2 Day Alanya to Cappadocia Expedition: Overnight Cave Hotel & Hot Air Balloon Ride Option

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Embark on a 2-day expedition from Alanya to Cappadocia and experience the enchanting landscapes, ancient sites, and traditional villages. Stay in a cave hotel and opt for a hot air balloon ride over the stunning fairy chimneys and rock formations.

Duration: 2 days

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

1 Day

Alanya - We leave very early in the morning from Alanya to Cappadocia. We use comfortable, air conditioned buses to make make the journey more enjoying for you.

Alanya - On our way to Cappadocia, we stop for breakfast at the restaurant. Breakfast is included in the price.

Cappadocia - Visit the underground city (Seraplı). Cappadocia is famous for its underground cities and we are visiting one of them.

Uchisar - Uchisar Castle, known as the largest fairy chimney of Goreme, will be the other stop in the Alanya 2 Days Cappadocia tour.

Pigeon Valley - Pigeon Valley is a lovely valley located near Uchisar town named after the thousands of pigeon houses carved into the soft tufa since ancient times and offers another spectacular panoramic view over Cappadocia together with the spectacular views of the dovecotes.

Avanos - Lunch in Avanos city at a local Turkish restaurant

Goreme - Love Valley allows you to observe different types of chimneys or other rock formations along the whole valley.

Goreme - Visit to the Derwent Valley (Valley of Fantasy) - The valley is also one most popular places to see in Cappadocia that travelers may experience and enjoy the beautiful lunar landscape of Cappadocia, the most surreal landscape of the region.

Goreme - Visit to the Valley of the Monks which is one of the most popular fairy chimneys areas of Cappadocia, situated between Avanos and Goreme.

Goreme - Visit to the pottery workshop also one of the biggest pottery Exhibition centre in Cappadocia, The art is inherited from our forefathers, 100s of years.

Goreme - Arrival at the hotel Dinner at the hotel - We will stay in a cave hotel in Cappadocia - Ottoman Cave Hotel Or Cappadocia Palace or similar.

2 Day

Goreme - Panoramic stop Uchguzel – Three Beauties (One of the most important symbols of Cappadocia, the Legend of Three Beauties takes its name from the fairy chimney of two adults and a child.)

Goreme - Visiting the rock city of Chavushin - Cavusin is a touristic and charming village and one of the oldest settlements of the region situated along the Goreme-Avanos road in Cappadocia.

Goreme - Visit to the stone center of Anatolia - We will be informed about local stonemasons and their famous art of work.

Alanya - In the afternoon we will start driving to Alanya.

What's Included

Breakfast & Dinner In The Hotel
Entrance Fee - Underground City
Bus with Full A/C
One Night Accommodation In Cappadocia

What's Not Included

Lunch
Göreme Open Air Museum
SINGLE ROOM 3 STAR HOTEL - 15 EURO
SINGLE ROOM CAVE HOTEL- 30 EURO

Additional Information

There’s no greater enticement than immersing yourself for two whole days in the most breathtaking location on Earth – the enigmatic Cappadocia. The region’s landscapes dazzle the senses, and the abundance of unexplored mysteries adds to its unique allure. Excursion Mania welcomes you to join us on a tour across the most notable sites of these lunar-esque landscapes – unforgettable experiences promise to enthral you!

✅ Opt for an early morning hot air balloon ride across Cappadocia, if you so desire.

✅ Accommodation for one night at a hotel in Cappadocia is part of the package.

✅ Marvel at fairy chimneys, ancient Christian landmarks, and customary villages.

✅ Explore fairy chimneys, geological structures, and incredible valleys.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Getaway17754708216

Aug 16, 2024

Amazing Trip - This experience was very impressive. thank you very much Eric for your help with the booking. I recommend this trip 5/5 stars.

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Gabymd7072wd

Apr 27, 2024

Lots to see - We made lots of stops with everything explained at each stop. A really great experience! It is worth noting that lunch costs around £20 for both days, the hot air balloons were around £150pp and viewing the hot air balloons was £20pp. I think these costs can change on each trip

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Maragabriela_g

Sep 18, 2023

Book it - We really enjoyed the tour. They picked us up exactly at the scheduled time. The breakfast was enough for me, but can be on the smaller side. The lunch is not included, but I would recommend to take it. It is good and enough. Apart from the included activities they will offer other tours as well. The tour guide will explain all options and arrange everything. Our tour guide was Rashat and he was great. He told us about the places we were visiting and make sure everyone got to do the activities they liked. We took the ATV tour and it was really nice. We also did the balloons and it was amazing, everyone was really nice and the experience is breathtaking. The ballon experience price changes every day and it depends on the season. We payed €160 and it included little snack before the ride and celebration champagne. We took the cave hotel and it was nice and confortable, but it is further away from the center, so if you want to go to the center you will need a taxi. Everything needs to be payed with cash so plan accordingly. They can take you to an atm, but you will be charges 7-8% fee so I would recommend to bring cash, they accepts $ and € everywhere. In summary it takes a while to get there but you visit several places and it is totally worth it

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Joanae765

Sep 11, 2023

Don’t miss this one! - Absolutely worth it! Book it, do it and you won’t regret it. Murat was a great guide, the best I have ever seen. Everything was perfectly organised and despite being a long drive you won’t feel tired. The places to visit are so many and they are all stunning. I can spend hrs reviewing this tour so dear people just do it!

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Jeanett

Aug 19, 2023

Cappadocia - Long buss drive, when we arrived in Cappadocia the landscape was breathtaking , the hot air balloon trip was absolutely fantastic, thanks to the guide and the air balloon pilot Ali ! 🌸🎈💜

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_c5862zo

May 10, 2023

Unbelievable - I recommend for all this tour. Yes this long trip from Alanya but you forget about everything when you will sea air balloons this amazing 😍😍😍😍. Turkish servis 100% best thay care about you.

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Ewelina

May 31, 2024

some great highlights, but space for improvements - Really enjoyed the tour, especially the cave hotel and the balloon flight! Amazing views and great experience. The guide Rashad was very knowledgable and acccomodating, driver Salim was amazing too! Few less positives-the minibus was not very comfortable and not equipped in seatbelts which was quite concering for me. Absolutely didn’t enjoy the commercial stops for „degustation”, „pottery/jewellery workshops”- complete waste of time and should have been communicated upfront while buying the tour! I would be happy to pay a bit more for the tour to avoid that kind of places and wasting valueable time on holiday

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Curiosity03539203262

Apr 29, 2024

DO NOT GO ON THIS TOUR! - We are now in Cappadocia and have not seen the hot air balloons. The bus trip here lasted almost 18 hours, from half past four in the morning until 7 in the evening and we received little information along the way about what was going to happen. In addition to this, breakfast is not included on the way to Cappadocia. You are also not allowed to sleep in such "caves", but are placed in a dirty hotel in the center where there is a lot of noise and no air conditioning. We had to spend two hours of our evening waiting for our sheets to be changed as the first one was dirty. When they had changed, the sheet was wet, and it happened once more. Finally we got a new hotel room but the sheets were still wet and hadn't been washed and there was rubbish under the beds! We were so tired and exhausted that we couldn't take it anymore but had to sleep with clothes on so as not to freeze. In addition to having paid for the trip on the app, you also have to pay the guide 2000 lira to look at the hot air balloons, which I expected was paid for on the app. In addition, there were many stops during the 18 hours where we did not know why or how long we were going to stop. During a stop, the bus had to be turned on and we received no information other than that we could get off the bus.

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Tg64nfwfnp

Sep 3, 2023

Not worth it - Trip description doesn’t match the actual experience at all. Doesn’t mention that you actually spend very little time in Cappadocia and doesn’t take you to the view point that is displayed at the pictures. You spend most of the trip (like 12+hours a day in a buss). This in not due the distance (direct drive would have been around 7 hours) but cause there is numerous stops to other places. So if you want actually enjoy Cappadocia and the balloons this trip is not for you. Meals are really small, you should get you own snacks and lots of them for sure. No bathroom on the buss either so you have to wait for the stops to a gass station, the stops can be 3 hours apart so not ideal, especially if you’re travelling with kids. There’s no air conditioning on the any accommodation options and the buss has very poor air conditioning. We saw 8 balloons from the bottom of some random valley.

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Alena_i

Sep 1, 2023

A sham to get more cash from you - It was a sham. They try to sell you balloon ride while you still on the bus for 230 euros (August 2023) when you can buy for 150 when in Capadocia. When i said that we will buy locally, the answer was that we should arrange ride home elsewhere, if we do not buy the flight with this company. The meals were poor choice and bathrooms we stopped at were dirty with no toilet paper. The guide would not announce stops or plan of action. The only bright experience is a panaroma visit and cave hotel. Also, they do not respond to the question, here on Viator. Reaching only the evening before the trip with the pick up time.

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