Nov 23, 2025
Awesome Guide to Gobeklitepe & Mt Nemrut - If your must visit sites include Gobeklitepe and Mt Nemrut this is the tour company for you. Our guide Mehmet and driver tailored the tour to ensure we had the experience we wanted. When the weather forecast looked like Mt Nemrut might be closed. Our driver driver drove for 9.5 hours to ensure we would have the opportunity to visit the site. Our guide not only talked about the sites but also about the history of the region and how we got to where we are today. It was very enlightening. My expirence with the tour company was outstanding. We should have planned our whole Turkiye trip with this company.
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Oct 31, 2025
A fascinating tour of less trodden part of Turkey - On this fascinating tour (3 Day’s Tour to Nemrut Mountain and Gobeklitepe), Mehmet Aktaş was an excellent guide. He is knowledgeable and his English is impeccable; he was an English major in college. He told us that we were witnessing the real Turkey that few people see. Indeed, we only saw a spattering of foreign tourists: just a few Germans. On Mount Nemrut, we watched a beautiful sunset and basked in the alpenglow. The colossal statues are impressive: only the heads of the king and Gods survive with their torsos destroyed by earthquakes and the elements. Mount Nemrut is a special summit to ascend. I love history and archaeology, and the open-air Archaeological Museum in Göbekli Tepe was magnificent. I have wanted to visit this site for a while now, and it was really an ethereal experience. Mehmet escorted us through the maze of the Zeugma Mosaic Museum, the biggest mosaic museum in the world, in Gaziantep. All the mosaics are beautiful and tell the stories of Antiquity and early Christianity. The Gypsy Girl mosaic is special for its relevance to Alexander the great.
Mehmet gave us information about the sights and ruins, but he also drew a thumbnail sketch of Turkish society in terms of lifestyle, culture and beliefs that was very educational. Osman-Abi drove us safely up and down Mount Nemrut and also elsewhere. Would definitely recommend this company, Cappadocian Guide.
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Oct 4, 2025
Wonderful adventure that we will cherish - This was an amazing adventure that we will always cherish.
Let's start with the people.
Mahmut (spelling?) (Marco) our guide was a fountain of knowledge. He studied archeology under some great teachers. He taught us about the history, archeology, of all our sites, as well as modern Turkey. He was very attentive to our needs and questions with a good sense of humor. Ousmane our warrior of a driver was great and friendly, safety driving us through incredible landscapes.
The sights we incredible. Gobeklite was magnificent. Around 11000 year old, Mount Nemrut and its sculptures was even more beautiful than the pictures, specially at Sunset. The Zeugma Mosaic was spectacular. The other stops were all very interesting and timely.
The food was delicious. We got to taste local specialties. Urfa and Gaziantep are know for their famous food.
The hotels we much better than I expected. The hotel on mount Nemrut had great views, and a nice breeze. The hotel in Gaziantep was in the old city. We slept great both nights.
The car was a nice Mercedes van. We loved the scenery.
Thank you for a wonderful adventure
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Oct 4, 2025
A wonderful adventure that we will cherish - This was an amazing adventure that we will always cherish.
Let's start with the people.
Mahmut (spelling?) (Marco) our guide was a fountain of knowledge. He studied archeology under some great teachers. He taught us about the history, archeology, of all our sites, as well as modern Turkey. He was very attentive to our needs and questions with a good sense of humor. Ousmane our warrior of a driver was great and friendly, safety driving us through incredible landscapes.
The sights we incredible. Gobeklite was magnificent. Around 11000 year old, Mount Nemrut and its sculptures was even more beautiful than the pictures, specially at Sunset. The Zeugma Mosaic was spectacular. The other stops were all very interesting and timely.
The food was delicious. We got to taste local specialties. Urfa and Gaziantep are know for their famous food.
The hotels we much better than I expected. The hotel on mount Nemrut had great views, and a nice breeze. The hotel in Gaziantep was in the old city. We slept great both nights.
The car was a nice Mercedes van. We loved the scenery.
Thank you for a wonderful adventure
Review provided by Viator
Jul 11, 2025
5 star guide - What an amazing experience, highly educational, very respectful and patient guide. We would recommend to anyone travelling in Turkey. He also takes great photos for you making sure you are the key people in the picture.
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May 23, 2025
History tour - It was a wonderful tour!!! The most important goal for me was Mount Nemrut and getting there was dazzled. Access is easier than I thought and we enjoyed the sunset listening to the voices of the sculptures, the heads, the stones.
Gobeklitepe also excites to see so much development and technical resolution in the oldest so far found.
I liked the hotels, although there were some little problems with the hot water. Very good our guide and driver.
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May 15, 2025
A Journey Through Time — Truly Unforgettable! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - This tour was beyond incredible — it felt like stepping into the heart of ancient history. Mount Nemrut was absolutely surreal at sunrise, with the giant stone heads glowing in golden light. You can feel the spiritual energy of the place — peaceful, powerful, and humbling.
Göbekli Tepe was equally mind-blowing. Standing in front of the world’s oldest known temple structure gave me chills. Our guide Kadir was deeply knowledgeable and passionate, bringing the stories and symbolism to life in a way that made the experience even more meaningful.
From the stunning landscapes to the sacred energy of each site in Mesopotamia, everything was perfectly paced and thoughtfully organized. If you're even remotely interested in ancient civilizations, spirituality, or archaeology — go. This trip is a once-in-a-lifetime kind of magic.
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May 6, 2025
We were on a 3-day tour... - We were on a 3-day tour to Nemrut Mountain and Gobeklitepe with our guide Kadir and it was absolutely amazing.
This part of Türkiye is still a bit less touristic but stunning.
We were very impressed by the site of Göbekli Tepe which is rewriting our knowledge of early development of civilization and the beauty of the sunset at Mount Nemrut is a must see like simply every activity on that tour.
Kadir is very knowledgeable and very friendly. The explanations were detailed and precise. Many of them were crucial to our understanding of the historical process of archeology. He took the time to point out important details about modern Türkiye as well.
The accommodations were perfect, especially the one in Sanlıurfa and the food was great everywhere.
We strongly recommend this tour.
Thank you, Kadir for a wonderful time.
Review provided by Viator
May 1, 2025
THE TOUR OF THE YEAR - THIS IS THE tour that you should take. Every places beside Mt.Nemrut & Gobeklitepe, were 100000% worth visit. Every foods, hotels were great Of course we should not forget our great driver& photographer Osman and THE greatest guides&storyteller Kadir. I will never forget!
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Nov 10, 2024
Unforgettable experience - An amazing tour, showing the parts of Turkey rarely seen by tourists. If you're appreciates history or want to see what life is like in the countryside - this tour is for you.
Mehmet and Osman were amazing and looked after us very well. Mehmet was a great guide and had insights to many of places we went to. He also had a lot of patience and let us take our time in the areas we visited. Osman is a great driver and really took care of us.
There was not an item in the itinerary that was a filler, every place we visited was an eye opener.
If you want to experience the real Turkiye this tour is for you.
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