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Cappadocia: Green Tour in the Ihlara Valley

4.6  / 5
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Activity provider:Stoneland Travel Cappadocia Turkey
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Cappadocia: Green Tour in the Ihlara Valley

Activity provider:Stoneland Travel Cappadocia Turkey
4.6  / 5
132 reviews

From US$ 69.31 per person

Get back to nature on a hike through the Ihlara Valley and marvel at the fairy chimney rock formations of Cappadocia. Visit the Derinkuyu Underground City and learn about the traditions of the locals.

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Duration 8 hours
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Pick-up from your Cappadocia hotel. Ürgüp, Avanos, Ortahisar pick up 8:45 to 9:00 AM, Göreme 9:30-9:45 AM, Uçhisar 10:00-10:15 AM.

Experience

Highlights
  • Learn about the natural history of Cappadocia and its unusual rock formations
  • Visit the amazing Derinkuyu Underground City
  • Hike through the Ihlara Valley
  • Learn about monastic life at the Selime Monastery
  • Watch how onyx is shaped by a master craftsman
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Benefit from pick-up at your hotel and get a panoramic view of Göreme en route to Derinkuyu Underground City. Marvel at the subterranean city, used by the Romans to shelter against invasions by the Arabs.

Get explanations about the area's deepest underground city before moving on to the Ihlara Canyon, formed by volcanic activity from Mount Hasan and erosion by the Melendiz River.

Learn how early Christians carved churches from the rock on a 3.5-kilometer hike through the Ihlara Valley, and pause for lunch at a riverside restaurant. Next, visit the rock-carved Selime Monastery and learn about monastic life in Cappadocia.

Continue to the Pigeon Valley to learn how the locals have used pigeon eggs and droppings for different purposes and why they carved pigeon houses on the slopes of the valley.

End with a visit to an onyx factory in Uçhisar and watch a demonstration about how volcanic stone is shaped by a master craftsman.

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  • Hotel pick-up and drop off
  • Guide
  • Lunch
  • Derinkuyu Underground City entry fee
  • Selime Monastery entry fee
  • Drinks
  • Tips for the guide and driver
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  • Hiking shoes

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4.6 /5

based on 132 reviews

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  • Guide
    4.8/5
  • Transportation
    4.7/5
  • Service
    5/5
  • Organization
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Great Tour with great guide. Seugi Can was very knowledgeable about almost everything. She gave us information on the way to the site and she again explained those things upon arrival. Derinkuyu is absolutely incredible!! Hiking at Ihlara Valley is great too. We did not soak our feet on the water for safety reasons. Pigeon Valley was quick just took some photos after explanation of its history. Appreciate our driver and tour guide for the great experience!! Highly recommended.

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September 11, 2023

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Marvin – United StatesVerified booking

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Good day trip to all the sites! Selim was very entertaining and informative, the drive was comfy, and the sites were good. You don't get very long at Ilhara Gorge to walk, and the jewellery store was a bit annoying, but other than that it was a good excursion! Also if you're solo and don't already have a car, this is a very cost effective way to see South Cappadocia

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August 20, 2023

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Iris – AustraliaVerified booking

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Ilhara Valley was stunning and our guide did an excellent job of completing the tour schedule. But it was far too rushed. I would suggest rethinking the trip, remove time consuming stops from the schedule (such as the jewellery shop stop, Pigeon Valley stop, perhaps even Selime Monestary) and focus more time to Ilhara Valley which is the main star of this route and reason for signing up for the tour (along with the Underground City). Especially missing from Ilhara Valley was a five minute viewpoint stop from the top of the Valley. The local produce market stop was excellent if again rushed. Overall highly recommended with room for significant improvements.

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