Cappadocia Red Tour - Classic Route (Popular)
Description
Best Cappadocia day tour is ‘Red Tour’. This Cappadocia tour will take you to historical sights found in the central and northern region of Cappadocia, including Zelve Open Museum, Çavuşin, Pasabağ, Devrent Valley, Uçhisar and more! Explore Cappadocia with the best guides of Cappadocia
Tour Options
Itinerary
Uçhisar Castle, the highest rock formation in the region. The guide will explain just how this amazing landscape came into existence.
At Zelve Open Air museum the guide will explain the importance of Christianity and monastic life in Cappadocia before leaving you free to explore the 10th and 11th century cave churches and monasteries with beautifully painted frescoes depicting famous biblical scenes
See the old Greek houses in Çavuşin village, abandoned during the Greek/Turkish population exchange in 1924.
Enjoy a buffet-style lunch in Avanos, offering a wide range of Turkish food including mezes, salads, meat and vegetarian dishes and desserts. Still in Avanos, visit an authentic family-run pottery workshop located in an underground cave. Clay from the Kızılırmak (Red) River was first used in pottery production by the Hitites prior to 1700BC and continues as an art form today. Watch a master demonstrate how to make a pot, and watch the the painters and glazers apply their delicate patterns. Have a go at the potter’s wheel yourself and make your own unique pot if you wish.
In Paşabağı (also known as Monks Valley because of the Chapel of Saint Simeon found there) wander through the unusual clusters of multi-headed mushroom-shaped “fairy chimneys” (rock formations).
Devrent Valley (“Imagination Valley”) - a stunning valley where you can spot natural rock formations in many recognisable shapes, including the famous camel-shaped rock. Use your imagination and see what other shapes you can find.
This tour is organizing in Cappadocia
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Göreme, Çavuşin, Avanos, Ortahisar, Ürgüp and Uçhisar area
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(550)
Elif was very informative, funny and with perfect english. Great tour included nice lunch. They provided cold water after every stop that was a nice touch. Sales stop at the ceramic shop was informative and not pushy. Overall we enjoyed the Red Tour.
Great experience! Time was actually well used, I recommend it
Excellent experience. I recommend
We did the red tour with Gorgeous travel and they have excellent customer service! We wanted to change our date of tour and even though it was past the cancellation period and just few hours to the tour they still changed it for us without any issues. The tour was well organised and we were well fed and hydrated throughout the trip (thanks Mehmet our driver ☺️) Our tour guide Ali - Excellent guide, cant praise him enough! So much knowledge and passion for what he does, it shines through! He managed to tailor the tour to everyone in the group even though we were different ages, he kept our kids engaged throughout the tour and gave us so much history and information about different events. He explained how the different rockformations were formed by using analogies and pictures which made it so easy to understand even for the kids. We thoroughly enjoyed the tour! Ali is the man!!
This was such a great experience, we had Ali as our tour guide and he was just amazing! So much knowledge and full of enthusiasm! He was really captivating and kept our three kids engaged throughout the trip! We all learnt so much about the Turkish history and culture from him. Highly recommend Ali- he is the dude to go with!!
It was an amazing Red Tour experience with our very patient and knowledgeable tour guide, Mr. Bayram. He explained everything so clearly and interestingly that everyone listened attentively to his stories and explanations. We were truly amazed by the history and learned so much during the tour. Thank you, Mr. Bayram, for making our experience memorable and enjoyable!
Bayram is an excellent tour guide keeping us interested all the time while making it happen on time and in schedule.
Bayram was an exceptional guide. He immersed us in the history and traditions of a fascinating region like Cappadocia. The tour was well organized, with a good balance between explanations and free time for photos/exploration. A special mention for the lunch break (included in the price) at a great little restaurant in Avanos. Unlimited fresh water provided for the participants.
Very organized tour. Scenery and the historyof these places are amazing. Elif, our tour guide is very knowledgeable.
We just came back from our Red Tour of Cappadocia and couldn’t be more satisfied. Bayram was an absolute pleasure as our tour guide. His explanations were clear, and he is incredibly knowledgeable. I learned so many fascinating things about each stop, and he made the whole day feel much more interesting and meaningful. The tour was exactly as promised, with all entrance fees covered, so we were able to skip the line and walk right in. Lunch was also delicious, with many options to choose from, including vegetarian choices, which is very inclusive. I definitely recommend this tour, and especially recommend asking for Bayram. We did both the Green and Red Tours with him, and we were very glad we did!
