – CAPPADOCIA

This tour package will start with an overnight bus ride to Cappadocia by luxury, air-conditioned coach. Bus ride is especially recommended for people who also want to see the great land panorama of Turkey on the way. Besides this will save you from the cost of 1 night hotel accommodation. The buses are non-smoking air-conditioned and have Pullman seats suitable for sleeping. There will be several stop-over points at some highway cafe-restaurants during the journey for toilet needs or for those who would like to eat or drink a cup of coffee

Overnight bus to Cappadocia. Departure at around 19.00 o'clock from our office in Sultanahmet.
The departure time may change slightly depending on season but you will be informed of exact departure time after you your reservation is completed.

Amazing rock formations	Frescoes in a church	Cave house accommodations

DAY 2 : CAPPADOCIA

Your bus will arrive to Cappadocia next day early in the morning. Get ready for a day full of surprises. The program will be:

Full day Northern Cappadocia tour including transfers, guide and entrance fee. This tour will cover the most famous parts of the region such as Goreme Open Air Museum, Zelve, Urgup and Dervent Valley. 
Lunch will be served during the tour in a nice Turkish Restaurant.

Hotel accommodation in Cappadocia. Private rooms with air condition and bath/WC. Possible hotels are Possible hotels are SOS Cave Hotel , Urgup Inn  Dedeli Cave , Vera Tassaray or similar quality/location hotels if they are not available.

 

DAY 3 : CAPPADOCIA – ISTANBUL

One day is never enough to see the wonders of the vast Cappadocia region. You have so many things more to see on your second day that will keep your eyes wide open with amazement.
The second day's itinerary will be like this:
Breakfast in your hotel included
Full day Southern Cappadocia Tour including transfers, entrance fees and lunch.
This tour will cover wonderful Rose Valley, either Derinkuyu or Kaymakli underground city, as well as a caravanserai of Seljuk period, which was the great Turkish Empire founded in Anatolia even before Ottomans.
Lunch in a typical Turkish Restaurant during the day tour.
Transfer to bus station
Overnight bus to Istanbul. (Non-smoking new model long distance coaches with air-condition and Pullman seats suitable for sleeping)
End of our service with your arrival to the main bus station in Istanbul, next day at around 7:30 - 08:00 am.

 

PRICING

Tour Price:
210 Euro per person in single room (1 pax)
180 Euro per person in double room (2 pax)
175 Euro per person in triple room (3 pax)

Above tour prices include:
All taxes. Various surcharges may apply for credit card payments, of which you will be informed in advance.
Accommodation in private rooms at 3 star or equal quality special class/boutique hotels.
Mentioned guided day tours with lunch.
Entrance fees for museums
All mentioned meals above in the itinerary
Transportation by non-smoking, air-conditioned long distance coaches, with flexible seats suitable for sleeping
All connecting transfers in between the tour period.
Compulsory travel agency insurance (legally required in Turkey) 

Possible additions :
Hot air balloon flight at sunrise before the tour on the 2nd day: 130 Euro per person discounted price
Airport hotel transfers in Istanbul for your international flights.
Hotel accommodation in Istanbul before or after the tour with discounted rates.
Daily Istanbul Tours with discounted rates as a part of this package.
Extra hotel accommodation in Cappadocia, if requested.
Hotel upgrade possible, if requested.
 

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PAYMENT AND RESERVATION

Depending on tour type, season, number of participants we will request some 15-30% of the total service cost in advance to finalize reservation procedures. We will send you a detailed reservation contract by e-mail after availability, dates and all details are confirmed mutually.

For payments we accept Visa, Master and American Express credit cards. Online payments with PayPal is also accepted, which is a good option for people who want to make secure payment. We normally meet our clients upon their arrival  to Istanbul to handle balance of payment when we also provide further details, necessary vouchers and documents related with the reserved tour.   Final payments can be also made cash in US Dollars, British Pounds or other internationally accepted currencies from cross rates valid on the payment date.


 

CAPPADOCIA

In ancient geography, Cappadocia or Cappadocia (Turkish: Kapadokya) was the name of the extensive inland district of Asia Minor (modern Turkey).

Cappadocian region is the place where nature and history come together most beautifully within the world. While geographic events are forming Peribacalari (fairy chimneys), during the historical period, humans had carried the signs of thousand years old civilizations with carving houses and churches within these earth pillars and decorating them with frisks.

Cappadocia contains several underground cities, largely used by early Christians as hiding places before they became a legitimate religion. The Cappadocian Fathers of the fourth century were integral to much of early Christian philosophy. It also produced, among other people, another Patriarch of Constantinople, John of Cappadocia who held office 517–520. For most of the Byzantine era it remained relatively undisturbed by the conflicts in the area, first with the Sassanid Empire and later against the Islamic expansion led by Arabs.

The area is a world famous and popular tourist destination, as it has many areas with unique geological, historic and cultural features.

The region is southwest of the major city Kayseri, which has airline and railroad service to Ankara and Istanbul.

The Cappadocia region is largely underlain by sedimentary rocks formed in lakes and streams, and ignimbrite deposits erupted from ancient volcanoes approximately 9 to 3 million years ago (late Miocene to Pliocene epochs). The rocks of Cappadocia near Goreme eroded into hundreds of spectacular pillars and minaret-like forms. The volcanic deposits are soft rocks that the people of the villages at the heart of the Cappadocia Region carved out to form houses, churches, monasteries. Goreme became a monastic center between 300-1200 AD. First period settlement in Goreme reaches to the Roman period from Christianity. Yusuf Koc, Ortahane, Durmus Kadir and Bezirhane churches in Goreme, houses and churches carved into rocks till to Uzun Dere, Baglidere and Zemi Valley carries the mystical side of history today. The Goreme Open Air Museum is the most visited site of the monastic communities in Cappadocia and is one of the most famous sites in central Turkey. It is a complex comprising more than 30 rock-carved churches and chapels containing some superb frescoes, dating from the 9th to the 11th centuries.
 

GOREME

Goreme, which hide among fairy chimneys, is the heart of Cappadocia. First period settlement within the region reaches to Roman period from Christianity. Ortahane, Durmus Kadir, Yusuf Koc and Bezirhane churches in Goreme, houses and shafts engraved from rocks till to Uzundere, Bagıldere and Zemi Valley carries the mystical side of history today.

Goreme is a wide open air museum, in which there are Fairy Chimneys and lots of churches. Very interesting churches, which are within one of the most important centers of Christianity, Goreme, are under protection.

Goreme is 15 km east of Nevsehir and 5 km west of Urgup


 

IHLARA VALLEY

Rose Valley is a large valley located between Goreme and Cavusin villages, and it is divided into many smaller valleys: Gulludere, Kizilcukur, Meskendir and Zindanonu valleys. This beautiful valley gets its name from the rose-colored rock that varies in hue and intensity depending on time of day, season and weather conditions. During the easy hiking we will visit several cave churches, cave houses and cave tunnels.

PS: Rose Valley can be replaced with Ihlara Valley occasionally, if there is a considerable request for a specific date.
Source: Ministry of tourism and Culture