5 Days Istanbul - Cappadocia By Plane

Itinerary

Day 1: Day 1 Arrival & Hotel Check-in

Stop At: Istanbul Airport, Tayakadın, Terminal Caddesi No:1, 34283 Arnavutköy/İstanbul, Turkey
Welcome to Turkey! Upon your arrival at Istanbul Airport, take the next flight to Kayseri or Nevsehir (locations of the two main airports of Cappadocia).
Duration: 1 day

Stop At: Cappadocia Turkey, 50180 Göreme/Nevşehir Merkez/Nevşehir, Turkey
When you arrive at the airport in Cappadocia, you will meet our driver at the gate exit. From there, you will be transferred to your cave hotel.
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 2: Day 2 Cappadocia Region (Private Cappadocia Region Tour)

Stop At: Devrent Valley, Devrent Mevkii No:1 Aktepe Koyu Turkey
Day 2 will begin with an exploration of Cappadocia with Devrent Valley (also known as Imagination Valley), where we will see the different types of Fairy Chimney formations, which formed almost 30 million years ago.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Zelve Open Air Museum, Zelve Yolu, Nevsehir Turkey
which is one of the oldest settlement of Cappadocia and one of the three UNESCO sites in the national park
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Fairy Chimneys, Goreme Turkey
We will then stop in Pasabag, where we will see the most interesting fairy chimneys, resembling those seen in the Hobbit and Smurfs.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Avanos Oren Yeri, Goreme Turkey
This trip offers the opportunity to stop by a local pottery shop, where details are shared of how people survived and created beautiful art dating back to the Hittite period.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Goreme National Park, Goreme Turkey
The stop at Goreme Open Air Museum allows you to discover some of the best cave churches of the 530 in Cappadocia.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Cappadocia Cave Dwellings, Urgup Turkey
You will see wonderful view of Cave Dwellings
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Uchisar Castle, Uchisar Turkey
We will stop at Uchisar Castle and Pigeon Valley, two of the best spots for photography and photo opportunities in the world.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Pigeon Valley, Uchisar KasabasI Nevşehir Kapadokya, Goreme 50240 Turkey
Pause for a photo break at Pigeon Valley.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Goreme panorama, Uchisar Yolu uzeri 1.km, Goreme 50180 Turkey
Beautiful view of Cappadocia.

We will return to our hotel.
Duration: 30 minutes

Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 3: Day 3 Cappadocia Region & Flight to Istanbul (Private Cappadocia Region Tour & Istanbul)

Stop At: Red Valley, Nevsehir Ortahisar, Nevsehir 50650 Turkey
First thing in the morning, we will check out from the hotel and prepare to start our tour. We will begin by hiking in the Red Valley in the morning, where you can see some of the most spectacular examples of Cappadocian Rock formations.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Love Valley, Goreme 50180 Turkey
Late morning, we will stop for a coffee and tea break in Love Valley and take pictures with some of the most amazing views in Turkey.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Kaymakli Underground City, Derinkuyu Turkey
We will take a 40-minute drive to see Kaymaklı Underground City, where some of the earliest Christians of Cappadocia stayed temporarily to avoid persecution and invasions.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Kayseri Erkilet Airport, Ahmet Yasevi Mahallesi, Mustafa Kemal Paşa Blv., 38090 Merkez/Kocasinan/Kayseri, Turkey
Transfer to Kayseri or Nevşehir Airport.

After the last visit in Cappadocia we are going to fly to Istanbul to complete our 5 days of programme in Turkey.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 4: Day 4 Istanbul (Walking Tour)

Stop At: Hippodrome (At Meydani), Istanbul Turkey
We will begin our walking tour with the Roman Hippodrome, which dates back to the 2nd century A.D. At this site, you will have the opportunity to see German Fountain, Obelisk of the Tuthmosis the 3rd, Serpent Column, and the Roman Obelisk.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Blue Mosque, Sultanahmet Mah At Meydani Cad No 7, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
Later, we will visit the Blue Mosque, which was built in 1616 by the Ottoman Sultan Ahmet I.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Hagia Sophia Museum / Church (Ayasofya), Ayasofya Square, Sultanahmet, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
We will visit Hagia Sophia, the great church built in 537 by Justinianus
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Topkapi Palace, Cankurtaran Mahallesi Gulhane Park, Near Sultanahmet Square, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
We will continue our tour by visiting the great Ottoman Palace, Topkapi where Sultans lived for five centuries.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Grand Bazaar Jewelers, Alemdar Mah. Bab-I Ali Cad. Guran Han No:34 D. 4 Fatih, Istanbul 34110 Turkey
We are going to stop by Grand Bazaar one of the oldest shopping mall in the world, which dates back 16th century.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 5: Day 5 Istanbul (Private Tour & Transfer to Airport)

Stop At: Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
On Day 5, we will checkout from our hotel and begin our tour with a Bosphorus Cruise for two hours to see the neighborhoods of Istanbul from the sea.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Dolmabahce Palace, Visnezade Mahallesi Dolmabahce Cd, Istanbul 34357 Turkey
We will later see the Dolmabahce Palace, which was the second residence of the Ottoman Sultans and their families following the 19th century
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Istanbul Airport, Tayakadın, Terminal Caddesi No:1, 34283 Arnavutköy/İstanbul, Turkey
Depending on your departure, we will transfer you to the airport via Istanbul.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.