Cappadocia Balloon Festival Tour - 1 Night Accommodation
Tour Program
Cappadocia Love Valley Fairy Chimneys Underground City Tour 1 Night Accommodation
VEHICLE DEPARTURE AND DEPARTURE TIMES
19:00 - In front of İncirli Metrobüs Stop - Dilek Pastry Shop
19.15 - Mecidiyeköy Square (Mado & Simit Sarayı)
19.45 - Kadıköy Marriage Office Parking Lot
19.50 - Under Bostancı Bridge
20.00 - Under Kartal Bridge
20.10 - Under Pendik Bridge
20.20 - In front of Çayırova McDonald’s
20.30 - Gebze Center
21:00 - İzmit Community Center Stop
21:45 - Sakarya Terminal Junction
01:30- In front of Ankara Armada Mall
Our arrival time in Istanbul is between 02:00-04:00, depending on the density of the region and traffic conditions.
***Please do not forget to read the Important Information, Recommendations, Reservation Information, and Vehicles to Be Used sections in the "Additional Information" part in the menu above.***
We continue the night with a comfortable bus journey. After the break in İzmit for our needs,
we pick up our guests joining from İzmit. As we continue our overnight journey, we stop in Bolu.
Our departure times may vary depending on the day's traffic and congestion.
Important information: Since museum entrances in the program are usually very crowded, there may be long waiting times at the ticket booths. In order to prevent this, guests who want to visit the specified museums are kindly requested to become a member of the site through the muze.gov.tr web page in advance and purchase a museum card for 60 TL (Nemrut Mountain Card), then download the museum card application and log in with their membership. When you log in with your information through the application, your card will be automatically issued. You can use the museum card for 1 year. The website and application belong to the Ministry. When entering museum sites, quick passage can be provided by generating a QR code through the application.
Breakfast: Extra - Will be taken in Güvercinlik
Lunch: Extra
Dinner: Included in the tour at the hotel
Lake Tuz – Aksaray – Ihlara Valley – Narlıgöl Crater Lake – Underground City – Pigeon Valley – Paşabağ – Dervent Valley – Pottery Workshop – Avanos
After our night journey, we arrive at Tuz Gölü early in the morning for the Kapadokya Ihlara Hacıbektaş Tour with itctur.com.(It cannot be seen during periods when sunrise is late) After the free time we will have at Tuz Gölü, we take a breakfast break before starting our tour. Then, accompanied by the view of Hasan Dağı, one of the most important components of Cappadocia formation, we arrive at our first stop in the region, Ihlara Vadisi. (Due to the construction of the Glass Terrace and facility at the main entrance of Ihlara Vadisi, entrances are temporarily closed. Until the work is completed, entry to Ihlara Vadisi will be via Belisırma Gate or Selime.) We descend 380 steps to reach Ihlara Vadisi, which is 14 km long, a natural formation and one of the important retreat places of Christianity. We walk inside the natural wonder Ihlara Vadisi, formed by the Melendiz stream which flows through it and has depths reaching over 120 meters in places. During the walk, we learn about the valley, the settlements and churches inside it, and depending on the crowd; we see an exemplary structure such as Ağaçaltı, Sümbüllü or Yılanlı Church and get information from our guide. We give free time to immortalize memories at the many beautiful photo spots and to recharge with the peaceful atmosphere of the valley. When we meet back at our vehicle at the meeting time; we recover the energy we spent climbing the steps and head to our next sightseeing point, Narlıgöl Krater Gölü. We take a short photo break at Narlıgöl, which is beautiful in all four seasons and resembles a heart when viewed from above. After our photo break, we head to Kaymaklı Yeraltı Şehri. (In case of congestion, Derinkuyu or Özkonak Yeraltı Şehri will be visited. With a usage history of about 4500 years, we carry out our underground city tour, which impresses with both its architectural features and its purposes of use, accompanied by our guide. You will be amazed at every step of this underground city where thousands of people lived. After visiting Kaymaklı Yeraltı Şehri, made of tuff rocks and turned into an underground city by carving other areas during the Roman and Byzantine periods, we board our bus and head towards Güvercinlik Vadisi. We take a photo break at Güvercinlik Vadisi, where you can capture magnificent photos when combined with evil eye and pot trees. After our break, we go to our restaurant where we will have lunch. After lunch, we give free time to participate in any of the 1-hour activities. During the 1-hour free time, our guests who do not participate in the activities can have tea or coffee and take a walk,
ATV Tour (Extra): For the ATV tour, one of Cappadocia’s fun activities, we drop off our guests who wish to take part at the area where they will do the ATV tour. On this adrenaline-filled journey among the fairy chimneys, accompanied by instructors; Çavuşin Panorama, Kılıçlar vadisi ,Kızılçukur Vadisi are among the places to be seen. We complete the enjoyable tour with photo breaks and return to the starting point.
Horse Safari Tour (Extra): After getting to know the horses and receiving information with instructors, we carry out an unforgettable safari among the fairy chimneys for about 1 hour accompanied by assistants. During the photo breaks, the staff will take your photos to immortalize the moment.
After picking up our guests returning from the activities, we head to Paşabağ, where we will see the large, hat-shaped Fairy Chimneys up close. After getting information from our guide about the Fairy Chimneys in Paşabağ, you can walk among the Fairy Chimneys and take photos where you can capture wonderful shots. When our time allocated to Paşabağ ends, we meet in our bus and move on to Dervent Vadisi, also known as Hayal Vadisi. The reason this place is also called Hayal Vadisi is that you can shape the Fairy Chimneys according to your imagination and compare them to beings. After our guide shows us the Fairy Chimneys resembling a dancing bride and groom and a sitting camel, we take a short photo break. With the end of our photo break, we go to the Pottery Workshop, the last stop of the day. Here, after our Master explains and demonstrates pottery making in the old period, he will choose one of our guests and try to make pottery with his entertaining narration. Then, after getting information about the products from our master, we give time for shopping. Here you can buy pottery products and souvenirs. After our shopping, we board our bus and head to our hotel. Dinner and accommodation at our hotel.
Our guests who wish can participate in the region-specific Turkish Night event as an extra after dinner.
Turkish Night (Extra): For the Turkish Night event, at the time determined by our guide, we board our bus in front of our hotel and head to our Carved-in-Rock Cave Restaurant where the night will take place. On this night, which includes unlimited alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and appetizers, we will watch shows such as asking for the bride’s hand, henna night, wedding and folklore dances that represent the Turkish region. At the end of the night, we board our bus again and head to our hotel.
Breakfast: Will be taken in Aksaray. (Extra)
Lunch: Will be taken at regional restaurants. (Extra)
Dinner: Will be taken at the hotel. Included in the tour price.
Accommodation: Temenni Cave , Nar Cave Suhan Cappadocia Hotel, etc. regional hotels
Accommodation: Temenni Cave , Nar Cave Suhan Cappadocia Hotel, etc. regional hotels
Breakfast: Will be taken in Aksaray. (Extra)
Lunch: Will be taken at regional restaurants. (Extra)
Dinner: Will be taken at the hotel. Included in the tour price.
Hot Air Balloon Tour – Ürgüp – Asmalı Konak – Winery – Göreme Open Air Museum – Onyx Stone Workshop – Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli Tomb - Istanbul
Our guests who wish can join the Balloon or Balloon Watching tour in the early morning hours. At the end of the optional tours, we will return to the hotel.
*Balloon Tour (Extra) At the pre-determined early morning time, we meet with our guests who wish to join in the lobby and transfer to the balloon launch area. We watch the preparation of the balloons accompanied by refreshments. After the preparations are completed, we take off. On our balloon trip, which will take about one hour, we will watch the fairy chimneys and the entire region, showcasing the uniqueness of nature’s art, accompanied by the sunrise. After our balloon tour ends and we land at the designated points, the certificates given with champagne offered will make the Cappadocia Balloon Tour, considered an activity that must be done, unforgettable. After receiving our certificates, we head back to our hotel. With our arrival at the hotel after the balloon tour, there will be enough time for you to prepare for the program to be done today
*Balloon Watching Tour (Extra): Our guests who wish can join our balloon watching tour as an extra (Extra 200₺). In this tour, we go to Love Valley, where the preparations for the balloons’ takeoff can be seen. We watch the magnificent view created in the air by the balloons at sunrise. In this magnificent atmosphere, you can immortalize this moment by taking unforgettable photos. After our Balloon Watching tour, with our arrival at the hotel, there will be enough time for you to prepare for the program to be done today. (If you go to the balloon launch area and the balloon launch is canceled on site, no refund will be made. If the balloon launch is canceled before leaving the hotel, the Balloon Watching Tour fee will be refunded. itctur.com provides guiding and transportation services for this extra service. itctur.com is not responsible if the balloon launch is canceled at the launch area.)
On the last day of the Cappadocia Ihlara Hacıbektaş Tour with itctur.com, after the breakfast we will have at our hotel, we go to the leather workshop where we will learn about Turkish leather art, which has held an important place in the world since the early periods of history, and watch a fashion show. After the enjoyable show and shopping, we head towards Ürgüp. In Ürgüp, we first photograph Asmalı Konak from the outside, the mansion where the TV series Asmalı Konak, which was on screens in the early 2000s, was filmed. Then we go to the Wine Factory for our guests who want to buy world-famous wines, one of the first things that comes to mind when Cappadocia is mentioned. Here, after our guests who wish have made their wine purchases, we get into our vehicle. Our next stop will be a store visit where you can find pumpkin seeds roasted with milk, unique to the Cappadocia region, and many other local varieties. After giving a short shopping break here as well, we board our bus and head to the Göreme Open Air Museum, which holds one of the most important places in the historical development of Christianity. At the Göreme Open Air Museum, we visit and get information about the Girls’ and Boys’ Monastery, St. Basil’s Church, Apple Church, St. Barbara’s Church, Snake Church, Dark Church, Sandal Church, and Tokalı Church with our guide. After completing our tour here and meeting on the bus, we head to the Onyx Stone Workshop. After our workshop visit, where we can see the processing stages of onyx stone extracted from the volcanic region of Cappadocia and semi-precious and precious stones extracted from different depths and how they take their place on the looms, we give a shopping break for our guests who wish. After our shopping, we go to the restaurant where we will have our lunch. After having our lunch, we say goodbye to Cappadocia and set off towards Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli Tomb. When we arrive at Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli Tomb, we begin our tomb visit together with our guide’s narration. We visit the Üçler Fountain in the outer courtyard, the Main Courtyard (Kitchen, Meydan House), and the Last Courtyard (Pir House, Hacı Bektaş Veli Tomb). After our visit to Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli Tomb, itctur.com Cappadocia Ihlara Hacıbektaş Tour comes to an end and we begin our return journey. We bid farewell by dropping you, our valued guests, off at the points where we picked you up, to meet again in the next itctur.com organization.
Breakfast: Will be taken at the hotel. Included in the tour fee.
Lunch: Will be taken extra at regional restaurants. (Extra)
Dinner: Will be taken at a rest area on the route. (Extra)
Accommodation: It is the return day. There is no hotel accommodation tonight.
Accommodation: It is the return day. There is no hotel accommodation tonight.
Breakfast: Will be taken at the hotel. Included in the tour fee.
Lunch: Will be taken extra at regional restaurants. (Extra)
Dinner: Will be taken at a rest area on the route. (Extra)
What's Included
• 1 night accommodation at the hotel
• 1 breakfast buffet at the hotel
• 1 dinner buffet or set menu at the hotel
• Transportation with luxury vehicles (Vehicles are provided according to the number of people.)
• Excursions specified in the program
• Professional guiding service
• Water in cups on board the vehicle
• itctur.com assurance
• Mandatory Travel Insurance according to Tourism Law No. 1618
Not Included
• First day breakfast specified in the program
• All lunches
• Last day dinner specified in the program
• Beverages taken with all meals
• All extra specified activities
• All personal expenses
• Museum and archaeological site entrance fees (Valid for municipality and private businesses.)
• Museum Card (Valid for museums affiliated with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.)
Extra Tours and Activities
• Balloon viewing transfer service 300₺
• Balloon tour 120 - 350 Euro
• Turkish Night without dinner 1250₺
• Horse Tour 900₺
• ATV Tour (single person) 900₺
• Lunches 450₺-600₺
**Extra tour fees may vary by period. The specified fees are the current fees as of the reservation date. The agency is not responsible for any fee changes that may occur on or before the tour date.
General Information
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The hot air balloon sightseeing tour is not operated in conditions where weather conditions are not suitable, as balloons do not take off. This activity is reached by tour vehicle or by renting a vehicle different from the tour vehicle; if there are not enough participants or if a different vehicle is not available, this extra tour may not take place.
The specified extra tour, activity, and programs may or may not take place depending on the density of the regions and the timing of the tour program; the guide has the right not to carry out extra programs and activities when deemed appropriate. If the required number is not reached, the specified extra tour and activities may not be held. In such cases, the fee for the collected extra activity or program will be refunded in full or with a certain discount (for reasons such as cancellation due to adverse weather conditions or similar force majeure, but where the activity area has been visited and a reservation had to be made).
During the tour, a seat number promise and guarantee can absolutely not be given. Please do not insist.
Our vehicles depart from the designated departure points for each tour at the stated times; please be ready at the departure point at least 5 minutes before departure time. Our vehicles depart at the scheduled departure time. Guests who arrive late and cannot join the tour cannot make any claim.
Before the tour participation date, the contact number of the tour staff will be sent by text message to the phone number you provided during reservation. Please make sure that the contact number you provide is correct. Otherwise, responsibility lies with you.
When children under 18 who are not considered adults do not join the tour with one or both of their mother or father, the consents required for tour participation must be carried by the persons during the trip.
If the Guide deems necessary in cases such as adverse weather conditions, heavy traffic, crowding at the locations to be visited in the region, etc., they have the right to make changes to the timing, program flow, and the region to be visited, provided that the tour program is carried out. Hotels stated in the program may be changed provided that they are similar in terms of standards and location.
Our tour is a package consisting of guiding, transportation, accommodation, and excursions around the area and cannot be considered separately. Unused transportation, accommodation, excursions around the area, etc. rights are non-refundable. If sufficient majority is not reached, provided that package purchasers are informed in advance, the tour may be postponed to another date, guests may be transferred to a different tour program, or the tour may be canceled and refunds will be made to the guests who made the purchase. In such a case, our Agency is obliged to inform our guests personally 1 (one) day in advance. The Minimum Participant Number is 25 people.
itctur.com is definitely not responsible for places that cannot be visited in the tour program as written due to force majeure (weather, road, crowding at places to be visited, places/areas closed due to special days or renovation works, etc.) or because our guests do not comply with the timings given by our guide.
When the agency cannot reach the required number, in order not to cancel the tour, it may send its guests to a different agency with the same or similar tour program, so that our guests can carry out the tour program they purchased without their holiday plan being disrupted.
The return times of the tours may vary depending on traffic density; no clear and exact return time is given.
For tours with accommodation, the 0–6 age child discount is valid for one child with two adults.
Our foreign guests who are not citizens of the Republic of Turkey do not pay any additional difference on this tour. Since the museum card application is a special application for T.C. citizens, no museum card is provided. The latest published circular supersedes the previous circular.
Additional Information
RECOMMENDATIONS
During the trip, comfortable walking shoes or sneakers should be preferred.
Do not forget to bring a cardigan or similar clothing for the night, lip balm and a hat since all our trips will be during the day, a small bag for your purchases, and of course most importantly a camera, a spare memory card, a charging kit, and a spare battery.
RESERVATION DETAILS
As a result of the reservation you made online, your Tour Registration confirmation will be sent to the email address you specified.
After the Tour Registration confirmation reaches you, you can join our tour. Guests who do not receive the tour confirmation email cannot join our tour.
During reservation, please provide us with your T.C. identity number and your date of birth as day, month, and year.
It is mandatory to provide the necessary contact information for the person for whom the reservation is made. itctur.com is not responsible for any possible issues that may arise if incomplete information is provided to us.
VEHICLES TO BE USED
Our vehicles used in tours are determined according to the number of people and road conditions, as well as regional conditions; no promise can be made regarding the type of vehicle used in tours.
All vehicles used in our tours are tourism vehicles.
For 38 people and above, Otokar Doruk Mercedes Travego – Tourismo, Man Fortuna, Mitsubishi Safir, Neoplan Tourliner-Cityliner; up to 31 people, luxury Otokar Sultan Maxi; up to 27 people, luxury Isuzu Novo – Isuzu Turkuaz - Otokar Sultan; up to 15 people, luxury Mercedes Sprinter – Volkswagen Crafter vehicles are used.