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  • Europe,Istanbul
  • 7 days (approx.)

  • Pickup offered

  • Mobile ticket

  • Offered in: English

Cappadocia, Konya, Pamukkale and Ephesus Tour

Cover four of Turkey’s most unbeatable sites during this action-packed, all-inclusive adventure, which makes stops at Cappadocia, Konya, Pamukkale, and Ephesus. Skip the hassles of arranging your own transport and accommodations and settle back for an unforgettable journey across fairytale landscapes, ancient monuments, and traditional restaurants. Perfect for first-time visitors or anyone short on time, you’ll be guaranteed an in-depth look at the country’s unforgettable highlights.

What's Included

  • Hotel drop-off
  • Private tour
  • Professional guide
  • Afternoon tea
  • National Park fees
  • All taxes, fees and handling charges
  • Hotel pickup
  • Breakfast (6)
  • 6 nights accommodation
  • Transport by private vehicle
  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
  • Drinks
  • Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
  • Hot air balloon flight
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

Meeting And Pickup

Start time:

10:00 AM

What To Expect

    Day 1: Cappadocia
  • Cappadocia

    We meet at Cappadocia (Nevşehir or Kayseri) airport.We pick you from Cappadocia airport and drive to your hotel in cappadocia.

    Duration: 1 hour

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

  • Day 2: Cappadocia
  • Uchisar Castle

    It is constructed on the highest point of the region. It has a totally dictinct castle form, including graves, tunnels and churches, that you cannot come across at any other place in the world.

    Duration: 30 minutes

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

  • Zelve Open Air Museum

    Cappadocia is an amazing place full of wonders. Things to do in Cappadocia are countless but for this article, we will be looking for one of the most amazing ones: Zelve Open Air Museum. One of Cappadocia's most well-known outdoor museum places is Zelve Valley, which is situated close to Pasabag Monks Valley between Avanos and Goreme. One of the most famous sights in Cappadocia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site is Zelve Valley Open Air Museum, where tourists may see pointed, comprehensive, and sharp fairy chimneys.

    Duration: 50 minutes

    Admission Included: YES

  • Pasabag Vadisi

    The best place to see three-headed fairy chimneys. Pasabag, the Pasha's Vineyard, is surrounded by incredible natural rock formations; a spectacular scene.

    Duration: 30 minutes

    Admission Included: YES

  • Bezirhane Culture, Arts and Ceramics Center

    Since Hittites 2000 BC people could get the red clays (terra rosa) around KÄązÄąlÄąrmak river which is the longest river of Turkey, and white clays ( caulin) from volcanic hills .They could use the clays for their daily lifes by shaping the clay by their hand on the spinning wheels.

    Duration: 30 minutes

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

  • Sentez Avanos Hali - Rug Workshop & Store

    Every carpet, with its patterns, resembles a collection of messages, beliefs and symbols. Every pattern that is woven into a carpet is a picture of a feeling, a desire or a wish. So far as that every carpet represents a living history from the early ages to the present in which women have patiently and untiringly written their joys and sorrows in amazing codes and magic letters which are to be read line by line

    Duration: 30 minutes

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

  • Urgup

    The "fairy chimneys" with caps, mainly found in the vicinity of Ürgüp, have a conical-shaped body and a boulder on top of it. The cone is constructed from tufa and volcanic ash, while the cap is of a harder, more resistant rock such as lahar or ignimbrite. The fairy chimneys which are symbols of Ürgüp are called holly spirit chimneys. There is mother, father and son fairy chimneys stay together.

    Duration: 30 minutes

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

  • Day 3: Cappadocia
  • Goreme National Park

    The third day in Cappadocia: you will be picked up from your hotel at 09:15. The first stop is GĂśreme Panoramic view. After You will see Underground city,Ihlara Valley and Selime monastry. Your tour will finish at 17:30 and Drive to KONYA.

    Duration: 8 minutes

    Admission Included: YES

  • Goreme Panorama

    First place in the tour is Panoramic view of Goreme. You get information about history, formation of Cappadocia while watching the fairy chimneys. Following the information, free time for photograph.

    Duration: 30 minutes

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

  • Derinkuyu YeraltI Sehri

    After driving about 40 minutes, arrival to Underground City. This underground city was firstly used by the local people as a natural deep freeze, later by the late Romans as a shelter against potential Arabian invasions. With the clear explanations of your guide you will spend almost 1 hour here.

    Duration: 50 minutes

    Admission Included: YES

  • Ihlara Valley

    Ihlara Canyon is 52 km. away from Underground City.Approximately 45 minutes later, you will be in the entrance of Ihlara Valley.Ihlara Valley was formed by the volcanic actions of Mt. Hasan, next to Ihlara Valley. Afterwards, Melendiz River eroded the valley for millions of years besides the layers cracked and fell down. Eventually, 80 meter- deep canyon was composed. Whole Valley is 14 km. length. In the past, generally Christians lived in the several parts of the Valley; also they carved churches and painted them. You will hike about 3,5 km.Hiking will last 1hour 15m.Then you will arrive to Restaurant for Lunch

    Duration: 1 hour

    Admission Included: YES

  • Selime Monastery

    Our tour will go on with another movie- set-like place, Selime Monastery. At first look, the monastery looks like a castle, but shelters, churches, chapels, bedrooms, storages and big cathedral proves us its being a monastery. You get information about the monastic life in Cappadocia.

    Duration: 30 minutes

    Admission Included: YES

  • Pigeon Valley

    Climbing to Selime monastery will exhaust you, probably. But till you arrive to Pigeon Valley, you will have about 1 hour to rest. Also, our guide will mention about some traditions, cultures and stories about Anatolia on the way. Upon arrival to Pigeon Valley, pigeons will meet you on the top of the valley. Pigeons have always been important for Cappadocian people. Their eggs and droppings were used for different purposes. For this reason, local people carved houses for them to the slopes of valley. You will see the reason why people call them “houses”, when you see them.

    Duration: 30 minutes

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

  • Kapadokya El SanatlarI Merkezi

    The Last place in the tour will be a visit to onyx factory in Uchisar. Onyx is a volcanic stone which has various colors and contains different minerals in. As being a volcanic area, Cappadocia has some onyx deposits. In the factory, a master will give you information about the steps of onyx shaping and you will watch a shaping show.

    Duration: 30 minutes

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

  • Konya

    After tour drive to Konya.

    Duration: 3 hours

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

  • Day 4: Konya
  • Mevlana Muzesi

    We start 09:00 our tour and visit the Tomb of Rumi in the Museum of Mevlana, an important place of pilgrimage for Muslims. Then, we visitthe Ottoman-era Sultan Selim mosque before having lunch in a traditional Turkish restaurant.

    Duration: 1 hour

    Admission Included: YES

  • Kultur Park Alaeddin Tepesi

    After our lunch we drive to the Alaaddin Hill. Alaettin Mosque crowns Alaettin (Aladdin) Hill in the center of Konya. On the side of the hill are the sheltered minimal remains of the palace of the Seljuk Sultans of Rum.

    Duration: 1 hour

    Admission Included: YES

  • Pamukkale

    Then we drive to Pamukkale.

    Duration: 3 hours

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

  • Day 5: Pamukkale
  • Your Pamukkale day tour begins with a visit to the red springs in the nearby village of Karahayit. We then enter Hierapolis from the North Gate, visiting the Necropolis, Bath and Basilica, Frontinius Gate, Frontinius Street, Latrina, Northern Byzantine Gate, Fountain of the Tritons and the Temple of Apollon.

    Duration: 1 hour

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

  • Cleopatra Pools

    You will be given free time to swim in the Cleopatra Antique Thermal Pool (admission fee extra) and will finish the Hierapolis portion of the tour with a visit to the large and well-preserved Theatre.

    Duration: 30 minutes

    Admission Included: NO

  • Pamukkale Thermal Pools

    We finish the tour with a visit to the Travertines (white calcium pools) where you will have time to take pictures and wade in the water. After leaving the site, we will have a late lunch, and then you will be dropped back to your hotel.

    Duration: 45 minutes

    Admission Included: YES

  • Kusadasi

    After tour drive to Kusadasi.

    Duration: 3 hours

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

  • Day 6: Pergamon
  • Pergamon Amphitheater

    You will be picked up from your hotel at 09:30. You will see Pergamon Acropolis and Asclepion,Ancient hospital, health center and propylaeumof the Temple of Athena and back to hotel.

    Duration: 6 hours

    Admission Included: YES

  • Day 7: Ephesus
  • The House of the Virgin Mary

    Tour start from the port of Kusadasi proceed to the House of the Virgin Mary includes scenic views of the Byzantine fortress in Selcuk and the Temple of Artemis. A long and winding road affords wonderful views of the valley en route to the Shrine of St. Mary. The diminutive house, beautifully situated in the Solmissos Mountains, is considered by the Vatican to be the final resting place of the Virgin Mary.

    Duration: 1 hour

    Admission Included: YES

  • Ephesus Museum

    Your tour continues to ancient Ephesus, where you'll pass through the arched Magnesia Gate and begin a slow, downhill walk to the ruins of the Roman provincial capital. Your knowledgeable guide will highlight such sights as the beautifully preserved Temple of Hadrian, the magnificent Trajan Fountain, the Odeon Theater, once used for both political and entertainment purposes, and the beautiful Celsus Library with its imposing façade and two story Corinthian-style columns.

    Duration: 1 hour

    Admission Included: YES

  • Ephesus Ancient City

    The dramatic Great Theater is one of the few structures still used today. It seats twenty-five thousand and, although it was once an arena for gladiator games, it is now home to annual spring festivals.

    Duration: 30 minutes

    Admission Included: YES

Additional Info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • A minimum of 2 people per booking is required

Cancellation Policy

    You can cancel up to 2 days in advance of the experience for a full refund.

    • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 2 full days before the experience’s start time.
    • If you cancel less than 2 full days before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
    • Any changes made less than 2 full days before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
    • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

Starting from

$4,000.00

Price varies by group size