Cappadocia Underground City and Ihlara Valley Tour (Green Tour)

4.9 (22 reviews) Goreme, Turkey
Duration7h - 8h
Free cancellationFull refund up to 24 hours before
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TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesEnglish
Group sizeUp to 18 travelers
Pickup offeredSee the meeting and pickup details below

Overview

Göreme Panorama, Underground City, Ihlara Valley Hiking (one hour), lunch, Selime Monastery, Pigeon Valley, Onxy and Stone Demonstration.

Options

Without Entarence fees,Lunch

No Museum Tickets and Lunch: Without Entarence fees in tour and Lunch

Pickup included

Cappadocia Underground City and Ihlara Valley Tour (Green Tour)

Pickup included

What's included

  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Professional guide
  • Lunch
  • Entarence fees in tours
  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan
  • Drinks
  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)

What to expect

  1. Stoneland Turkey Travel
    Pass by
    09:15 You will be picked up from your hotel for the tour

    09:30 Your tour will start out
  2. Goreme National Park
    20m · Admission ticket not included
    GÖREME PANAROMA

    First place in the tour is Panoramic view of Goreme. You get information about history, formation of Cappadocia while watching the fairy chimneys. Following the information, free time for photograph.
  3. Derinkuyu YeraltI Sehri
    1h · Admission ticket not included
    After driving about 40 minutes, arrival to Underground City. This underground city was firstly used by the local people as a natural deep freeze, later by the late Romans as a shelter against potential Arabian invasions. With the clear explanations of your guide you will spend almost 1 hour here.
  4. Ihlara Valley
    1h · Admission ticket not included
    Ihlara Canyon is 52 km. away from Underground City.Approximately 45 minutes later, you will be in the entrance of Ihlara Valley.Ihlara Valley was formed by the volcanic actions of Mt. Hasan, next to Ihlara Valley. Afterwards, Melendiz River eroded the valley for millions of years besides the layers cracked and fell down. Eventually, 80 meter- deep canyon was composed. Whole Valley is 14 km. length. In the past, generally Christians lived in the several parts of the Valley; also they carved churches and painted them. You will hike about 3,5 km.Hiking will last 1hour 15m.Then you will arrive to Restaurant for Lunch
  5. Ihlara Valley
    1h · Admission ticket not included
    LUNCH

    1 hour for the lunch in the valley, next to the River. You will start with the soup and salad, later you will able choose one of the main dishes from the list. Lunch will be over with season fruits
  6. Selime Monastery
    1h · Admission ticket not included
    YAPRAKHISAR PANAROMA

    After lunch our guide will take you to a unique place, Yaprakhisar. You will see the nicest examples of conical fairy chimneys. Since the area is very similar to Star Wars Film Set, Yaprakhisar is known as “Star Wars Movie Set”.

    SELIME MONASTRY

    Our tour will go on with another movie- set-like place, Selime Monastery. At first look, the monastery looks like a castle, but shelters, churches, chapels, bedrooms, storages and big cathedral proves us its being a monastery. You get information about the monastic life in Cappadocia.
  7. Pigeon Valley
    30m · Admission ticket not included
    PIGEON VALLEY

    Climbing to Selime monastery will exhaust you, probably. But till you arrive to Pigeon Valley, you will have about 1 hour to rest. Also, our guide will mention about some traditions, cultures and stories about Anatolia on the way. Upon arrival to Pigeon Valley, pigeons will meet you on the top of the valley. Pigeons have always been important for Cappadocian people. Their eggs and droppings were used for different purposes. For this reason, local people carved houses for them to the slopes of valley. You will see the reason why people call them “houses”, when you see them.
  8. Kapadokya El SanatlarI Merkezi
    30m · Admission ticket not included
    The Last place in the tour will be a visit to onyx factory in Uchisar. Onyx is a volcanic stone which has various colors and contains different minerals in. As being a volcanic area, Cappadocia has some onyx deposits. In the factory, a master will give you information about the steps of onyx shaping and you will watch a shaping show.

    17:30 Your tour will finish and you will be dropped to your hotel.

Meeting and pickup

Pickup details

Please enter your hotel details on booking.

As a guide to times:

Ürgüp, Avanos, Ortahisar pick up 08:45 to 09:00 am

Göreme 09:30 am

Uçhisar 10:00 am

We dont pick up from Nar Villag and Mustafapaşa town.If you stay Nar Vaiilage Mustafapaşa and want to book this tour you should come Göreme and after tour you go yourself by taxi or etc

Additional information

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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