3-Day Cappadocia Trip Including Balloon Ride & Horseback Ride

Istanbul, Turkey

4 days (approx.)
Pickup offered
Group discounts
Offered in: English

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Overview

Skip the hassle of arranging flights, transfers, and extra activities with this 3-day tour from Istanbul to Cappadocia. Explore the Göreme Open-Air Museum, rock churches, Derinkuyu underground city, and enjoy a hot air balloon ride and camel safari—all included without additional fees. With hotel accommodations, airport transfers, and two full days of guided touring, experience Turkey’s unique landscapes and culture in a seamless adventure.

- Non-smoking transport makes for a more comfortable experience
- Your guides are licensed by the Ministry of Culture & Tourism
- Your fully planned itinerary leaves you free to enjoy Cappadocia
- Don't go hungry: breakfast and lunch are included

What's Included

Two-nights stay with breakfast at cave boutique hotel
Round-trip flight tickets from Istanbul to Cappadocia and back
Hot Air Balloon Ride, Horseback Ride
2 full-day tours by professional tour guides who licenced by Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Entrance fees (Tour guide will have pre-paid tickets to skip lines at museums mentioned itinerary)
Hotel / Airport pick-up & drop-off services mentioned in itinerary
Transfers at the mentioned airports for domestic flights in the itinerary
Lunch (4)

Lunch
Breakfast (3)

Breakfast

Dinner & Drinks

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to your preferred meeting point, or request pickup.

Pickup points

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Pickup details

Pick-up and drop-off services for hotels and Airbnb addresses in Istanbul are included in the airport transfers for this trip.

Meeting points

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End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Operating hours
.4:00 am

Itinerary

Day 1

Flight to Denizli – Semi-Private Tour to Pamukkale, Hierapolis, Laodicea – Accommodation at Kusadasi

13 Stops

Istanbul

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Denizli Çardak Airport

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Pamukkale Natural Park (Pass By)

Hierapolis & Pamukkale

1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included

Pamukkale Thermal Pools

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Cleopatra Pools

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Pamukkale

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Karahayit

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Laodicea

1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included

pamukkale tandem paragliding

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Kusadasi

2 hours 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Kusadasi Castle (Pass By)

Okuz Mehmet Pasa KervansarayI (Pass By)

Accommodation: Included: When booking the tour, you have right to select your desired hotel category from a range of available choices.

Meals: Lunch

Day 2

Semi-Private Tour to Ephesus and Its Surroundings - Flight from Izmir to Cappadocia - Accommodation at Cappadocia

10 Stops

Kuşadası

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Kusadasi Gazi Begendi Park

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Ephesus Ancient City

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Ephesus Experience Museum

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Ephesus Terrace Houses (Pass By)

The House of the Virgin Mary

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Selcuk

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

The Temple of Artemis

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Cappadocia

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Accommodation: Included: When booking the tour, you have right to select your desired hotel category from a range of available choices.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 3

Cappadocia Semi-Private Tour – Accommodation at Cappadocia

10 Stops

Urgup

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Goreme National Park (Pass By)

Goreme Open Air Museum

1 hour 15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

TokalI Church

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Ortahisar

40 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Avanos Oren Yeri

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Uchisar Castle

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Devrent Valley

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Fairy Chimneys (Pass By)

Cappadocia

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Accommodation: Included: When booking the tour, you have right to select your desired hotel category from a range of available choices.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 4

Hot Air Balloon Ride (Optional) - Cappadocia Semi-Private Tour – Flight Back to Istanbul

8 Stops

Cappadocia Balloon Tours

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Keslik Monastery

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Sobesos Ancient City

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Uchisar

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Pigeon Valley

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Kaymakli Underground City

1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included

Cappadocia

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Istanbul

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Accommodation: Not included

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Infants must sit on laps
Not recommended for travelers with back problems
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not wheelchair accessible
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
The prices of package are valid for accommodation at the double or triple room. If you would like add accommodation on single room(s) to your booking, there could be supplement cost. There are not going to be any extra cost for bookings of single / solo travelers. They will already accommodate at single room(s).
The pre-planned hotels are "Carina Boutique Hotel" in Kusadasi and "1811 Cave Boutique Hotel" in Cappadocia for your accommodation on this travel. If these hotels are not available for standard/superior rooms on your travel dates, local tour operator can replace it with an equivalent hotel.
The check-in time of the hotels is 02.00pm, and you can not start use your room before this time. This is about the check-in & check-out policies of the hotels.
Local tour operator will send e-tickets of your domestic flights at three days before your departure date. You will not need the print out copies of the tickets for domestic flights. Your passport and reservation number on the tickets will be enough for check-in to plane.

Local tour operator can request your some passport details for the bookings of your flight tickets. If you do not share the details which requested by the local tour operator, your domestic flight tickets can not bookable.
You will have 15kg luggage + 8kg hand bag quota per person for each domestic flight. If you will need more luggage capacity, please inform that to local tour operator. There could be some extra fee for luggage quotas more than 15kg. This is exactly about the policies of airline companies.
The ticket of the domestic flight from Istanbul to Denizli is excluded for the departures from hotels & airports in Antalya - Bodrum. This service will be replaced to private transfer from Antalya - Bodrum to Pamukkale district by minivan.
If your return hotel is different than pick-up hotel, please inform that detail immediately. If you inform that detail after organised your flight tickets, local tour operator can request extra cost because of the distances between the airports and some hotels. If you inform this type changes on service day (last day of your trip), local tour operator do not accept this last minute amending and drop you to your pick-up hotel.
If your pick-up / drop-off hotels are inside of airports (IST and SAW airports) local tour operator do not provide any hotel pick-up / drop-off service.
Hot air ballooning is a fully weather-dependent activity and the Civil Aviation Authority determines whether the flight will be held. If your flight is cancelled due to inclement weather conditions, you are entitled to a partial refund. In such a case, your refund will be processed by the day after of that trip.
The Standard Balloon Ride has an One-hour approximately flight duration with 20 to 28 people capacity basket. The flight duration could be 50-55 minutes or 65-70 minutes. This situation depend the weather conditions before landing, and pilots are decide to that within the safety rules of Civil Aviation Authority. Total activity duration is approximately 3 hours.
Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required.
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking.
This tour is not available for the bookings to children who are 17 years old and under.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers