CAPPADOCIA PRIVATE TOUR
FULL DAY RED
What to see :
Cappadocia - Derinkuyu -
Ihlara Valley - Selime -
Yaprakhisar -
Agzikarahan Caravanserai
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DERINKUYU
These are quite old as
well. There are almost 36 cities
like this and they were first
used by Hittites and later by
Christians like a shelter in the
war times. They carved lots of
rooms all connected with
tunnels. So they lived in here
when the cities were invaded by
enemies. The longest period
people used here was 3 months in
the war times. Derinkuyu
underground cave is the largest
one in the area with it's 7
levels and 65 meters depth. You
have a chance to see the rooms
used as aleeping rooms, storage,
rooms, church, kitchen,
missionary school... 10.000
people lived here in one
time. The air condition chimneys
and defense systems used in
these caves will surprise you
during your visit.
IHLARA
VALLEY
This is another famous valley of
the area. It's located around
underground caves of
Derinkuyu. The valley was also
formed after the volcanoes
erosions then eroded by rain.
There is a natural spring water
passing through the canyon, so
that also helped the valley to
form that deep after erosions.
The canyon was settled by
Christians almost for 500 years
between 5th and 10th centuries.
We have almost 10
churches and so many monasteries
in the canyon. So that will be
awesome to walk by the river in
canyon and to visit the caves
there.
SELIME
Here has the largest monastery
in the region used by
Christians. It's also end of
Ihlara canyon. There is a big
cathedral on top of monastery
which was carved into the rocks
as well. They date back to 7th
and 8th centuries. It was a
village by almost 1000 people at
that time. The word Selime was
given to this area by Seljuk's
Selime Sultan and there was made
a special tomb for Sultan as
well and that's from 13 th
century.
YAPRAKHISAR
It's a small village just
located at the end of Ihlara
Gorge. This is known as Star
Wars movie set as well. It has a
magnificent panorama where you
have a look at Ihlara Canyon and
Selime Monastery too. You will
notice here is much higher than
the valleys around. It's nearly
200 meters high. These are also
nice places that you see locals
still living in cave houses. You
will see lots of villagers
working on farms, or ladies
carrying wood for heating in
house, children playing hide and
seek in caves.
Agzikarahan Caravanserai were a
very important place for the
Seljuk rulers of Anatolia to
trade. They developed the old
trade routes, and built
Caravansaries along the way to
act as shelters and provide
protection to traders.
WHAT IS INCLUDED :
• Hotel pick up
• Hotel drop off
• Museum Tickets
• Lunch
• Guiding Service (
Licensed
Professional Tourist Guide )
• All Transportation by
non-smoking and air-conditioned
touristic vehicle |
