Cappadocia Red Tour

Overview

Discover the highlights of Cappadocia on this unforgettable Red Tour. Start at Göreme Panorama and admire breathtaking views of the region's unique valleys and fairy chimneys. Continue to Zelve Open-Air Museum, where you'll explore ancient cave dwellings, churches, and monasteries while learning about Cappadocia's fascinating history. Visit the famous Paşabağ (Monks Valley), home to some of the most impressive fairy chimneys in the region. Enjoy a delicious lunch in Avanos, then experience the town's centuries-old pottery tradition with a live demonstration by local artisans and the chance to try the potter's wheel. End the tour at the base of Uçhisar Castle, Cappadocia's highest rock fortress, and take in the beautiful surroundings. With hotel pickup and drop-off, a licensed guide, entrance fees, and lunch included, this tour is the perfect way to experience Cappadocia's most iconic sights in one memorable day.

Itinerary

1. Cappadoce

   The Cappadocia region is the place where nature and history are most beautifully integrated in the world. While geographical events were creating the Fairy Chimneys, people also carved houses and churches into these fairy chimneys, decorated them with frescoes, and carried the traces of thousands of years old civilizations to the present day.

   · Non-stop passage

2. Zelve Open Air Museum

   Zelve open-air museum, which once was the home of one of the largest communities in the region, is an amazing abandoned cave village. Zelve is situated about 7 km from Göreme. Christians and Muslims lived together here in perfect harmony until 1924. Then Christians had to leave the country because of the exchange of minorities between Greece and Turkey, and Muslims in their turn were forced to leave the village in the 50s, when life became too dangerous because of the risk collapsing as a result of erosion. They set up a modern village, a little further on, to which they gave the name Yeni Zelve (New Zelve).

   · 45 min· Admission not included

3. Avanos

   Avanos Pottery Demonstration Pottery made with wheels, dating back to the Hittites in Avanos, is still continued by the local people with the wise and experience of the past, passing from ancestor to grandfather, grandfather to father, father to son. The soft and oily clay soils taken from the Avanos Mountains and Kızılırmak beds are sifted, first turning into mud, then into dough in the form of a spinning top, and then into pottery in the hands of skilled craftsmen. Thus begins the story of a pottery. When you see the pottery of Avanos, the pottery workshop of Cappadocia, you will understand that they actually have artistic souls in their genes. Maybe you will not only understand, but you will go with the attitude of doing it myself, you will want to try it too. After this experiment, you will understand that they are artists

   · 45 min

4. Uchisar

   Bottom of the Uchisar Castle We will not climb the castle we stop bottom of the castle and see it from outside . Uchisar Castle is the only place where Erciyes and Hasan Mountain can be seen together. The place where the creator of Mount Erciyes, that is, the Cappadocia Region, can be seen best is Uçhisar Castle. Since the Roman period, many rooms, houses, shelters, warehouses, cisterns, tombs, and cellars have been carved into it, and it has been an important defense point against Arab raids. Large stone cannonballs used for defense against attackers were kept on it. Uchisar Castle, which was used both as a watchtower and a defense castle, maintained its importance during the Seljuk and Principalities periods.

   · 20 min

5. Fairy Chimneys

   Pasabaglar(Monks Valley) mushroom fairychimney Pasabag Valley, also known as “Monks Valley” is one of the most popular fairy chimneys areas of Cappadocia, situated between Avanos and Goreme. Pasabag Valley is also one most popular places to see in Cappadocia that travelers may experience mushroom shaped fairy chimneys with multiple stems and caps. The formations that once used as a seclusion place for the Monks, are now a very attractive tourist zone in Cappadocia. The valley, which was used as a retreat by the priests and monks during its period, includes many rock-cut monasteries, churches, chapels and settlements, as well as tunnels and mills.

   · 45 min· Admission not included

6. Göreme

   Göreme Panoroma Goreme Panoroma is the best place to see the Göreme town from the top and also if the weather is ok we can see the Erciyes mountain from there .

   · 20 min

Pickup

Pickup included.

Please wait in the hotel lobby 5 minutes before your scheduled pickup time. If your hotel is not accessible by vehicle, we will arrange the nearest suitable pickup point and inform you in advance. Please keep your phone available in case the driver needs to contact you.

Meeting and end point

What to know before you go

• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• This activity can accommodate a maximum of 14 travelers.
• You will receive confirmation immediately when you book.

Travelers

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

• From 1 days before : 100% refunded
• From 0 days before : 0% refunded

This activity can be canceled in case of bad weather.

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