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3-Day Cappadocia and Pamukkale Tour from Kayseri Airport

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Small Group Hotel pickup

Overview

Start in Cappadocia with North Cappadocia’s Devrent and Pasabag valleys, Avanos, Goreme Open-Air Museum and Uchisar’s natural castles. The following day, explore Red Valley’s rock-cut churches, hike through Rose Valley, visit Cavusin and Pigeon Valley, then descend into Kaymakli or Ozkonak Underground City.

After an overnight intercity bus to Pamukkale, freshen up and join a guided visit to Karahayit, Hierapolis and the white Pamukkale Travertines. With one night in a standard cave hotel, included itinerary meals, entrance fees and transfers, it suits travellers arriving before 08:30 at Kayseri or Nevsehir Airport who want Cappadocia and Pamukkale in three days.

Highlights

Explore Goreme Open-Air Museum and Uchisar’s natural castles
Hike Rose Valley and visit an underground city
Travel overnight by air-conditioned coach to Pamukkale
Discover Hierapolis and Karahayit’s Red Spring Waters
Walk barefoot across Pamukkale’s white travertine terraces

Itinerary

Day 1: North Cappadocia Tour

You will be collected from Kayseri or Nevsehir Airport, or from your Cappadocia hotel, to join the North Cappadocia tour. Begin at Devrent Valley, known for its naturally formed fairy chimneys, then continue to Pasabag Valley (Monks Valley) to see its distinctive mushroom-shaped rock pinnacles.

Travel on to Avanos for lunch before visiting the rock-cut churches and former Christian settlements of the Goreme Open-Air Museum. The day finishes with a visit to the natural rock castles of Uchisar, followed by transfer to your Cappadocia hotel for check-in.

  • Overnight in Cappadocia
  • Included Meal(s): Lunch

Day 2: South Cappadocia Tour and Overnight Bus to Pamukkale

After breakfast, meet your guide for a full-day exploration of South Cappadocia. Visit Red Valley and walk through Rose Valley (Gulludere Vadisi), following a route of approximately 5 km among rock-cut churches. Continue to Cavusin Village, known for its old houses and churches once used by Christian clergymen, before stopping for lunch.

In the afternoon, visit Pigeon Valley (Guvercinlik Vadisi) and explore either Kaymakli Underground City or Ozkonak Underground City, where early Christian communities lived underground. After the tour, transfer to the bus station for the overnight, air-conditioned coach to Pamukkale. The journey includes three comfort breaks.

  • Overnight in Overnight bus to Pamukkale
  • Included Meal(s): Breakfast, Lunch

Day 3: Pamukkale and Hierapolis Tour

On arrival in Pamukkale, you will be taken to a local hotel to freshen up and have breakfast before meeting the group for your tour; no hotel room stay is included. Start with Karahayit and its Red Spring Waters, then continue to Hierapolis.

Your guided visit to Hierapolis includes the Necropolis, Roman Baths, Domitian Gate, Latrina, Oil Factory, Frontinious Street, Agora, Byzantium Gate, Triton Fountain, Cathedral, Apollon Temple, Plutonium, Theatre and Cleopatra Antique Pools. You will then have free time in Pamukkale, with the option to swim in the Cleopatra Antique Pools at your own expense.

Continue to the white terraces of the Pamukkale Travertines, also known as Cotton Castle, where you may walk barefoot along the mineral-rich thermal terraces. After lunch, visit an Onyx Factory. The tour ends with transfer to Denizli Airport or Denizli main bus station.

  • Included Meal(s): Breakfast, Lunch

Inclusions

  • Airport and hotel transfers stated in the itinerary
  • One night in a Cappadocia cave hotel with breakfast
  • Overnight intercity coach from Cappadocia to Pamukkale
  • Professional English-speaking licensed guide
  • Breakfasts and lunches stated in the itinerary
  • Entrance fees on the programme
  • Local taxes and service charges

Exclusions

  • Domestic flight tickets
  • Onward bus or flight tickets after the Pamukkale tour
  • Cappadocia hot-air balloon ride
  • Optional activities and services not stated in the programme
  • Drinks with meals
  • Personal expenses
  • Travel insurance

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Traveller reviews

1 review for 3-Day Cappadocia and Pamukkale Tour from Kayseri Airport

  1. Sunita K.
    October 14, 2021

    We took a 3-day tour to Cappadocia and Pamukkale with Gallipoli Tour. The organisation was perfect, including the breakfast and lunches. Would definitely recommend to family and friends.

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