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Sailing Tours

 

THE LYCIAN COAST

15 days  9 nights on board 

 

CARIAN ODYSSEY 

12 days 7 nights on board

 

GREEK ISLANDS

14 days  ▫  11 nights on board 

 

A FAMILY ADVENTURE 

16 days    6 nights on board.

 

 

Overland Tours

  

BIBLICAL TURKEY. 14 days

Biblical sites in Asia Minor

 

ANCIENT TURKEY . 16 days

Western Turkey and Cappadocia

 

EASTERNMOST TURKEY

16 days in the eastern highlands

 

CAPPADOCIA   3 days

A wonderland & warm hospitability

 

ANTALYA DAY TOURS

Antalya Old Town, Perge, Aspendos, Archeological Museum, Termessos, Phaselis, Olympus, Myra, Kekova, ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CAPPADOCIA

 

 Fairy landscape, ruck-cut homes and early Christian churches, underground cities


Trip Cost        Climate

  

 

TRIP ITINERARY    

 

Meals included in the trip cost are specified as (Breakfast), (Lunch), (Dinner).

 

 

hiking_love_valley  DAY 1    

We take an early morning flight from Istanbul to Kayseri and transfer to Hotel Selcuklu Evi in the town of Urgup, our base for the next two nights. We then tour the town of Urgup and its traditional rock carved dwellings. After lunch we drive to Uchisar to visit the region’s famous rock-cut apartments. This afternoon we hike in the beautiful Love Valley and visit the rock-cut churches of Goreme.

 

 

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DAY 2    

At around dawn, you can have an optional balloon tour over Cappadocia. It costs US $220 per person. After breakfast we hike the lunar terrain of the Red Valley and visit Cavusin town. Then we drive to Avanos, the pottery center of Cappadocia, for lunch and pottery experience . In the afternoon we explore the “fairy chimneys” of Pasa Baglari and the beautiful rock carved town of Zelve.

 

 

soganli

  

 

DAY 3    

This morning we visit another beautiful valley with naturally sculpted “statues”. We then drive to the Monastery of Ayios Archangelos and the beautiful Soganli Valley. In the afternoon we explore the underground city of Kaymakli and this evening we transfer to Kayseri airport and fly back to Istanbul. Dinner is on your own. Overnight at Daphne Hotel or a similar lodging in Istanbul.

TRIP COST
 

TOUR COST (Updated on December 15, 2008)

Our price is US $1030 per person as of April 1, 2008. It is subject to change in the case of significant changes in currency exchange rates or item prices by the time of the departure.


Costs are based on double occupancy.

Single Supplement:   US $100


 

 

 

 


 


What's included ?

Domestic airfares for Istanbul - Cappadocia round trip
Hotel accommodations for 3 nights
All entrance fees
All meals specified in the itinerary
Services of the guide
Airport - hotel transfers in Cappadocia
Land transportation in Cappadocia



What's NOT included ?


International airfares

Airport - hotel transfers in Istanbul
Drinks other then bottled water
Tips

 
 

 

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  CLIMATE
 
 

Average air temperatures in Fahrenheit (and Celsius) and number of rainy days by month for  Cappadocia

 

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Maximum

68 (20)

75 (24)

82 (28)

82 (28)

75 (24)

64 (18)

Minimum 48 (9) 52 (11) 55 (13) 55 (13) 48 (9) 45 (7)
Wet Days 12 7 2 2 4 7

 

 

 
 

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