5 Days Istanbul - Cappadocia

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 1Day 1 Arrival & Hotel Check-in⌄

   Welcome to Turkey! Upon your arrival at Istanbul Airport, take the next flight to Kayseri or Nevsehir (locations of the two main airports of Cappadocia).

   When you arrive at the airport in Cappadocia, you will meet our driver at the gate exit. From there, you will be transferred to your cave hotel.

2. 2Day 2 Cappadocia Region (Private Cappadocia Region Tour)⌄

   Day 2 will begin with an exploration of Cappadocia with Devrent Valley (also known as Imagination Valley), where we will see the different types of Fairy Chimney formations, which formed almost 30 million years ago.

   This trip offers the opportunity to stop by a local pottery shop, where details are shared of how people survived and created beautiful art dating back to the Hittite period.

   The stop at Goreme Open Air Museum allows you to discover some of the best cave churches of the 530 in Cappadocia.

   You will see wonderful view of Cave Dwellings

   We will stop at Uchisar Castle and Pigeon Valley, two of the best spots for photography and photo opportunities in the world.

   Pause for a photo break at Pigeon Valley.

   Beautiful view of Cappadocia. We will return to our hotel.

3. 3Day 3 Cappadocia Region & Flight to Istanbul (Private Cappadocia Region Tour & Istanbul)⌄

   Zelve Open Air Museum which is one of the oldest settlement of Cappadocia and one of the three UNESCO sites in the national park

   We will then stop in Pasabag, where we will see the most interesting fairy chimneys, resembling those seen in the Hobbit and Smurfs.

   We will take a 40-minute drive to see Kaymaklı Underground City, where some of the earliest Christians of Cappadocia stayed temporarily to avoid persecution and invasions.

   Transfer to Kayseri or Nevşehir Airport. After the last visit in Cappadocia we are going to fly to Istanbul to complete our 5 days of programme in Turkey.

4. 4Day 4 Istanbul (Walking Tour)⌄

   We will begin our walking tour with the Roman Hippodrome, which dates back to the 2nd century A.D. At this site, you will have the opportunity to see German Fountain, Obelisk of the Tuthmosis the 3rd, Serpent Column, and the Roman Obelisk.

   Later, we will visit the Blue Mosque, which was built in 1616 by the Ottoman Sultan Ahmet I.

   We will visit Hagia Sophia, the great church built in 537 by Justinianus

   We will continue our tour by visiting the great Ottoman Palace, Topkapi where Sultans lived for five centuries.

   We are going to stop by Grand Bazaar one of the oldest shopping mall in the world, which dates back 16th century.

5. 5Day 5 Istanbul (Private Tour & Transfer to Airport)⌄

   On Day 5, we will checkout from our hotel and begin our tour with a Bosphorus Cruise for two hours to see the neighborhoods of Istanbul from the sea.

   We will later see the Dolmabahce Palace, which was the second residence of the Ottoman Sultans and their families following the 19th century

   Depending on your departure, we will transfer you to the airport via Istanbul.