Türkiye 2025:

Optional Cappadocia Tour Extension with our Turkish partners, Peten Travel

This schedule is subject to change dependent on whether or other factors that may impact our experience.

Tue, 16th Sept Arrival in Cappadocia - Hotel Yunak Evleri  (4 nights)

Classic twins or double bed rooms available

  • Our local guide and driver meet and greet you at  NAV / or ASR airport

  • Assisted check in

  • If the time permits, an orientation  walking tour of the town of Urgup


Wed, 17th Sept

  • Hot Air Balloon Tour (60 min with max 16 passengers) (weather permitting, refundable if not)

    • Pick-up / Drop-off : 4:00 a.m or 4:30 a.m / 8:00 a.m or 08:30 a.m

  • Rest & Relax

  • Guided Tour starts at 10:30

    • Stop at Esentepe for the panoramic view of Goreme Valley

    • Visit Goreme Open-Air Museum - UNESCO World Heritage Site

    • Fairy Chimneys

    • Uchisar Castle

Thu, 18th Sept

  • Devrent & Pashabag (Monks’) Valleys

  • Soft walking White (Love) Valley

  • Underground City

  • Visit the traditional local pottery & ceramic workshop

  • Whirling Dervish Performance in the 13th century Seljuk caravanserai

  • Sunset over the Rose & Red Valleys

Fri, 19th Sept

  • Cooking Class at a Turkish family house & lunch

  • Hiking the Rose & Red Velleys

  • End the day at the town of Mustafa Pasha (Sinasos)

  • Sunset over the Valley

Sat, 20th Sept Fly to Dalaman (our port of embarkation) via Istanbul

Hotel check-out : 01:00 a.m

Airport road transfer takes 1h15 min

Domestic Flights :

03:35 am: Kayseri (ASR)- Istanbul (IST)- TK 2023 (Arrive: 05:10 a.m, Flight duration : 1H 35MIN)

06:40 am: Istanbul (IST)-Dalaman (DLM)- TK2552  (Arrive: 8:00 a.m, Flight duration: 1H 20MIN)


Total cost per person in Classic double / twin occupancy for 4 nights:

Min 5 guests, Max 7 guests: €2690 (Euro) per person, double occupancy

Min 8 guests, Max 10 guests: €2360 (Euro) per person, double occupancy

Single room supplement: €440 (Euro)

Deluxe Double / Twin: €160 (Euro)

Cost includes:

  • 4 nights hotel accommodation, Breakfast, all taxes- Complimentary WiFi

  • Hot Air Balloon (60 min) (refundable if the balloon tour is cancelled due to the weather)

  • Whirling Dervish Performance (60 min)

  • Cooking Class and lunch

  • Registered, professional local guide 

  • All ground transportation by fully air-conditioned vehicle

  • Group arrival & departure airport transfers by Mercedes Sprinter

  • All admissions

  • Domestic Flights Kayseri (ASR) to Dalaman (DLM) (Economy Class- Prime Fly)


Cost excludes:

  • Flights to Kayseri, Türkiye (Kayseri Erkilet Airport = ASR) or Tuzkoy, Türkiye (Nevsehir Kapadokya Airport = NAV)

  • Lunches & dinners

  • Airport transfer from Dalaman Airport to Marmaris (you will be transferred as a group and SwimVacation covers this!)

  • Personal expenses such as laundry, room service, beverages

  • Gratuities

Please note, we cannot customize this exciting tour option with Peten. Commitment to the entire tour is required for participation.

You will need (and will book on your own) flights from home to Kayseri, Türkiye (ASR) or Tuzkoy, Türkiye (NAV) arriving on 16th of September for this tour.

You will need (and will book on your own) flights from Dalaman, Türkiye (DLM) to home after your SwimVacation on 27th September.

Most common flights from and to the US pass through Istanbul (IST), where you might need a night depending on flight schedules. There are some flights leaving from Dalaman that fly directly to various European cities where you can continue on to the US.

Please let us know if you plan to join this tour before our SwimVacation by March 1 2025!

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