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Göreme Panorama, Rose Valley hike, Göreme Open Air Museum, Paşabağ, Devrent Valley, Avanos, Kaymakli, Ihlara Valley, Selime Monastery
Day 1: Your first day starts from above with an incredible hot air balloon flight! After a break at your hotel for breakfast, our professional guide and the driver will pick you up around 9:30. The first stop is Esentepe, the impressive panoramic viewpoint overlooking Goreme. Here your guide will give you information on the history of Cappadocia and the unique rock formations. From here we visit the beginning of Rose Valley for an easy one-hour hike through fairy chimneys, orchards and vineyards. Our next stop is the Goreme Open Air Museum, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Your guide will explain the meanings of the frescoes in the cave churches, decorated with scenes of the Old and New Testaments dating back to the 10th century. The site has been used as a monastery since the first years of Christianity. For lunch we will visit a lovely restaurant in Goreme. After lunch we make several photo stops along the way – including Urgup’s family fairy chimneys, Devrent’s animal-shaped rock formations and Pasabag, the Monk’s Valley with the famous mushroom-shaped fairy chimneys as well as St. Simeon’s monk cell carved into the rock. Day one concludes in Avanos, a picturesque town on a river that supplies clay for the 4000 year-old Avanos tradition of pottery. A kick-wheel demonstration by a local potter and your chance at trying this ancient custom brings our day to an end. You will arrive back at your hotel around 5pm.
- Including: Licensed English speaking guide, Hot air balloon flight, Transportation with A/C vehicles, Lunch, Entrance fees, All taxes
- Excluding: Beverages at lunch, Tips, Personel expenses