Red Tour and Kaymaklı Underground City with Lunch

Goreme, Turkey
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Please note that you will visit Kaymaklı Underground City which is the most popular and largest underground city in Cappadocia.

Tour time and date flexible depends on your request .

We will pick you up from your hotel and after tour drop back to your hotel.
Here are the places as below that you can see the in this tour with your licensed tour guide.

Kaymaklı Underground City
Pigeon Valley Panoromic Point
Carpet Workshop
Bottom of the Uchisar Castle
Goreme Panoroma
Pasabaglar(Monks Valley) mushroom fairychimney
Zelve Open Air Museum
Avanos Pottery Demonstration

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Itinerary
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Stop At: Cappadocia, Cappadocia

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.


Duration: 6 hours

Stop At: Kaymakli Underground City, Derinkuyu Turkiye

Kaymakli Underground City is the biggest and deepest underground settlement in the Cappadocia region. Located in the Kaymaki Village, Kaymakli Underground City is also one most popular places to see in Cappadocia.
Kaymakli Underground City has 8 levels underground (only 4 are open) carved from the soft volcanic stone that are connected with each other by narrow tunnels. Visitors may visit stalls, stables, stores, refectories, churches, wineries, kitchens and the other sections.
Going for 40 meters under the ground, Kaymakli Underground City has a capacity of 5000 people. It is very exciting to imagine that how people lived here. A visit to Kaymakli Underground City is a must on your Cappadocia holidays.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Pigeon Valley, Uchisar KasabasI Nevşehir Kapadokya, Goreme 50240 Turkiye

Pigeon Valley Panoromic Point
Pigeon Valley is the valley where ancient caves are formed, consisting of a soft layer formed by lava and ashes, starting from Uchisar and extending all the way to Göreme. It got its name from the dovecotes carved into the soft rocks for the pigeons fed by the people of the region.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Zelve Open Air Museum, Zelve Yolu, Nevsehir Turkiye

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).

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Avanos, Avanos, Cappadocia

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

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Uchisar, Uchisar, Cappadocia

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.

Duration: 25 minutes

Stop At: Fairy Chimneys, Goreme Turkiye

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.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Avanos, Avanos, Cappadocia

Carpet Workshop
The historical and natural wealth of Cappadocia has been kneaded and integrated with natural materials by the people of the region throughout the ages and turned into art. The heritage of this natural and cultural asset has an important place in the pursuits that are the livelihood of the people of Cappadocia. Carpet (rug) weaving is one of the handicrafts that not only keeps the cultural heritage alive, but also brings an economic return.
We will visit one of the best carpet workshop in Cappadocia region and see an amazing carpet in there

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Goreme, Goreme, Cappadocia

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 .

Duration: 20 minutes

Inclusions

  • Lunch
  • Entrance fees to all museums and ruins
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Entry/Admission - Zelve Open Air Museum
  • Entry/Admission - Fairy Chimneys
  • Entry/Admission - Kaymakli Underground City

Exclusions

  • Drinks

Additional information

  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Infants must sit on laps
  • Infant seats available
  • Not recommended for travelers with back problems
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
  • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
  • Gear/equipment sanitized between use
  • Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
  • Regular temperature checks for staff
  • Proof of COVID-19 vaccination required for travelers
  • COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking

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