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Cappadocia is a historical region in Central Anatolia, Turkey. Göreme is a town in Nevşehir Province, Turkey, and Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia is a World Heritage Site in Turkey. The tours below run in Cappadocia and last from an hour and a half to two days. This page groups them by how you want to spend your time: a day route, a private day, or a ride into the valleys.
The Red tours and the North tours stay in the north of the region, and several of them stop in Avanos for pottery, while the South tour goes underground at Özkonak. The two-day tour joins north and south. Check each tour page for the route, the languages and what is included. More tours and ideas for the area are on the page for Cappadocia.
Seven hours with a small group: Göreme, Uçhisar, Pasabag and Devrent Valley, with lunch and a pottery demonstration in Avanos. Hotel pickup and drop-off and the entrance fee to the Göreme Open Air Museum are included. Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian.
A small group in English: the Uçhisar Castle viewpoint, the Göreme Open Air Museum, lunch in Avanos and a pottery workshop with a demonstration. Hotel pickup and drop-off and the entrance to the Göreme Open Air Museum are included.
Eight hours with a small group, in English or Spanish: the Valley of Imagination, Avanos with a pottery workshop and a carpet weaving demonstration, Zelve Valley and Pasabag, with lunch. Hotel pickup is not included unless it is stated at booking.
Eight hours with a small group: the Valley of Imagination, Pasabag, Avanos and Zelve Valley, a carpet workshop demonstration and a traditional Turkish hamam session with a scrub and a bubble wash.
Eight hours with a group of up to twelve: Love Valley, the Three Beauties near Ürgüp and the Özkonak Underground City, with a traditional Turkish lunch. Round-trip hotel transfers from Göreme and the entrance fees to all the sites on the route are included.
Two days with a small group: Devrent Valley, Pasabag, Avanos and the Zelve Open-Air Museum, then the Özkonak Underground City. Entrance to Zelve and Özkonak is included; hotel accommodation and meals are not.
If you prefer your own guide and vehicle, these four private tours let you set the pace, from a day with the Kaymakli Underground City to one that follows hidden valleys. Entrance fees differ from tour to tour, so read each tour page before you choose.
A private guide for the Kaymakli Underground City, Pigeon Valley, the Göreme Open Air Museum and a pottery demonstration in Avanos, with a Turkish coffee at the Devrent Valley viewpoint. Entrance fees to the sites on the route are included; hotel pickup is not, unless it is specified. Languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese.
A private guide and transport: Keslik Monastery, the Roman ruins of Sobessos, a guided hike through Soganli Valley with lunch in the village, the Old Greek Village of Sinassos and the Church of Constantine and Helena. Site entrance fees are not included. In English or Spanish.
Seven and a half hours with a licensed local guide and a luxury private vehicle, on a flexible route that can include the fairy chimneys viewpoint and the Zelve Open Air Museum. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included; entrance fees and meals are not.
Eight hours with a private guide and vehicle: the Özkonak Underground City, Pigeon Valley, Pasabag and the Göreme Open Air Museum, with a lunch break. Entry to Özkonak and to the Göreme Open Air Museum is included; lunch is not.
For a shorter outing, these four rides head into the valleys on a camel, in a jeep, on a horse or on a quad bike. The camel ride is at sunrise, the jeep tour at sunrise or sunset, and the horse ride and the quad safari at sunset. All four are in English.
Two hours with a small group: a guided camel ride through the valleys, with a safety briefing and help to mount. Hotel pickup and drop-off are not included.
An hour and a half with a small group, in a jeep with a licensed local guide. Hotel pickup and drop-off within Cappadocia and the entrance fees to the viewpoints and valley access points are included.
Two hours with a group of up to ten: a guided ride through Rose, Red and Meskendir Valleys. The horse, a helmet and hotel pickup and drop-off are included.
Two hours with a small group: a guided ATV ride through Sword, Rose and Love Valleys, with a safety briefing, a helmet and hotel pickup and drop-off.
The day routes cover the main sights of the north or the south in one day, the private tours let you set your own pace, and the rides last two hours or less. The tour pages list the route and the group size of each one.
It depends on the tour. Some include the entrance to one or more sites on their route, such as the South tour, and others do not, such as the private tour with a luxury car. Each tour page lists what is included.
Many of the tours include hotel pickup and drop-off within Cappadocia, and a few do not, so check the tour page before you book.
Most of the tours are in English. Some also run in Spanish, and a few in French, Italian, Portuguese or Russian. The languages are listed on each tour page.
Sources: Wikidata (CC0).
