Arrival into Istanbul Ataturk Airport . Upon arrival, we will get the transit connection for Kayseri flight. After one hour flight, we land into Cappadocia.We will be happy to meet you at the airport and welcome you to this lovely & unique landmark !Transfer to your hotel of stay. After check in you are free for resting and refreshment.
Dinner at Evranos Restaurant while turkish night. You will enjoy an evening with a delicious full course meal of fine Turkish cuisine featuring class acts of music and dance in traditional surroundings. This feast for the senses is presented in an oriental atmosphere, where you can discover the delights of Turkish musical instruments, a typical folk orchestra and experience a dance extravaganza focusing on the traditions of Turkish and Anatolian folklore including belly dancing.

Overnight at hotel in Cappadocia.

Very early morning we pick you up from the hotel and drive to the meeting point.
One of our experienced pilots will select the most appropriate take-off site and escort your memorable flight through and over the valleys. You will gently glide through the incredible landscape of Cappadocia while your pilot explains some of the local stories and histories behind the different rock formations. Be sure to ask about the local folklore of places like Love Valley, the Three Sisters and Pigeon Valley, all of our pilots are extremely knowledgeable and all speak fluent English. The flight time is approximately one hour, and the baskets for this flight typically carry up to max. 24 passengers. We like to say that everyone gets a window seat in our balloons and we are certain your expectations will be met!

We serve you light refreshments before and after the flight, a personalized flight certificate and of course, the traditional champagne cocktail upon landing.
After breakfast in the hotel, directly drive to Cappadocia for sightseeing tour. We visit Kaymakli, the widest Underground City of the region. The ancient name was Enegup. The houses in the village are constructed around the nearly one hundred tunnels of the underground city. The tunnels are still used today as storage areas, stables, and cellars. The underground city at Kaymakl differs from Derinkuyu in terms of its structure and layout. The tunnels are lower, narrower, and more steeply inclined. Of the four floors open to tourists, each space is organized around ventilation shafts. This makes the design of each room or open space dependent on the availability of ventilation. A stable is located on the first floor. The small size of the stable could indicate that other stables exist in the sections not yet opened. To the left of the stable is a passage with a millstone door. The door leads into a church. To the right of the stables are rooms, possibly living spaces.

After breakfast in the hotel, directly drive to Cappadocia for sightseeing tour. We visit Kaymakli, the widest Underground City of the region. The ancient name was Enegup. The houses in the village are constructed around the nearly one hundred tunnels of the underground city. The tunnels are still used today as storage areas, stables, and cellars.

The underground city at Kaymakl differs from Derinkuyu in terms of its structure and layout. The tunnels are lower, narrower, and more steeply inclined. Of the four floors open to tourists, each space is organized around ventilation shafts. This makes the design of each room or open space dependent on the availability of ventilation. A stable is located on the first floor. The small size of the stable could indicate that other stables exist in the sections not yet opened. To the left of the stable is a passage with a millstone door. The door leads into a church. To the right of the stables are rooms, possibly living spaces.

Then visit Pigeon Valley with many different rock formations and hundreds of pigeon houses.

Lunch at local restaurant to taste local delicious meal (on own).

Visit Goreme, a kind of open air museum that contains the finest rock-out churches and beautiful frescos. Zelve Valley where you can see secular and religious chambers and honeycombed with dwellings. Consisting of three separate valleys, the ruins of Zelve is the area in Cappadocia with the highest concentration of fairy chimneys. Here, they have particularly sharp points and thick trunks. It is not known exactly when people began living in the dwellings carved into the rock, a lifestyle also common to other places in the region such as Uhisar, Greme, Cavuin other than Zelve. What is known is that an important Christian community lived in Zelve and it was the religious center of the area from the 9th to the 13th centuries, and the first religious seminars for priests were held in the vicinity. Devrent Valley is like a fairy zoo with lovely fairy chimneys. Then visit Cavusin village to see Church of St John the Baptist where you can have a nice panoromic view. The churchs narthexis missing. It has tunnel vaults, a high nave and 3 apses. It dates back to 964-965 AD.

Then we drive to Avanos, the center of terra-cotta work since 3000 BC. You are invited to experience traditional pottery workshop. Our last stop at Ortahisar Village, where is famous with stone houses, narrow streets and beautiful churches as well as the castle-like rock formations.
Whirling Dervish Show before the dinner. Program consist only Sufi Whirling Dervishes performance, meaning of tolerance, forgiveness, and enlightenment. The Mevlevi Order was founded by Mevlana Rumi in the 13th century.

The ritual of the Mevlevi sect, known as the sema, is a serious religious ritual. They believed that during the whirling, the soul was released from earthly ties, and able to freely and jubilantly commune with the divine. Dervish literally means doorway and is thought to be an entrance from this material world to the spiritual, heavenly world

After Dinner (on own) at hotel, we will proceed to the airport intime for flight back to Istanbul.

Be met on arrival by our representative at Istanbul airport and get transferred to your hotel of stay

Breakfast at the hotel .
After lunch (on own) we proceed to Bosphorus Cruise. the arm of the Bosphorus and a natural harbour of the historical peninsula separating the old and the new parts of stanbul where the first colonies settled during the Byzantines. Bosphorus Cruise, through the waterway separating the two continents, Europe and Asia, with a possibility to take photographs of marble palaces, ancient wooden villas of Ottoman architecture besides modern residentials and luxurious apartments. Rumeli Fortress (from the boat no interior visit), historical armament built by the Conqueror to control and protect the Bosphorus. A unique example of military architecture.

Dinner at an Indian Restaurant (on own). Overnight at the hotel in Istanbul.

This morning after breakfast you will embark on the Tour of Sultan Ahmet Center, the heart of the Old City from where the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires were ruled. Hagia Sophia, one of the greatest marvels of architecture, constructed as a basilica in the 6th century by Emperor Justinian.Blue Mosque, facing Hagia Sophia, famous with its blue znik tiles and unique with 6 minarets, built in the name of Sultan Ahmet. Hippodrome, center of sportive events (chariot races, athletics) and political activities of the old city. Serpentine Column, Obelisk of Theodosius and German Fountain of Wilhelm II are the monuments decorating the Hippodrome. Grand Covered Bazaar, most attractive shopping center and the biggest souk in the world with nearly 4000 shops selling antiques, jewellery, gold, carpets, leatherware and souvenir.
Lunch at an Indian Restaurant (on own).

Topkap Palace, residence of Ottoman Sultans exhibiting imperial treasury, sacred Islamic relics of Prophet Mohammed, kitchen, Chinese porcelain, weapons, calligraphy section etc. Live guide commentary is not allowed in special sections.
Dinner at an Indian Restaurant (on own). Overnight at the hotel in Istanbul.

After breakfast check-out the hotel. After check-out the hotel we will go to Spice Market. A typical sample of Islamic architecture amidst the rows of shops near the Spice Bazaar, famed with its exquisite and colorful tiles set in floral and geometric designs. Spice Bazaar (Egyptian Bazaar), mystical smells of different aromas of various spices. Shops selling fruits, vegetables, fish, flowers etc.

Lunch at an Indian restaurant (on own). After lunch we transfer to airport (as per flight schedule) check-in for boarding