Cappadocia: Green Tour with Ihlara Walk & Selime Monastery Deluxe Group Tour with Lunch
ID: GYG1495701-O-2284937
Category:
Country: Peru
Duration:
08:30 hours
Description
Choose Standard (Nar Crater Lake and Ihlara view, less walking) or Deluxe (Ihlara Valley walk and Selime Monastery). Both visit Kaymaklı Underground City. Group or private.
Discover southern Cappadocia on a full-day Green Tour. Choose between two routes.
Standard route (less walking): After hotel pickup, stop at the Göreme Panorama for a wide view over the fairy chimneys. Go underground in Kaymaklı Underground City with your guide, who explains how people lived and sheltered here. Continue to Nar and Narlıgöl (Nar Lake), a crater lake, then see Ihlara Valley from a viewpoint above the canyon. Finish at Pigeon Valley before returning to your hotel.
Deluxe route (more walking): After the Göreme Panorama and Kaymaklı Underground City, walk with your guide along the river at the bottom of Ihlara Valley, among rock-cut churches. Then climb up to Selime Monastery, a huge complex carved into the rock, and stop at Pigeon Valley on the way back.
The tour may include one short stop at an onyx workshop in Göreme.
Choose your option:
- Standard group tour with lunch and entrance tickets
- Standard private tour with lunch and entrance tickets
- Deluxe group tour (guide and transport)
- Deluxe group tour with lunch
- Deluxe group tour with lunch and entrance tickets
- Deluxe private tour in a Mercedes Vito
- Deluxe private tour with lunch and entrance tickets
- Deluxe private tour with a Spanish-speaking guide, lunch and tickets
Highlights
- Walk along the river through Ihlara Valley with your guide
- Explore the tunnels and levels of Kaymaklı Underground City
- Climb Selime Monastery, carved into a rock face
- Standard option: Nar Crater Lake and Ihlara view, less walking
- Finish at Pigeon Valley with its rock-carved dovecotes
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The tour may include one short stop at an onyx workshop in Göreme.
The underground city has narrow, low passages and is cool inside.
In the Deluxe route, the Ihlara Valley walk has stairs down into the canyon and uneven paths, so wear comfortable shoes.
Hotel pickup is free in Göreme, Çavuşin, Ortahisar, Avanos, Uçhisar, Ürgüp and Nevşehir center. Pickup is available only in these areas.
The order of stops may change depending on traffic and crowds.
INCLUDED
- Hotel pickup and drop-off in Göreme, Çavuşin, Ortahisar, Avanos, Uçhisar, Ürgüp and Nevşehir center
- Professional English-speaking guide (Spanish-speaking guide in the Spanish option)
- Transport (private options: a Mercedes Vito for your group only)
- Guided walk in Ihlara Valley
- Lunch (in options with lunch)
- Entrance fees for Kaymaklı Underground City, Ihlara Valley and Selime Monastery (in options with tickets)
NOT INCLUDED
- Lunch (in options without lunch)
- Entrance fees (in options without tickets)
- Drinks
- Personal expenses
- Tips
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
