DAY 1: Full day touring in Cappadocia: Meet at Cappadocia drive to Goreme Valley (Turkish Bizarre Land and Open Air Museum): Then visit to Kaymakli Underground city, where early Christians hide from persecutors to visit and its rock churches and monasteries, decorated with colourful frescoes, Drive to Zelve, Pasa Baglari - Avanos the ancient village and its 'Fairy Chimneys' visit some ancient pottery shop and antiquities. Drive to Konya (3 hrs drive time). Upon arrival transfer to hotel in Konya and overnight (L)
DAY 2: Visit to Catalhoyuk : After breakfast drive and to visit Catalhoyuk. Catalhoyuk is the site of a Neolithic town. It is the oldest town excavated, dating from around 6000 BC. It's a town that's almost 8,000 years old. The walls of the houses were all connected. There were no streets in the town. if you wanted to move around, you walked over the flat tops of the houses. There were no city walls, and it's presumed the walls of the outermost houses served as city walls. A fair bit of excavation has been done, and we had already seen some of the artifacts from Catalhoyuk at the Anatolian Civilisations Museum in Ankara. We return to our hotel or transfer to Konya airport. End of tour. (B,L).
OPTIONEL TOURS: (Extra Paying Tours): If requested from us we can arrange extention overstay in your hotel or Cave Hotel and offering extra tours:
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