Cappadocia 2 Nights
3 Days (by air*)
*Same program can be
done by bus.
Program:
Day 1
- Take the early
morning flight.
Arrival and meeting
at the airport with
your guide and
driver.Transfer to
Cappadocia. Tour
to Soganli Valley,
an Open Air Museum
in a wild natural
setting near a
typical Cappadocian
village with its
different style
Rock-Cut churches
and frescoes.
Villages in the
valleys, surrounded
by the "table top"
mountains, are
spectacular. Lunch
and Visit to
Sahinefendi-
Sobessos, newly
discovered (01 May
2002) mosaic houses
& Archaeological
excavation site.
Continue with Keslik
Monastery near
Cemil, that hides
its frescoes behind
a very thin smoke
layer which we can
only see by torch
light. The Medrese
(Theological School)
from Seljuk Turks in
Taskinpasa is the
witness of an early
and rich Turkish
settlement in the
town. Our tour
finishes with a
visit to Mustafapasa
(Sinasos), an old
Greek town with its
spectacular old
Greek houses; very
fine examples of
late Greek
settlements and
architecture.
Overnight
Cappadocia.
Day 2
In the morning,
first meeting with
the lunar landscape
of
Cappadocia: rock
formations beyond
belief in Devrent
valley; walking in
Zelve Open Air
Museum: a journey in
the past with its
troglodyte houses;
visit to Pasabag
"fairy chimneys"
where the voice of
wind mixes with the
"songs of fairies".
Lunch in
Avanos, centre
of terra cotta work
of art since 3000
BC. and a
demonstration in a
traditional pottery
workshop. Afternoon,
visit the famous
Goreme
Open Air Museum
and see the best
examples of
Byzantine art in
Cappadocia in
rock-cut churches
with frescoes and
paintings (10th to
13th
century). Climb on
top of the
Uchisar
Rock-Castle to have
a panoramic view of
the valleys of
Cappadocia.
Overnight
Cappadocia.
Day 3
In the morning,
Kaymakli Underground
City, one of the
most interesting
underground
settlements in
Cappadocia.
Walking in
Ihlara Canyon, a
"mirage" in the
Steps of Anatolia up
to Belisirma
village, the ancient
Peristrema: "Valley
of the Sky" along
the Melendiz River.
Rock-cut churches,
spread across a wild
plantation, surprise
you with their
successfully painted
representations from
the Bible. Lunch in
Belisirma a local
restaurant by the
river. Stop by
Selime, a
village with cave
houses at the end of
the canyon and a
"star wars" like
landscape. Transfer
to airport and take
a flight and leave
Cappadocia.
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reservations.
