About this experience
Discover the beauties of Cappadocia with this tour covering historical sites, fairy chimneys and natural landscapes. Visit Derinkuyu, the largest underground city in Cappadocia, and Selime Monastery.
Highlights
- Relax with lunch by the riverside before seeing the impressive Selime Monastery
- Be enchanted by Cappadocia's mystical landscape and unique rock formations
- Experience a different world while exploring an ancient city underground
- Learn the unique aspects of local life at a gem store and in Pigeon Valley
- A wonderful hiking and nature view experience in Ihlara valley
What's included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Transportation in a luxury vehicle
- Professional tourist guide
- Lunch (if option selected)
- Museum entry tickets (if option selected)
How to use
- Show Mobile Ticket
- At Redemption Counter
What to expect
Goreme Panorama
Our first stop will be Goreme Panorama where you will be informed about the Cappadocia region, occurance of fairy chimneys and Goreme village itself.
Pigeon Valley
People used pigeons for several purposes for a long time. At the Pigeon valley you will be informed about those reasons and you will get the opportunity to feed the pigeons of the valley.
Gemstone Store (Jewellery Store, Shopping Point)
Turkiye is a real treasure when it comes to stones and we will spend some time at this beautiful store with an expert about stones all around Turkiye. We highly advise you to listen them carefully because you will want to know everything about color changing zultanite stone.
Derinkuyu Underground City
UNDERGROUND CITIES are the signs of cappadocia, these mega shelters will blow your mind. We will get inside of it and walk through narrow tunnels. You will get to see wineries, food storages and a lot of different parts of the underground city used defending and living.
Ihlara Town (Lunch)
About 80 km away from our starting destination we will find ourselves in IHLARA TOWN. We will have the lunch at a pleasant, cozy restaurant, just NEXT to the Melendiz river.
Ihlara Valley
After the lunch, we will hike almost for 60 MINUTES in the canyon ALONG the Melendiz river, where we can see a nearly 1000-year-old historical CHURCH and where you can experience the beautiy of nature. At the end of the hiking we will arrive BELİSIRMA village.
Selime Monastery
Selime Monastery is an astonishing rock cut structure including a 1300-year-old CATHEDRAL, a church with a gallery all around it, a chapel, a vast kitchen, stables with feeding troughs and other evidence of the troglodyte lifestyle…
Spice-Dried Fruits Shop
You can see an interesting Cappadocian type of coffee including pistachio and traditional dried fruits.
Terms & conditions
Entry without waiting at museum entrances