Day 1: Our guide and driver meet us at Cappadocia airport in the morning and we start for Soganli, one of the oldest Christian settlements of Cappadocia in a wild natural setting. We will then drive further on thru the potato and wheat farms and vineyards, visiting en route Keslik Monastery and the Medrese at Taskinpasa, to Mustafapasa, which was called Sinasos in the pre-Republic times and abandoned by the Greek polulation following the population exchange in 1924.

There is still a Turkish population around 1000 in Mustafapasa, and lunch will be served in an old Greek House by a Turkish family in the most traditional way. After sipping our coffee (or tea) in the village coffee house, we will hike in the beautiful Red Valley and drive to our hotel for the end of the day.

Day 2: Our day begins with a short drive to Devrent Valley, where your guide introduces you to the lunar landscape of Cappadocia. Driving between the strange rock formations another 5 minutes, we arrive in Zelve Open Air Museum, and visit the Iconoclast churches, a mill, and a house. After a photo stop in Pasabag Fairy Chimneys valley, we head on to Avanos, the ancient Venessa for lunch at a local restaurant.

We are now heading on to Goreme. Goreme is probably the climax of our day, with its churches, as old as Christianity, its colorful frescoes, and its interesting landscape. We end our day on top of the Uchisar Castle. The biggest fairy chimney in Cappadcoia which enables us to see Cappadocia from one end to the other.

Day 3: We drive thru the villages of Cappadocia to Kaymakli (or Derinkuyu) to descend down about 80 ft under the ground and then drive on to Ihlara Valley to hike all the way to the ancient Peristrema Village following the narrow stream. Lunch will be served in a village restaurant by the little stream.

After lunch, we can either hike the other half or travel on to visit the Agzikarahan Caravanserai which hosted the Silk Road merchants that transported commercial good from the East to the West.

We transfer back to Cappadocia Airport in the evening and fly to Istanbul.