Tour Itinerary:
Day 1:
- Göreme Open-air Museum
- Old village of Cavusin
- Ortahisar rock castle
- Urgup (Fairy chimneys with caps)
- Avanos Pottry town
- Esentepe - Panaromic view of Goreme valley
Day 2:
- Devrent imagination valley (lunar landscape)
- Zelve (first Christian village)
- Pasabagi (The best fairy chimneys of Cappadocia)
- Mustafapasa (Sinasos (old Greek houses)
- Damsa dam (Picknick with swimming)
- Soganli valley (old settlement and churches)
Day 3:
- Derinkuyu underground city
- Ihlara canyon (4 km trek)
- Belisirma village
- Lunch in Belisirma Village
- Selime (Panoramic view point) Selime monastery
- Agzikarahan (Seljukian caravansaray on the silk road)
- Avanos - Historical pottery town
- Pasabagi (The best fairy chimneys of Cappadocia)
Day 4: Cappadocia to Nemrut. Mount Nemrut is a 2,150 meters high mountain in eastern Anatolia. At the top of Mt. Nemrut, King Antiochus Theos of Commagene built his tomb-sanctuary along with huge statues (8-9 meters high) of himself and various Greek and Persian gods in 62 BC. This tomb contains stone carvings of gods, such as the head of an eagle. The arrangement of such statues is known by the term hierothesion. Commagene the forgotten Kingdom
The West terrace, the most sacred place on the mountain. From this terrace, you look out on the edge of the plain of Mesopotamia, the cradle of our civilization. The sun, the moon and all stars of the zodiac rise on your left, reaching their zenith directly in front of you, and descending to your right. Cendere Bridge is a surviving Roman bridge from 3rd century built in the time of Septimus Severus. It spans the Kahta river in one single arch. It is constructed of 92 stones each weighing about 10 tons. The three columns, two at one end and one at the other, are 9-10 meters in height.
The Holy Town Urfa. Urfa, also known as Sanli Urfa, is a city in eastern Turkey, and the provincial capital of Urfa Province. The city of Urfa is situated about eighty kilometers east of the Euphrates River. It's a very ancient city, for you can visit the cave where Abraham was born. Urfa is a great city where you can both walk in the dark streets of past and touch the bright future that you can see in the warm eyes of the innocent kids. Harran is an archaeological site in southeastern Turkey, 24 miles (39 kilometers) southeast of Urfa famous for its beehive shaped traditional houses.
- Departure in the morning from hotel
- Visit the Seljukiian caravanserai Karatay on the way to Kayseri
- Tea break in Pinarbasi
- Lunch in Tekir
- Make a stop in Kahramanmaras to sample the authentic Maras beatan ice cream
- Tea break on the way to Kahta
- Arrival to hotel around 6 pm
- Dinner and overnight
Day 5:
- Mount Nemrut to Urfa. Departure early morning to drive up to Nemrut for the spectacular sunrise over the stone heads and god statues of the Roman King Antiochus
- On the way back to Kahta we will see Arsemia (Summer capital of Commagene kingdom)
- Cendere (Roman bridge from 3 rd century)
- Karakus (Monumental tombs of Commagene)
- Departure to Urfa around 11 am o'clock
- Visit Atatürk dam on the way to Urfa (3rd largest dam in the world)
- Arrival to the hotel in Urfa
- Lunch in Urfa
- Visit old covered bazaar
- The prophet Abraham's cave
- Holy carp pools
- Dinner and overnight
Day 6: From Urfa and Harran back to Cappadocia
- Breakfast at hotel
- Departure to Harran
- Inner castle
- Visit bee-hife houses in Harran
- Visit the bald - ibis breeding farm in Birecik
- Tee break on Taurus mountains
- Lunch in Pozanti
- Back to Goreme
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Price Includes:
- Transportation by bus or minibus depends on group size (with air condition)
- Professional tour guide
- Hotels (air conditioned)
- Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner
- Famous ice cream in Kahramanmaras
- Entrance fees
- Cappadocia and Nemrut tours 480 euro pp
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