Cappadocia Green Tour (Small Group) — Ihlara Valley & Kaymaklı
Free cancellation up to 72 h · Pay cash on the day
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From€59
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About 8 hoursFull day
09:30–10:20Pickup from your hotel
Tickets & lunchIncluded in the price
Licensed guideEnglish-speaking
From€45per person, based on 2 travellers
Pay nothing now · Free cancellation up to 72 hours
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On WhatsApp within about 1 hour, 09:00–18:00 Turkey time
Run by our own local team, no reseller+90 507 357 58 94Office in Kuşadası
Infants under 2 travel free · Children 2–7: free site entrances (seats and flights at adult rate)
Duration1 Day
Tour typeGroup tour
PickupHotel pickup in Cappadocia (Göreme, Uçhisar, Ürgüp, Avanos and Nevşehir area) between 09:30 and 10:20, depending on the area; exact time the day before.
CancellationFree cancellation up to 72 hours
A full-day small-group tour of northern Cappadocia from your hotel in Göreme, Uçhisar, Ürgüp, Avanos or Nevşehir: Devrent Valley, Paşabağ, an Avanos pottery workshop and Zelve Open-Air Museum. Guide, entrance tickets and lunch are included; you pay in cash on the day.
The day runs about 8 hours. Pickup is between 09:30 and 10:20 depending on your area, and we send the exact time the day before. Expect about 2.5 km of walking on uneven ground. The Red Tour does not go inside Göreme Open-Air Museum.
Two workshop stops are part of the programme, a pottery workshop in Avanos and a carpet weaving centre, about 30–45 minutes each, with no obligation to buy.
Staying two days? The 2-Day Red & South Group Tour combines both routes at a lower price than booking them separately.
Devrent Valley (Imagination Valley)
Time here: about 20 min
A short photo stop among pink-gray rock cones with no caves or churches; the game here is spotting shapes, and the camel rock is the one everyone finds first.
Paşabağ (Monks Valley)
Time here: about 45 min
Fairy chimneys here split into two or three stone caps. One of them holds a small chapel and cell used by hermits honoring St Simeon the Stylite.
Tip: Paşabağ and Zelve share one ticket, which is included.
Avanos pottery workshop
Time here: about 45 min
A potter throws a pot on a foot-powered kick wheel using red clay from the Kızılırmak, the river that runs through Avanos. Finished pieces are on sale, with no obligation to buy.
Open buffet lunch in Avanos
Lunch is a buffet at a restaurant in Avanos; drinks are not included.
Carpet Weaving Education Center (about 30–45 min)
Watch weavers tie knots by hand, see silk unwound from cocoons and learn how plant dyes produce the colors, over a glass of Turkish tea; no obligation to buy.
Zelve Open-Air Museum
Time here: about 1 hour
Three valleys of cave homes, chapels and a small mosque, lived in until the 1950s, when rockfall danger led the state to move residents to nearby Aktepe (New Zelve).
Tip: Wear shoes with grip; some paths are steep and loose.
Air-conditioned vehicle shared with the group; hotel pickup and drop-off
Meals: Lunch
Choose your date and tell us your hotel and WhatsApp number. Nothing is charged.
We confirm on WhatsApp or by email, usually within about 1 hour (09:00–18:00 Turkey time). Your e-voucher follows by email.
The day before, we message you the exact pickup time: 09:30–10:20, by hotel area.
Pay in cash on the day — euros or US dollars.
Workshop stops: a carpet weaving centre and a pottery workshop. Part of the programme, no obligation to buy.
Free cancellation up to 72 hours
Your contract is with İlke Seyahat Turizm Ticaret Gıda Orman Ürünleri Gemi Acenteliği İthalat İhracat Sanayi Limited Şirketi, Turgut Ozal Bulvari 67/1, Kusadasi, Aydin 09400, Turkey — the company behind TurkeyVia. Terms
One clear price The total you see before you book is the total we charge — no booking fee.
Pay nothing now Pay cash on the day · no card needed
Free cancellation Up to 72 hours before the tour.
Licensed local guides Our tours are led by licensed local guides.
Book with the local team No reseller in between: you book and talk directly with the team that runs your tour. We reply on WhatsApp within about 1 hour (09:00–18:00 Turkey time).
Pickup runs from 09:30 to 10:20, depending on your hotel's area: Göreme, Uçhisar, Ürgüp, Avanos or Nevşehir. We message you the exact time on the day before, so please give us a phone or WhatsApp number when booking.
No. The Red Tour covers Devrent, Paşabağ, Avanos and Zelve. Göreme Open-Air Museum, with its frescoed rock-cut churches, is not on this route; Zelve shows you a lived-in cave village instead.
Plan on about 2.5 km in total, spread over the day, on uneven and partly cobbled paths. Zelve has the steepest sections, and you can skip the climbs into cave rooms and wait on level ground.
Two: the Avanos pottery workshop and the Carpet Weaving Education Center, each about 30–45 minutes. They show local crafts, there is no obligation to buy, and the guide may shorten them if the day runs late.
Lunch is an open buffet in Avanos that usually includes vegetarian dishes. If you have an allergy or a strict diet, tell us when booking so the restaurant can be informed in advance.
No. Balloon flights are not included in the Red Tour, and TurkeyVia does not sell them.
Choose Red for fairy chimneys and the Zelve cave village in the north, Green for Ihlara Valley and Kaymaklı Underground City in the south-west, and South for old Çavuşin and Özkonak Underground City. With two days, the 2-Day Red & South tour combines two routes.
Reserve now, pay in cash on the day (euros or US dollars) — no deposit and no card needed. Tell us your hotel and a WhatsApp number; pickup is between 09:30 and 10:20, depending on your hotel's area, and we send the exact time the day before your tour.
Free cancellation up to 72 hours. 72 hours or more: Full refund. 24–72 hours: 50% of the tour price is refunded. Under 24 hours or no-show: No refund. Full terms: cancellation policy.
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Tell us your dates, your ship or the tour you like. We reply on WhatsApp within about 1 hour, 09:00–18:00 Turkey time, and in the evening whenever we can.