4-Days Cappadocia, Pamukkale and Ephesus Tour from Istanbul

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 1Flight to Kayseri or Nevsehir Airport - South Cappadocia Tour⌄

   You can watch nicely Goreme view and almost all of Cappadocia and take excellent photos. Also, your guide explains important information about Cappadocia. You will have free time to take photos and explore the area yourself.

   Derinkuyu Underground City has 8 levels at the under of ground. You will see different sections on each level (kitchen, sitting room, restroom, tombs, a stable, missionary school, etc.)… Your guide explains information about levels and formations.

   Here is the biggest and deepest canyon of Cappadocia. We visit Agacalti Church after walk approximately 300-400 m. You can see a church which keeps the history very well. Then starts a walking nearby the Melendiz River through to the Belisırma Village placed in hearth of Ihlara Valley about 3 km. You will spend enjoyable times in the natural life of the valley while walking.

   Here is also known as a cathedral and the oldest cathedral of Cappadocia. You will see the kitchen, a missionary school, church, small churches while visiting here. But it is a little difficult to see frescoes. Somebodies say a few chapters of Starwars movie taken from here or desired to take here. There is an excellent landscape on the roof.

   You can see a unique panoramic view of Pigeon Valley, take photos, see hundreds of pigeon houses, feed the pigeons.

   Meals: Lunch

   Overnight: 1 night accommadation cave hotel. Mycave Hotel or Zultanite Cappadocia Hotel or similiar

2. 2North Cappadocia Tour - Overnight Bus to Pamukkale⌄

   You can watch a breathtaking Cappadocia view. This fantastic rock formation is the highest place of Cappadocia to watch Cappadocia as panoramic.

   We visit the Goreme Open Air Museum which entered the Unesco World Heritage List in 1985. You can see rock churches, carved chapels built by early Christians, an orthodox monastery sheltered to escape from Roman attacks. You can see very well preserved frescoes on the walls of churches and chapels. These frescoes are paintings that have come by resisting the corrosive effects of time. The frescoes are from the 5th century.

   Avanos was the center of terracotta arts in B.C. 2000 Hittite times. You will have a chance on here to watch and see traditional pottery demonstration art. The clay used in pottery demonstration gets from passing heart of town Kizilirmak which second longest river of Turkey known as Hallys in antique times.

   Pasabagi is the best place to see three-hatted fairy chimneys. Also, you can understand the formation of Cappadocia from up to down.

   You can have a fun time imagining the visual rock formations that are different from the present rock formations that will fascinate your dreams.

   You will see another unique rock formation in Cappadocia on here. After the tour, you will travel overnight to Pamukkale in a non-smoking, fully air-conditioned local bus departing the bus station at approximately 9:00 pm. The total duration of travel will be 10 hours. There will be three breaks on the way to Pamukkale for your personal needs.

   Meals: Lunch · Breakfast

3. 3Pamukkale Tour⌄

   Upon your arrival at the Pamukkale / Denizli main bus station between 05:30 – 06:00, you will be picked up and transferred to your hotel to freshen up. You will have time to have breakfast and a short rest. Around 09:30 am you will be picked up from the hotel to begin your guided tour of the Pamukkale and Hierapolis area with a professional licensed tour guide.

   You will visit the first destination of Karahayit to see the Red Spring Waters.

   The highlights of Hierapolis are Necropolis, Roman Baths, Domitian Gate, Latrina, Oil Factory, Frontinious Street, Agora, Byzantium Gate, Triton Fountain, Cathedral, Apollon Temple, Plutonium, Theater, and Antique Pool. You will also be able to take some photos from the nicest corners of Pamukkale.

   You will visit the Pamukkale Travertines, also known as Cotton Castle in Turkish, where mineral-rich thermal waters flow down white travertine terraces. You will get a chance to enjoy the beauty of the Cotton Castles and to walk in the middle of the Pamukkale travertines, from top to down without shoes and socks.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch

   Overnight: Overnight at Kusadası. Nicea Hotel or similiar

4. 4Ephesus Tour - Fly Back To Istanbul⌄

   You will first visit the Temple of Artemis which was once one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world.

   Next, you will visit the world-famous ancient Greco-Roman City of Ephesus, the most well-preserved example in the world.

   You will visit the House of Virgin Mary, where it is believed she spent her last days. This is a holy place for both Christians and Muslims.

   You will also Isa Bey Mosque,which is a beautiful example of Seljuk Turkish architecture in an atmospheric location. It is the oldest known example of a Turkish mosque with a courtyard. At the end of the tour around approximately 4:00 pm, you will be transferred to Izmir airport for your late evening return flight between 7:00 – 10:00 pm (flight duration is approximately 1 hour 30 minutes) to Istanbul.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch