Turkey · UNESCO Heritage Sites

7-Hour North Cappadocia Tour with Göreme and Avanos Pottery

7 Hours Round trip from Cappadocia Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights

01 Visit the UNESCO-listed Göreme Open Air Museum and its Byzantine cave churches
02 Discover the three-headed fairy chimneys and hermit cells of Pashabagi
03 Explore the surreal rock formations of Devrent, also known as Imagination Valley
04 Experience Avanos' traditional pottery art at a family workshop and demonstration
05 End at Uçhisar Castle, the highest point in Cappadocia

Explore North Cappadocia on a full-day tour through the region's most iconic landscapes and heritage sites. Visit the UNESCO-listed Göreme Open Air Museum, discover the striking rock formations of Pashabagi and Devrent Valley, and enjoy time in Avanos, the town of traditional pottery art. Learn about local pottery at a family workshop with a kick-wheel pottery demonstration, and finish at Uçhisar Castle, the highest point in Cappadocia.

Meet your tour guide and begin with a visit to the Göreme Open Air Museum, where you can see some of the world's most important Byzantine cave churches.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 7 Hours

Tour type Shared

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Not included

Transport Not included

Wheelchair access Yes

Cities Cappadocia, Avanos

Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

Day 01

Göreme, Pashabagi, Avanos and Uçhisar Castle

Meet your tour guide and begin with a visit to the Göreme Open Air Museum, where you can see some of the world's most important Byzantine cave churches. Göreme Open Air Museum is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Your next stop is Pashabagi, also called Monks Valley, because Christian hermits chose to locate hermit cells and churches in these three-headed pinnacles.
Continue to Devrent Valley, also known as Imagination Valley, with its surreal-looking landscape. Have lunch in Avanos in one of the cave restaurants. Avanos is the town of traditional pottery art, so you will also visit one of the family workshops to learn about pottery and enjoy a kick-wheel pottery demonstration after lunch.
End the day at Uçhisar Castle, the highest point of Cappadocia.