Goreme Trip Overview
Guided tour of some of the region’s most famous attractions
Tasty, local lunch included
Great photo opportunities amongst the ‘fairy chimney’ rocks
View centuries-old religious frescoes
Visit a ceramics workshop and watch the potters at work
Additional Info
Duration: 7 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Goreme, Turkey
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkey
Guided tour of some of the region’s most famous attractions
Tasty, local lunch included
Great photo opportunities amongst the ‘fairy chimney’ rocks
View centuries-old religious frescoes
Visit a ceramics workshop and watch the potters at work
Itinerary
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Stop At: Pigeon Valley, Uchisar KasabasI Nevşehir Kapadokya, Goreme 50240 Turkey
This fantastic tour begins with Pigeon Valley, named after the thousands of pigeon houses that have been carved into the soft tufa since ancient times. Although they can be found throughout Cappadocia, they are especially plentiful in this valley which must have one of the greatest collections of pigeon lofts in the world. They were carved wherever space allowed including abandoned caves and the walls of collapsed churches
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Goreme, Goreme, Cappadocia
The next stop is for a panoramic view of Goreme, located among the “fairy chimney” rock formations created from the natural erosion of volcanic rocks and surrounded by a number of valleys, each with imaginative names such as Swords Valley, Love Valley and Red Valley.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Avanos, Avanos, Cappadocia
Avanos is the next port of call where the red clay soil has been used for producing ceramics since Hittite times. After a tasty lunch here, there’s an opportunity to see a ceramics workshop and watch the potters at work
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Pasabag, Urgup Turkey
Continuing along the tour, the next stop is Pasabag where you can see mushroom-like fairy-chimneys with multiple caps and stems situated in the middle of a vineyard and Zelve and Devrent Valleys, famous for their strange shaped, chimney rocks
Duration: 45 minutes
