Cappadocia, with traditional villages and communities scattered around a unique landscape of “fairy chimneys,” is one of the highlights of any trip to Turkey. Eroded rock formations, ancient underground cities and fresco-covered churches in caves make up this region’s otherworldly topography. Visit Urgup and Goreme, where homes, churches, stores, hotels and restaurants create a fascinating and slightly surreal moonscape. Many of these structures are literally carved from conical mounds or caves.

Cappadocia also offers interesting shopping. In Urgup, Ortahisar and Goreme there are impressive rugs, while the region surrounding Avanos is well known for pottery and ceramics. One of the most exciting ways to see Cappadocia is from a hot air balloon in the summertime.

Activities while in Cappadocia

> Private Cappadocia Day Tour with Lunch

Your full day tour includes a visit to the valleys of Cappadocia with a private guide and driver.

Begin the morning with a hike and walking tour through the villages of Zelve and Pasabag where monks lived in seclusion in the rock dwellings. Continue your tour with a visit the unparalleled Kaymakli Underground City, which was originally carved out of a rock hill by the Hittites nearly four thousand years ago.  This incredible site was then expanded by the Assyrians, Persians and Romans as each conquered the region.

After lunch, visit the Goreme Open Air Museum, Cappadocia's most famous attraction, a complex of several painted cave-churches carved out by Orthodox monks between 900 and 1200 A.D.  The paintings and decoration represent the flowering of a uniquely Cappadocian artistic style.  Afterward, visit the small villages of Cavusin and Ortahisar, admiring their rock-cut dwellings and stone houses that have long since been abandoned. 

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Top things to see and do in Cappadocia

Goreme Attractions
> Goreme National Park  
> Goreme Open-Air Museum
> Pigeon Valley
> Avanos

Zelve Attractions
> Zelve Monastery

Özkonak Attractions
> Özkonak Underground City

Derinkuyu Attractions
> Derinkuyu Underground City

Uchisar Attractions
> Uchisar Castle

Nevsehir Attractions
> Kaymakli Underground City

Urgup Attractions
> Pasabag
> Ihlara Valley

Main Airport in Cappadocia  
> Kayseri Erkilet Airport   Airport code ASR

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