3 Days Cappadocia Tour from Istanbul

to Cappadocia.Overnight in Cappadocia

There are no rock-hewn churches or ancient castles, nor are there any troglodyte caves or pigeon homes.

It dates back to the Hittites in the 2000s. The history of Avanos Pottery dates back to the Hittites, who ruled over all of Cappadocia.

learned from the locals that these were actually small monasteries. Because the monasteries housed monks, the region's early explorers named it the Valley of the Monks. Locals now refer to it as Paşabağ.

d observe the fairy chimneys in the fascinating view of Cappadocia.

Viewed from the south, the castle rises over 50 meters and from the north, over 100 meters. From the lower road, the castle appears to be over 200 meters tall.

You drive straight up to the entrance gate, which has a small gift shop and several cafés. Entrance is 20TL/person (in 2020), and free with a MüzeKart. Zelve is just 1 kilometer east of the Paşabağı Open Air Museum, whose famous fairy-chimney hermitages are also worth a visit.

Let's Go! Çavuşin Valley takes its name from Çavuşin Village in its region. The village, built among large rocks, is home to a long history. The village, with its history dating back to the first century, is the area where Christian monks escaped from Roman attacks. Living spaces have been built inside the rocks to protect them from attacks. Living people used pigeon manure by explaining cavities in the chimneys due to inefficient soils. With the Byzantine period, Christianity lived freely, and with the coming of the Seljuks, it gained a place in Islam in the region. Churches, monasteries and mosques were built, the foundations of the brotherhood of religions were laid

me from the pigeon nests carved into the rocks. Until the 9th century, locals kept these pigeons, using their droppings in vineyards and their eggs in the plaster of frescoes.

y, is composed of tuff rocks that have turned red due to iron oxidation in the depressions formed as a result of volcanic eruptions in the pit.

It is renowned for having the largest fairy chimney in the region. The history of settlement in Ortahisar dates back to ancient times, reaching as far back as the 11th century. When migration from Central Asia to Anatolia began, the Uzbeks from Horasan built nine separate houses here. With the houses constructed by these nine families, Ortahisar transformed into a town, and these nine families became the first settlers in the area.

The people of Cappadocia, known as the Anatolians, were faced with numerous invasions and attacks. In order to protect themselves, they began carving out underground tunnels and rooms in the soft volcanic rock.