Cappadocia Tour From Alanya with Cave Hotel

Cappadocia tour from Alanya is a 2-day trip to the best sights of magical Cappadocia and fly in a hot air balloon over it.

You will visit extraordinary landscapes, ancient underground cities, and explore & learn about the early Christianity. Cappadocia is the birthplace of St. George and probably the world’s centre of hot-air ballooning.

During the tour, a professional English-speaking guide will accompany you. Do more on your holiday than the usual swimming and sunbathing. Being in Cappadocia is something unimaginable, something you’ll never forget.

Cappadocia is one of Turkey’s most beautiful, mesmerising and enchanting places. It is famous for interesting rock formations that resemble tall mushrooms – named as fairy chimneys. After the eruption of Mount Erciyes thousands of years ago, the build-up of ash and basalt, coupled with erosion across the plateau, has led to their shaping.

These fairy chimneys have been carved out and used as homes and places of worship since the beginning of human history right up to the present day.

In the tour, you will also visit underground cities with several floors below the surface of the Earth. You will enter and explore these underground cities with a professional guide.

On the second day of the tour, you can join the famous hot air balloon flights at sunrise.

Day 1

A fully air-conditioned coach will pick you up from your hotel at 2:00 AM. You will then travel into the mountains until reaching the restaurant for breakfast. Breakfast is open buffet and served with tea & coffee. The first day’s breakfast is extra, so you might want to arrange takeaway breakfast from your hotel.

At around 09:00 AM, you will reach Cappadocia, and your first visit will be to one of the underground cities of Cappadocia. These underground cities are several layers deep, and a city’s entire population lived there during the wars. You will see churches, storage places, living spaces and even stables in the underground city.

Next, it’s lunchtime. Depending on the busyness of the restaurants, lunch is either taken in Han Restaurant or Dede Efendi Restaurant. Han is an open-buffet restaurant with over 60 options (soup, salad, starters, main courses, desserts and fruits). Dede Efendi restaurant offers fixed menus (soup, salad, boreks, pottery kabab, rice and desserts). Vegetarian options are available in both restaurants.

After lunch, you will visit Ortahisar Castle. It is a majestic fortress carved out of soft volcanic rock. Ortahisar Castle is one of the largest and most well-preserved sights in Cappadocia.

Next, you will visit the town of Avanos, walk its cobbled streets and visit the rock village of Cavusin and the Church of John the Baptist, built in the 5th century and features stunning frescoes depicting scenes from the Bible.

During the first day, you will visit two valleys, have panoramic photo breaks, and have a short walk to explore the fairy chimneys. They are Devrent and Love valleys. In addition, upon the group’s request, you can visit the Kizilcukur valley for sunset.

As the sun sets, the first day draws to a close, and it’s time to check in to the hotel in the charming town of Avanos. The hotel’s name is Duru – See the TripAdvisor page of the hotel. Upon arrival, you can clean up and attend the evening meal. Similar to lunch, dinner is an open buffet with over 40 options.

Day 2

If you book a hot air balloon ride from the tour guide, the second day begins at sunrise for you. You can float across the fairy chimneys and the stunning landscapes of Cappadocia.

Upon your return to the hotel, you will have some time to freshen up and have breakfast. Breakfast is an open buffet served with tea & coffee.

After breakfast, you will gather your belongings and head off to the village of Goreme. You will stop for a panorama break before heading off for some souvenir shopping in the Anatolian Stone Centre. You can browse the natural stones found in the region.

Then, you will set off for three beauties. These are three fairy chimneys next to each other, resembling two adults and a child.

Next, you will visit Pigeon valley. Pigeon valley is famous for its thousands of pigeons nest in soft rocks. Afterwards, you will visit the castle at Uchisar, the highest vantage point in Cappadocia.

After the Uchisar visitation, it’s time to return to Alanya. On the way to Alanya, you will visit a caravanserai named Oresin Han, which dates back to the 12 century.

There will be a lunch break in Konya. It is taken in Yaylapinar Restaurant. You will have multiple options: soup, salads, kababs, pide, boreks and fruits.

At around 7 PM, you will reach Alanya, to your hotel.