Meet with your guide and driver at the Airport

Transfer to tour area

Today we will visit; 

*Goreme Open Air Musuem - (We see the famous  rock-cut churches & monasteries of Cappadocia  with frescoes from 10-13 C AD.These churches have the best wall paintings of Cappadocia ).

*Uchisar Cave Houses and Pigeon Houses - We enter to one of the cave houses which are used as a cafeteria today and have an apple tea and see the interior of the cave house.

*The Pigeon Valley - The valley which is housing thousands of dovecotes dug out into the cliff of the valley by the farmers of Cappaocia to collect the guano and fertilize the farms in the past. 

*Pashabagi  fairy-chimneys valley known as Monks Valley as well.Here we see the natural mushroom like rock formations and monks cells inside the rock formations. 

*Avanos - Historic Pottery Town of Cappadocia. The first settlement in Avanos was established by the Hittites on the bank of the Red River which provided  abundance of red clay to the settlers.This art has been practised in Avanos since then.   

*Dervent valley – also called as Pink or Imagination valley with its famous pink rock formations.Here depends on your imagination power you will see many rock formatins look like different figures..The most remarkable one is the sitting stone camel...

*Urgup fairy-chimneys - They are the symbol of Cappadocia with their caps on top. There are 5 mushroom -like  rock formations just like a family 
*Rose Valley -One of the best places to watch the sun set in Cappadocia .The color of the valley turns to pink even red in the end of the day .

Cappadocia Optional Night Activities;

* Whirling Dervish Night Show Tour – A show in a 13th C Caravanserai built on Silk Road.

* Turkish Night Show Tour in Cappadocia – Folk dances and Belly Dance shows with Dinner.

Meal: No Services

Hotel: Hidden Cave Hotel or Similar (Cave Hotel)

OPTIONAL: HOT AIR BALLOON TOUR (Not Included)

Departure from hotel at 09:00 am and visit south of Cappadocia. 

*Derinkuyu Underground City - The biggest underground settlement in the world which was used as a shelter by Christians of Cappadocia especially in 7th and 8th C AD.

*Ihlara Valley, enjoy an easy hike through the best part of the valley along the Melendiz stream in Ihlara canyon ,you see many of Byzantine era  churches, chapels, monasteries and hermits’ caves carved into the cliff of the canyon.

*Belisirma Village- Located in the middle of Ihlara Canyon. The walk ends up at the village and have the lunch here beside the river.

*Selime Monastery - It has a great view looking down the valley. The complexes were carved into volcanic rock outcroppings during the Byzantine period

*Onyx Demonstration - The local semi precious stones and shopping opportunity 

Meal: Breakfast

Hotel: Hidden Cave Hotel or Similar (Cave Hotel)

Departure in the morning at 08:30 to Kahta on the way we will pass through a lot of small villages & visit

*Karatay Caravanserai (Silk Road Hotel which was built in 13 C AD for the silk road merchants).

*Maras (We visit the coppersmiths' street and we have the famous Turkish Ice Cream).

 Arrival to Kahta and check in hotel

Meal: Breakfast

Hotel: White Star Hotel or Similar (4*)

Early in the morning departure up to Mount Nemrut. After get off the minibus walk up to  summit of the mountain about thirty  five minutes  where you will see the temple atop of  Mount Nemrut. You will watch beautiful sunrise between the colossal size statues and heads of the Gods. After sunrise  we have some time to take picture of the statues of the Gods Zeus, Apollon, Hercules, Thyche and the King Anthiocus who financed the temple and dedicated to Gods of Greek and Persians.All the statues facing to the east in east terrace of the temple .

We walk to the North Terrace and see the uncompleted or eroded reliefs .The North Terrace was  preparetions place  of the rituels .

We see west terrace of Nemrut Mountain which is symmetry of the east terrace. We see the same gods' statues facing to the west .

Drive to Kahta, on the way visit ruins of  Arsemia, the summer  capital of Commogane Kingdom, Roman Bridge of Cendere and Tumulus Type Tomb of Karakus built for the woman folk of Royal family of Commagane Kingdom.

We have  breakfast at hotel and depart  to Sanliurfa-Harran. We will cross  famous Euphrates River and reach Mesopotamia.

On the way: We will visit Ataturk Dam which is built on Euphrates River and  the biggest dam in Middle East.

Upon arrival to Urfa We will visit the cave where it is belived Abraham was born.

Balikli Göl where Abraham was thrown into the fire  and the fire turned to water and the burning firewood  converted to fish and started to swim around Abraham as mentioned in the Koran.

We do short walk around oriental covered bazaar of Urfa. It is the biggest covered bazaar of this region.

We see the copper smiths bazaar, the ironsmiths bazaar, Gumruk Han ( an old  bazaar and Han-hotel-from 16 C AD).

We have tea or coffe at the courtyard of Gumruk Hani where usually hundreds of people are gathered always. 

After tea break we drive to Harran village which is mentioned in the book of genesis where Abraham spend last years of his life.. Here we see the mud-bricks houses , the castle from 9 C AD , the ruins of the great Ulu  Mosque and the city walls.

We enter into one of the mud-bricks houses and try Mirra - the local coffee. 

We drive to hotel and check in 

Meal: Breakfast

Hotel: El-Ruha Hotel or Similar (5*)

Today we will visit Gobeklitepen in the morning. Gobeklitepe has been identified as the oldest temple in history of mankind, built around 9000 BC . Still being excavtaded and the  almost T shape huge Stones are seated in the temple. We will see several of these shaped stones and some reliefs cartved on them and drive to Gaziantep.

Before we leave Mesopotamia we stop to see Birecik Bald Ibis Farm where the extinct bald ibis are under protection.

Upon arrival to Gaziantep we  visit Zeugma Mosaic Musuem. it is undisputed one of the best mosaic museum in the world.There are approximetley 1500 square meters of mosaics from Roman and  early Byzantine era exhibited in the musuem :

The most famous one is GYPSY MOSAIC.

We see the bazaar of Antep and depart to Antep airport or back to cappadocia. 

Meal: Breakfast

Hotel: No Services