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Cappadocia
2 Nights 3 Days (by air*)
*Same program can be done by bus.
Program:
Day 1
- Take the early morning flight. Arrival and meeting at the airport
with your guide and driver.Transfer to Cappadocia. Tour to Soğanlı
Valley, an Open Air Museum in a wild natural setting near a typical
Cappadocian village with its different style Rock-Cut churches and
frescoes. Villages in the valleys, surrounded by the "table
top" mountains, are spectacular. Lunch and Visit to
Sahinefendi- Sobessos, newly discovered (01 May 2002) mosaic houses
& Archaeological excavation site. Continue with Keslik Monastery
near Cemil, that hides its frescoes behind a very thin smoke layer
which we can only see by torch light. The Medrese (Theological
School) from Seljuk Turks in Taşkınpaşa is the witness of an
early and rich Turkish settlement in the town. Our tour finishes
with a visit to Mustafapaşa (Sinasos), an old Greek town with its
spectacular old Greek houses; very
fine examples of late Greek settlements and architecture.
Overnight Cappadocia
Day 2
In the morning, first meeting with the lunar landscape of
Cappadocia: rock
formations beyond belief in Devrent valley; walking in Zelve Open
Air
Museum: a journey in the past with its troglodyte houses; visit to
Pasabag
"fairy chimneys" where the voice of wind mixes with the
"songs of
fairies". Lunch in Avanos, centre of terra cotta work of
art since 3000 BC.
and a demonstration in a traditional pottery workshop.
Afternoon, visit the
famous Goreme Open Air Museum and see the best examples of Byzantine
art in
Cappadocia in rock-cut churches with frescoes and paintings (10th to
13th
century). Climb on top of the Uchisar Rock-Castle to have a
panoramic view
of the valleys of Cappadocia.
Overnight Cappadocia
Day 3
In the morning, Kaymaklı Underground City, one of the most
interesting underground settlements in Cappadocia. Walking in Ihlara
Canyon, a "mirage" in the Steps of Anatolia up to
Belisirma village, the ancient Peristrema: "Valley of the
Sky" along the
Melendiz River. Rock-cut churches, spread across a wild plantation,
surprise
you with their successfully painted representations from the Bible.
Lunch in
Belisirma a local restaurant by the river. Stop by Selime, a
village with cave houses at
the end of the canyon and a "star wars" like landscape.
Transfer to airport and take a flight and leave Cappadocia
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