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Cappadocia: Green Tour in the Ihlara Valley

4.6 / 5

100 reviews

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

100 reviews

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From US$ 80.62 US$ 72.56 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 8.5 hours
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Live tour guide
English
Pickup included
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.

Includes
  • Hotel pick-up and drop off
  • Guide
  • Lunch
  • Derinkuyu Underground City entry fee
  • Selime Monastery entry fee
  • Drinks
  • Tips for the guide and driver
Not suitable for
  • Wheelchair users

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What to bring

  • Passport
  • Sunglasses
  • Hiking shoes

Customer reviews

Overall rating

4.6 /5

based on 100 reviews

Review summary

  • Guide
    4.8/5
  • Transportation
    4.7/5
  • Service
    5/5
  • Organization
    4.8/5

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We had such an awesome tour with the real selim shady! :-) selim is a credit to the company he was so lovely! So friendly and super knowledgeable! I really loved our lunch next to the river! It was beautiful. I did the red tour with a different company the next day and all I kept saying to my partner is I wish selim was doing this tour as our guide with the other company was terrible!! Thanks for a lovely tour selim and seeing Beauitful cappadocia ! Highly recommend :-)

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May 19, 2023

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The tour was amazing, a lot of new things discovered and learned. It was a bit of confusion with the pick up time. We got 2 different time. Also 2 persons were left behind on our first stop. We quickly returned to pick them up. I loved walks and food. I love everything!

December 8, 2022

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Our guide Selim was amazing. His knowledge of history was more than sufficient for understanding the history of cappadocia and the places that we were visiting. Even signed up for the red tour after with same agency after the green tour. Quite a bit of walking so bring comfortable shoes for this tour.

November 18, 2022

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