2 Day Cappadocia Extension
An Amazing Cappadocia Adventure for your pre/post Istanbul Visit
DAY 1 - ISTANBUL/ KAYSERI/ CAPPADOCIA
UTS - United Travel’s Private Guide will meet you at the
lobby of the hotel at 8 am, for your
private transfer to the Istanbul Airport for Turkish Airlines flight (ETD 09:50
/ ETA 11:10) to Kayseri to start your adventure in Cappadocia for an
experience of a life time. Upon your arrival in Kayseri Airport, you will
enjoy your comfortable ride for one and a half hour as UTS’ English
speaking lecturer/guide briefs you on the historical and natural marvels
of this fascinating region.
The day’s experience will start by
visiting Red Valley for a promenade on turf in between the FAIRY CHIMNEYS,
hailing “Mother nature” as “the most creative artist of the World”, for
these spectacular rock formations. Another cultural experience, unique to this region, is a visit to
the group of young village girls from all over Cappadocia, at their “Art
School”, where they happily learn to become masters of the national art of weaving Turkish carpets
and kilims to be able to contribute to their traditional dowry, before they get
married.
At the end of the tour, you will be escorted to the Dere Cave Suites.
If the velocity of the wind will be
suitable today, it will be an early bird departure with your lecturer/guide
from the hotel for a formidable “Balloon Adventure” over the enchanting “lunar
landscape” of Cappadocia, to hail the slowly rising sun, with a glass of
champagne. The balloon ride over Cappadocia at sunrise is an
experience of a lifetime, with all the excitement of seeing from above, the
farthest “fairy chimneys” of the vast region, as a lunar
landscape, only possible in one’s fantasies.
You will then return to your hotel for a leisurely buffet
breakfast, before you are ready for a new day in Cappadocia, with other
“fun” experiences and wonderful cultural “surprises”.
The day’s tour will start with an unforgettable visit to the Valley of
GÖREME that houses the “OPEN AIR MUSEUM OF ROCK CARVED CHURCHES”,
built by the early Christians there, hiding from the persecution of the Roman
soldiers. Due to the incredibly beautiful frescoes, adorning the walls of
these early churches of Christianity carved into volcanic rocks, CAPPADOCIA’s
famous Open Air Museum has been included in UNESCO’s WORLD
Heritage List, as one of the cultural Wonders of the World.
Lunch will be served at the Alaturca
Restaurant.
At the end of the tour you will be transferred to your hotel.
DAY 3 - CAPPADOCIA – KAYSERI / ISTANBUL
UTS’s
English Speaking Guide will meet you at the lobby of your hotel at 7 am for
your private transfer to Kayseri Airport to take your flight to Istanbul. (ETD 0900
/ ETA 1030) Upon arrival in Istanbul,
you will be connecting your outbound flight departing not before 12:30 pm.
To book this tour, please contact UTS – Turkey Team