Private Tour: Cappadocia Village Tour

Our "day with the villagers" begins with your driver and guide meeting you at your area hotel.
We will drive to the quaint, ancient village of Baskoy in the lower Cappadocia valleys. Cappadocia is traditionally a rural region with most villagers practicing sustenance farming - only with the recent influx of tourism has this changed in the more popular regions.
The local village life in Baskoy retains the charm of traditional Cappadocia. The daily life of a traditional farmer in this region is summer is growing all foods (including seeds and nuts) to preserve for the long winter. Women traditionally make all their own butter, cheese, yogurt - as well as pastas and breads. Most homes in this region feature the rural 2-story home with the livestock under the house and the living quarter for the family above. In Cappadocia the homes generally have one large room where the entire family eats and sleeps together.
Our tour will bring you to one family where you can experience the daily life - that could include making yogurt and butter, planting or harvesting, making syrups, etc. The experience is an authentic one - in that you will will be accompanying the local village woman (or man) in their daily life - not a staged class or situation. Most of our guests learn many new techniques for creative gardening, cooking, the art of making Turkish tea as well as getting to experience the hard-working, yet generous life and hospitality of the Cappadocia village family.
The tour includes transportation to/from the village and your hotel, lunch with the village family and a translator well versed in the local culture and traditions.
The tour is available year-round with spring, summer and autumn the more active times - in winter the daily activities center around staying warm, feeding the livestock and creating handcrafts (knitting, crocheting, sewing) for the coming year. It's an authentic experience and a way to immerse yourself into the local life for a day.