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5-7 Hours
Specific Tour
10 people
English, Spanish
• Hike in Red & Rose Valleys
• Cavusin Village
• Uchisar Castle Viewpoint
• Lunch
• Goreme Open Air Museum (rock-cut churches)
• Mustafapasa Old Greek Village
• Urgup Fairy Chimneys
Our guide and driver will meet you at your hotel at 09:30 and start the hike in Red & Rose Valleys which are the most incredible valleys in Cappadocia. You will be able to see lots of pigeon houses, amazing view of Uchisar Castle and some rock-cut churches over 1000 years old. The hike will take about 1,5 hours and end in Cavusin Village which is an abandoned Greek village with amazing view.
Cavusin village was abandoned because of the falling rocks in 1950s. After seeing the panoramic view of the village, we will drive to Uchisar Castle Viewpoint to see the beautiful view of the castle. We will drive to a local restaurant to have our lunch after this visit. You can get the famous "Pottery Kebab" in this restaurant.
After lunch, we will visit Goreme Open Air Museum which is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985. You will see the best-preserved rock-cut churches in Cappadocia area and learn about the Eastern Orthodox church paintings and details.
We will then drive to Mustafapasa (Sinasos) Village. This village housed both Turkish and Greek people until the population exchange compulsory has been fulfilled in 1924. We will see lots of Old Greek houses, an Ottoman Madrasah and an old church. Then we will stop in Urgup to see beautiful examples of fairy chimneys. After this visit, we will drive you to your hotel around 17:00.