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Cappadocia Hot Air Balloon Ride
Cappadocia Tours
Cappadocia Tours
Cappadocia Hot Air Balloon Ride
Cappadocia Hot Air Balloon Ride

Wonders of Cappadocia : 2 Days Travel from Istanbul - Including Balloon Ride

By Turkey Experiences
10 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is ￥133,624 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Overview

Charming valleys and fairy chimneys of Cappadocia, white travertine terraces of Pamukkale and Salda crater lake are Turkey’s most photographed natural wonders. Also, explore the ancient Roman ruins of Hierapolis, and enjoy a memorable scenic sunrise flight by Hot Air Balloon (Included) in Cappadocia. This 3-days travel to Cappadocia, Pamukkale, Salda Lake is including 2 nights hotel accommodation, domestic flight tickets from Istanbul to Cappadocia - Pamukkale to Istanbul, Hot Air Balloon Ride, ATV Quad Bike Safari, transfers at the mentioned airports in the itinerary, bus ticket from Cappadocia to Pamukkale, Entrance fees of museums, national parks, ruins mentioned in the itinerary, professional tour guides licensed by the Ministry of Culture & Tourism for duration of the day tours.

Activity location

  • Istanbul
    • Istanbul, Turkiye

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Cappadocia
    • Turkiye

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

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Silver Package
  • Activity duration is 2 days2d2d
  • English

Accommodation: Dedeli Konak Cave Hotel - Stay at Stone Room
Hot Air Balloon Ride: INCLUDED
Money Back Guarantee: If your balloon ride is cancelled due to poor weather conditions, you will be refunded cost of balloon ride.
Domestic Flights: Round Trip flight tickets between Istanbul and Cappadocia are INCLUDED.
Tour Language: The daily tour(s) will be organised with professional licenced English-speaking guides.
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 4:00am
Price details
￥133,624 x 1 Adult￥133,624
Total
Price is ￥133,624
Gold Package
  • Activity duration is 2 days2d2d
  • English

Accommodation: 1811 Cave Hotel - Guarantee to Stay at Cave Room
Hot Air Balloon Ride: INCLUDED
Money Back Guarantee: If your balloon ride is cancelled due to poor weather conditions, you will be refunded cost of balloon ride.
Tour Language: The daily tour(s) will be organised with professional licenced English-speaking guides.
Domestic Flights: Round Trip flight tickets between Istanbul and Cappadocia are INCLUDED.
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 4:00am
Price details
￥146,805 x 1 Adult￥146,805
Total
Price is ￥146,805
Diamond Package
  • Activity duration is 2 days2d2d
  • English

Accommodation: Exedra Hotel - Guarantee to Stay at Cave Room
Hot Air Balloon Ride: INCLUDED
Money Back Guarantee: If your balloon ride is cancelled due to poor weather conditions, you will be refunded cost of balloon ride.
Domestic Flights: Round Trip flight tickets between Istanbul and Cappadocia are INCLUDED.
Tour Language: The daily tour(s) will be organised with professional licenced English-speaking & Spanish-speaking guides.
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 4:00am
Price details
￥170,202 x 1 Adult￥170,202
Total
Price is ￥170,202
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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedTransfers at the mentioned airports for domestic flights in the itinerary
  • What's includedWhat's includedFlight Tickets : Istanbul to Denizli - Izmir to Istanbul or Izmir to Cappadocia
  • What's includedWhat's includedXX nights hotel accommodation including breakfast
  • What's includedWhat's includedHotel pick-up & drop-off services for each mentioned tours and transfers on itinerary
  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional tour guide who licenced by Ministry of Culture and Tourism
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedDinner & Drinks
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntrance fees of the museums (Your guide will have pre-paid tickets to skip the line.)

Know before you book

  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • 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 "Hotel Arcadia Blue" and "Radisson Blu Hotel İstanbul Pera" in Istanbul - "1811 Cave Boutique Hotel" and "Zeydem Suites 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 six 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.
  • 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. Your refund rate will be the difference between options of "included balloon ride" and "excluded balloon ride" for the cancellations of the hot air balloon ride.
  • 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.
  • The children who 5 years old and under are not allowed to balloon tours.
  • Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults. If you will be 1 adult + 1 child, local tour operator can request & charge the amount of 2 adults.

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Flight from Istanbul to Denizli – Pamukkale, Hierapolis, Laodicea Tour - Overnight at Kusadasi
  • 12 stops
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: Not included
Istanbul
  • 1h
The travel services will begin with a transfer from your hotel to the airport. Your driver will meet you at the reception of your hotel or at your Airbnb address if parking is available. You will then be transported to the airport for your flight from Istanbul to Denizli.
Denizli Çardak Airport
  • 1h
Upon arrival Denizli Cardak airport, your tour guide and another driver will meet you at the exit gate of the arrival terminal, and then you will start the full-day tour to Pamukkale Natural Park, Hierapolis Ancient City, Laodicea Ancient City.
Hierapolis & Pamukkale
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
The highlights of Hierapolis Ancient City are Necropolis, Roman Baths, Domitian Gate, Latrina, Oil Factory, Frontinus Street, Agora, Byzantium Gate, Triton Fountain, Cathedral, Apollon Temple, Plutonium, Theater and Antique Pool. During visits to these ancient ruins, you can take some photos from the nicest corners of the Pamukkale.
Pamukkale Thermal Pools
  • 1h
After visited the Hierapolis Ancient City, you will have free time for about 60-75 minutes to explore the natural beauties of the Pamukkale, and swim at white travertines - thermal pools (or antique pool - Cleopatra’s pool with extra fee). Then meet again with your guide, start walking in the middle of travertines from up to down without shoes and socks.
Cleopatra Pools
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
Situated above the Pamukkale white travertine pools is one particularly spectacular location fed by the same hot springs. Here you can bath in the same waters in which Cleopatra once swam! A professionally run modern spa facility allows you to enjoy these historical healing waters. Unlike the white water of the lower pools the Antique Pool favored by Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, is pure clear warm water. Once it was surmounted by a Roman Temple to Apollo with ornate roof held up with Doric columns. Imagine how Cleopatra must have experienced this when you imagine it in it's glory day.
Pamukkale
  • 1h
You will stop at a local restaurant for your lunch. Today’s lunch is included during guided tour.
Karahayit
  • 30m
After the lunch, you will have experience traditional handcraft workshop for get lecture about the special stones/metals of Pamukkale.
Laodicea
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Excavations here have revealed artifacts dating from 3500 BC (Late Chalcolithic) to 3000 BC (Early Bronze Age). The city’s name comes from the Seleucid king Antiochus ii, who named it for his wife Laodike in the 3rd century BC when it was thriving. Later controlled by the kings of Pergamum, it was willed to the Roman Empire, and thrived again from the 4th to 6th centuries. Its importance then numbered it among the Seven Churches of Revelation.
pamukkale tandem paragliding
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
Pamukkale Paragliding Adventure (Optional Attraction – You can add this attraction to your experiences with extra cost.) : See Pamukkale’s glistening white travertine and ancient Hierapolis, including the enormous theater, from the air on this short-but-sweet paragliding experience with a seasoned pilot. You will race off the edge of a slope about 1,300 feet (400 meters) up, then glide on the breezes over the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Kusadasi
  • 2h 30m
After your tour to Pamukkale Natural Park - Hierapolis Ancient City - Laodicea Ancient City, you will be transferred to your hotel in Kusadasi.
Kusadasi Castle
This small castle is picturesque Byzantine fortress stands on the causeway-connected Guvercin Adasi (Pigeon Island) and has recently been renovated. *** There is no any visit to this place on tour. You can visit there by your own after we dropped you to your hotel in Kusadasi.
Okuz Mehmet Pasa KervansarayI
This caravanserai was built by the Grand Vizier Okuz Mehmed Pasha to support maritime trade in the region. This historical building is opposite to Kusadasi cruise port. *** There is no any visit to this place on tour. You can visit there by your own after we dropped you to your hotel in Kusadasi.
Day 2: Guided Tour to Ephesus and Its Surroundings - Flight from Izmir to Cappadocia - - Overnight at Cappadocia
  • 8 stops
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: Not included
Kuşadası
  • 10m
After enjoying breakfast at your hotel, the tour guide will pick you up around 09:00 AM for a full-day tour to Ephesus and its surroundings. *** At the end of the tour, you will be directly transferred to Izmir Airport for your flight to Cappadocia.
Kusadasi Gazi Begendi Park
  • 15m
Before drive to Ephesus area, you will stop at the Gazi Begendi Park (Hill) for you can take photos of the amazing Kusadasi Bay.
Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House)
  • 45m
  • Admission ticket not included
Your first visit will be the pilgrimage point claimed to be the last home of the Virgin Mary. Once you arrive there you will be thrilled by the natural beauty that surrounds the monument.
Ancient City of Ephesus
  • 1h 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
Your next visit will be the Ephesus Ancient City. Ephesus was one of the most important harbor cities in antique world and also it is mentioned in the book of Revelations as one of the seven churches. Also Celsus Library and theater in Ephesus are the other highlights. You will see the Celcus Library, Temple of Hadrian, Fountain of Trajan, Odeon, Agora, Fountain of Domitian, Hercule Gate, Grand Theater, Nike, Ancient Toilets and more during tour in this ancient city.
Selcuk
  • 1h
You will stop at a traditional Turkish restaurant for your lunch. Today’s lunch is included during guided tour. After the lunch, you will have experience in a traditional handcraft co-operative for get lecture about the special arts of Turkish villagers.
The Basilica of Saint John
  • 45m
  • Admission ticket not included
You will visit this ancient Basilica dedicated to the author of Revelation St. John. According to the legend St. John died in this church after having written the Fourth Gospel and the Basilica was built by the Emperor Justinian over St. Johns burial place.
Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport
  • 1h
At the end of the tour, you will be transferred to Izmir airport for your flight to Cappadocia.
Cappadocia
  • 1h
Upon your arrival at Cappadocia airport, another driver will meet you at the exit gate of the arrival terminal and transfer you to your hotel in Cappadocia.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESIstanbul
    • Istanbul, Turkiye

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLECappadocia
    • Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEUçhisar
    • Uçhisar, Nevşehir, Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEÜrgüp
    • Ürgüp, Nevşehir, Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEİstanbul
    • İstanbul, İstanbul, Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEAvanos
    • Avanos, Nevşehir, Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEOrtahisar
    • 50650, Ortahisar, Nevşehir, Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEGöreme
    • 50180, Göreme, Nevşehir, Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEKuşadası
    • Kuşadası, Aydın, Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLESelçuk
    • Selçuk, İzmir, Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEBodrum
    • Bodrum, Muğla, Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEAntalya
    • Antalya, Antalya, Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEMarmaris
    • Marmaris, Muğla, Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEİzmir
    • İzmir, İzmir, Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEPamukkale
    • 20190, Pamukkale, Denizli, Turkiye

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