Cappadocia 2-Day Tour from Istanbul: Flights, Cave Hotel & Transfers

Yes, payment can be made on arrival or during the tour. We send you all the details in advance so the process is smooth and secure. If you prefer a particular payment method, please let us know.

No, the balloon is optional. You can add it when you book: our standard sunrise balloon flight costs from $199 per person, and comfort and premium baskets are also available. The balloon company picks you up from your cave hotel before dawn and brings you back in time for breakfast.

Yes. Round-trip domestic flights between Istanbul and Cappadocia are included.

You stay at Medusa Cave Hotels or a similar cave-style hotel. Other room categories and hotel upgrades, including luxury options, are available on request.

Balloon flights usually take off early in the morning, between 05:00 and 07:00, depending on the weather and the season.

Two days is enough to see Cappadocia's highlights if you stay overnight. You arrive on day one, can join a sunrise balloon flight on day two, then add the optional South Cappadocia tour before the evening flight back to Istanbul. What you will not have is time for long valley hikes or a second balloon attempt if the weather cancels the flight. For more time, our 3-day Cappadocia flight package with the Red and Green tours starts from $1,050.

The flight takes about 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes, to either Kayseri (ASR) or Nevşehir Kapadokya (NAV) airport. The road transfer to the cave hotel takes about 40 minutes from Nevşehir and about an hour from Kayseri. Counting the hotel pickup in Istanbul, check-in and the transfer, allow four to five hours door to door. Both domestic flights and all transfers are included in this tour.

The price from $599 per person includes round-trip domestic flights between Istanbul and Cappadocia, one night at Medusa Cave Hotel or similar with breakfast, and every airport and hotel transfer in comfortable vehicles. Not included are the hot air balloon flight, dinners, drinks and tips. The guided South Cappadocia tour on day two is optional and can be added when you book, so you only pay for what you want.

Balloons fly only when the civil aviation authority approves the morning's weather, and wind, rain or snow can cancel all flights, most often in winter. If that happens, your balloon morning is not used and you can sleep in, watch the valleys from a viewpoint or join the optional South Cappadocia tour. With one night there is no second morning, so if the balloon is your main goal, ask us to add an extra night.

Pack light: a small cabin bag is easiest on the domestic flights and the hotel transfers. Bring your passport, which you need for domestic check-in, a warm layer for sunrise even in summer because Cappadocia sits on a plateau of about 1,000 metres, comfortable shoes for the valleys and fairy chimneys, sunglasses and a phone power bank. In winter add a hat, gloves and waterproof boots.

Yes. On calm mornings hundreds of balloons rise over Göreme just after sunrise, and you can watch them from the cave hotel terrace or from a viewpoint above the valleys. If you would rather not fly, our sunrise balloon-watching viewpoint tour costs from $35 and picks you up from your hotel before dawn, so you still get the classic photos.