(Everyday Year-Round)
2 NIGHTS/3 DAYS
Day 01
Meet at your ANKARA hotel, or upon early morning arrival of your flight at ANKARA Airport. In the morning visit the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations (which is housed in a restored Caravanserai), and the Mausoleum of Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey. After lunch, proceed to CAPPADOCIA, where nature has scoured surrealistic moonscape shapes, and the persecuted Christians dug underground cities and churches during the 9th century. Dinner and overnight in CAPPADOCIA. (L,D)
Day 02
Full day touring in CAPPADOCIA; visit the GOREME Open-Air-Museum with its fairy chimneys and dozens of cave churches decorated with unique frescoes depicting various scenes from the Bible, the ZELVE Valley, the natural Citadel of UCHISAR, the pottery town AVANOS. Dinner and overnight in CAPPADOCIA. (Tonight you may join the optional Turkish Night Floor Show). (B,L,D)
Day 03
After breakfast, visit the underground city of KAYMAKLI
(built by the early Christians to evade Roman Armies). Then visit the Agzikarahan Caravanserai, from the Seljuk period, located on the Ancient Silk Road, on the way to ANKARA. Transfer to Kayseri Airport or to Ankara Airport. End. (B,L)
(Create your own itinerary by combining mini tours.)