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Cappadocia Trekking Tours
Tour 1
Tahtali, Uzengi And Pancarlik Valleys - Mustafapasa (Walk About 5 Hours)
After breakfast in the pension, our minibus drives us to the trailhead point of our walk. We walk down to the tahtali, one of most typical of cappadocia. Millions years ago tuff, a soft stone comprised of lava, ash and mud have been thrown out to place by volcanoes. The erosion made this unnatural work; rock formations out of a fantasy land rise up before you at every turn and entice you to look longer and wonder at their creation.
Then through small valleys and plateaux we go down to the valley of uzengi bordered with a high cliff of white tuff where are thousands of pigeon houses.
Our lunch break will be on the way as a picnic.
Our pathway takes us into the pancarlik valley. It is a fantastic landscape, a tumble of waves with pastels colours, patchwork of vineyards and small gardens in terraces. We are in front of sarica and kepez churches, carved in the heart a fairy chimney. They are interesting for their architecture.
Cheak in Pension in Goreme
Tour2
Valleys Of Avcilar And Kiliçlar Göreme (Walk About 5 Hours)
Short drive to the beginning of avcilar valley. In the heart of cappadocia, this is a very beautiful valley, with poplars, fruit trees and gardens between two walls of colour tuff. We follow all the meanders; the colours change quickly, the white dominate, the abandoned gardens fall down in this strange land.
Then our way continues into the kiliçlar valley. Like mushrooms, fairy-chimneys are standing up and we walk through them. Simple rock-cut churches, cones and unusual rock formations are the highlights of this part of the trek. Picnic will be served for lunch.
Tour 3
Zelve - Pasabag - Cavusin - Red Valley - Goreme (Walking around 5 Hours)
Transfer to zelve and visit, an old cave-dwellings-village, today used as an open-air museum. It was inhabited until 1950, but the government moved the population because of erosion.
Walk to paşabağ valley (also called priest valley). We walk on the cliffside dominating the most famous fairy chimneys of cappadocia: some are getting destroyed, whereas some others have still three "heads". We cross çavuşin village village, one of the first christian settlement. We visit here the old church dedicated to st the baptispte, where you can still recognise the fresco of salome dancing for herodes. Afterward we continue onto kızılçukur (red valley), this valley is certainly the most beautiful in cappadocia with its formations and red colours: during millions years ago, rain and wind worked together to erode the soft volcanic rock; you will see here that the result is really fairy. Small valleys, cones, peaks and fairy chimneys alternate harmoniously on our way. Because he needed to become integrated into this extraordinary landscape, man built into this, cave dwellings, frescoed churches. We will visit some of them en-route.
Tour 4
Guvercinlik - Akvadi - Göreme (Walk About 5 Hours)
We walkin the göreme-valley, which will get us to the pigeon valley (called so because of the numerous "pigeon houses" built in the 18th century). After lunch-breach in uçhisar village visit the high viewpoint known as "fortress": this offers a splendid view all over cappadocia. In the afternoon we walk in the akvadi valley following an old river (today dry), with fruits gardens and vineyards. In this valley, the fairy chimneys are particularly slim.
Overnight in cave Hotel in göreme.
Tour 5
Göreme - Ihlara Valley - Selime (Walk Around 2 Hours)
Drive to ihlara area where.
Walk in the ihlara valley, along the melendiz with the rhythm of birds’ songs. This valley is particularly rich with flora due to presence of water. We will see here cave dwellings and rock-cut churches from the christian period. We visit certainly ones of the most beautiful orthodox churches (from 6th and 12th century) with good conserved frescoes on the rock faces of the valley. We arrive in belisırma village where we have lunch-break at the bank of the river.
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