Kocasinan Trip Overview
Cappadocia which is unique in the world and is a miraculous nature wonder is the common name of the field covered by the provinces of Aksaray, Nevsehir, Nigde, Kayseri and Kirsehir in the Central Anatolian region.During this tour uncover the must see Göreme open air museum,underground city,best fairychimneys in the world and many other place in cappadocia.
Additional Info
Duration: 2 days
Starts: Kocasinan, Turkey
Trip Category: Multi-day & Extended Tours >> Multi-day Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Kocasinan, Kayseri, Turkey
Cappadocia which is unique in the world and is a miraculous nature wonder is the common name of the field covered by the provinces of Aksaray, Nevsehir, Nigde, Kayseri and Kirsehir in the Central Anatolian region.During this tour uncover the must see Göreme open air museum,underground city,best fairychimneys in the world and many other place in cappadocia.
Itinerary
Day 1: Cappadocia green tour
Stop At: Goreme Panorama, Uchisar Yolu uzeri 1.km, Goreme 50180 Turkey
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: 20 minutes
Stop At: Derinkuyu Yeralti Sehri, Derinkuyu Turkey
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: 1 hour
Stop At: Selime Monastery, Guzelyurt Turkey
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
Stop At: Ihlara Valley, Guzelyurt 68500 Turkey
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
Stop At: 68502 Yaprakhisar/Güzelyurt/Aksaray, Turkey
After lunch our guide will take you to a unique place, Yaprakhisar. You will see the nicest examples of conical fairy chimneys. Since the area is very similar to Star Wars Film Set, Yaprakhisar is known as “Star Wars Movie Set”.
Duration: 30 minutes
Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: One night Accommodation in a boutique hotel
Day 2: Cappadocia Red tour
Stop At: Uchisar Castle, Uchisar Turkey
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
Stop At: Goreme Open-Air Museum, Merkez, Muze Cd., Goreme 50180 Turkey
Open Air Museum especially important to understand the influence of the religion, especially of Christianity, on the region. For good reasons it is the most famous attraction, a complex of several painted cave-churches carved out by Orthodox monks between 900 and 1200 AD.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Love Valley, Goreme 50180 Turkey
Love Valley
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Han, Cumhuriyet, 1. Sk. No:521, 50840 Avanos/Nevşehir, Turkey
1 hour for the lunch in Han Restaurant which is very cool and popular in the region .You will start with the soup. Than you will have self-service.Open bufe
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Kapadokya Seramik, Bahceli Evler Mah. Cavusin Yolu, Avanos Turkey
Since Hittites 2000 BC people could get the red clays (terra rosa) around Kızılırmak 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
Stop At: Fairy Chimneys, Zelve Yolu, 50500 Çavuşin/Avanos/Nevşehir, Turkey
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
Stop At: Devrent Valley, Devrent Mevkii No:1 Urgup Yolu, 50500 Turkey
The ruins at Devrent are spread over three valleys, which also house several pointed fairy chimneys with large stems.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Fairy Chimneys, Goreme Turkey
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
Stop At: Sentez Avanos Hali – Rug Workshop & Store, Kizilirmak Caddesi No 8, Avanos 50500 Turkey
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
Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
