Turkey Round Trip Cappadocia Istanbul 2027: 6, 8 or 10 Days, Prices

A Turkey round trip with Cappadocia and Istanbul works best in 8 days: three nights in Istanbul, a domestic flight of just over an hour and four nights among the fairy chimneys, which gives you two mornings for the balloon flight. Our private Istanbul and Cappadocia round trip of 8 days costs from $2,050 per person, with hotels, domestic flights, transfers, guided tours and lunch on tour days. With less time, choose 6 days; to add Ephesus and Pamukkale, plan 2 weeks. You fly nonstop from Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Rotterdam or Brussels to Istanbul, and Dutch and Belgian citizens may enter Turkey with their ID card.

This guide was written first in Dutch for travellers from the Netherlands and Flanders who are choosing between 6, 8 or 10 days, between flying and the night bus, and between a private trip and an organised group tour. Our prices were checked on 31 October 2026 and apply to 2027; other facts carry their source.

Turkey round trip Cappadocia and Istanbul: 6, 8 or 10 days

Premium Istanbul and Cappadocia round trip 6 days, from $1,250 per person

The question we hear most from the Netherlands and Belgium is not where to go but for how long. Istanbul and Cappadocia are more than 700 kilometres apart, and how you split the nights decides how much you really see. These are our set programmes, hotel included, prices per person:

The 6-day round trip is tight. Two nights in Istanbul means one Old City day and one day for the car tour and the Bosphorus, with no slack if your flight is late. The 8-day round trip is the one we recommend to most Dutch and Flemish guests: four nights in Cappadocia give you a second morning for the balloon if the first is cancelled. Pick the 10-day round trip if Istanbul draws you as much as the landscape: five nights in the city, with a food tour, a hammam and a daytime Bosphorus cruise added.

Private Istanbul and Cappadocia round trip 8 days, from $2,050 per person

If you have already arranged Istanbul yourself, add Cappadocia on its own with the two-day or three-day trip from the table. Every combination is on our page of Cappadocia tour packages.

Turkey round trip of 2 weeks: adding Ephesus, Pamukkale and the coast

Two weeks of holiday is common in the Netherlands and Flanders, and then the route changes. After Istanbul and Cappadocia you fly on to the west: the Roman city of Ephesus near Selçuk and the white travertine terraces of Pamukkale. If you want a few beach days after that, finish on the Aegean coast or in Antalya, which in season has many flights back to the Benelux.

Cappadocia, Pamukkale and Ephesus 5 days from Istanbul, from $1,280 per person

A practical shape for 14 days: four nights in Istanbul, three or four in Cappadocia, one in Pamukkale, two in Ephesus and the rest by the sea. Our Grand Turkey round trip of 10 days covers the cultural core from $2,800 per person; the Best of Turkey round trip of 15 days from $3,980. If you have already chosen the 8-day trip, add the two-day Ephesus and Pamukkale tour with flights from $675 per person. All longer routes are among our Turkey tour packages.

What the round trip includes, and what you pay on top

The 6, 8 and 10-day trips include hotels with breakfast (mid-range from our selection, with your approval), the domestic flights, all transfers, a guided Old City tour (Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, Topkapı, the Basilica Cistern, the Grand Bazaar), a private city tour by car, a Bosphorus dinner cruise, the Red and Green Tours in Cappadocia, entrance tickets and lunch on tour days. The 8-day trip adds a Turkish Night with dinner and show. The 10-day trip also has a food tour, a daytime Bosphorus cruise, a hammam and spa and horse riding through the valleys.

Best of Istanbul and Cappadocia 10 days, from $2,499 per person

You pay the international flight to Istanbul, drinks with meals, personal expenses and tips yourself. The balloon flight is left out on purpose: it depends on the weather, and a prepaid flight that is cancelled on your only morning helps nobody. Prices are in dollars; the switch at the top of the site shows them in euros.

Domestic flight or night bus to Cappadocia

From Istanbul to Cappadocia you can fly or take the bus. The flight to Kayseri or Nevşehir takes about 1 hour 20, and from the airport you are in Göreme or Ürgüp within an hour.

Cappadocia 2 days from Istanbul with flight and cave hotel, from $599 per person

The night bus leaves around 21:00 or 22:00 from the Esenler or Alibeyköy bus stations and takes 8.5 to 11 hours, according to timetable sites such as Bookaway and Rome2rio (checked October 2026). It saves a hotel night, but you arrive worn out on the day you most want to see things. On a 6 or 8-day round trip we therefore advise against the bus. All our packages include the return flights, with transfers to and from the hotel.

Private round trip with a guide or organised group tour

In the Benelux many people know the organised group tour from large tour operators such as Corendon and TUI. The format is fixed: a charter flight, often to Antalya, a coach with a group of anywhere from a handful to several dozen travellers, set departure dates, half board and a programme you cannot change. Some of these trips do not include Istanbul, and the days on the coach are long.

A private round trip with a guide works differently. You choose the departure date, the transfers and the car tour are for your party only, and you set the pace. The Red and Green Tours in Cappadocia may run in a small group; each package page says which. Shared group tours are in English. For private days we work with guides licensed by the Turkish ministry who speak Dutch; we are a TÜRSAB-licensed agency and confirm the guide's language in writing before you pay.

Flights from Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Rotterdam and Brussels, and your ID card

Private Istanbul and Cappadocia round trip 8 days, from $2,050 per person

From Schiphol, Turkish Airlines flies nonstop several times a day to Istanbul Airport (IST) in about 3 hours 30. From Eindhoven and Rotterdam The Hague Airport, Pegasus flies nonstop to Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) on the Asian side; schedules on booking sites listed four to five flights a week from Eindhoven in 2026. From Brussels Airport, Turkish Airlines flies to IST in about 3 hours 25, and from Charleroi Pegasus goes to SAW. Check the current timetable with the airline before you book.

A useful trick: book a Turkish Airlines ticket to Istanbul with the return from Kayseri via Istanbul, so you do not have to go back to the city for your last night. Turkey stays on UTC+3 all year: in summer it is one hour later than at home, in winter two.

Dutch and Belgian citizens need no visa for stays of up to 90 days within 180 days. Both Belgium and the Netherlands are on the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs list of countries whose citizens may enter Turkey with their national identity card (mfa.gov.tr, checked 31 October 2026). Airlines apply their own document rules, so check those in advance. Take your ID card on the domestic flights to Cappadocia as well: it is checked at boarding.

Balloon flight in Cappadocia: prices and cancellations

Cappadocia sunrise balloon flight, standard, from $199 per person

Our prices per person: the standard sunrise balloon flight from $199, the comfort basket from $275, premium from $399 and a private balloon for your party alone from $2,999. If you would rather stay on the ground, the morning tour to a viewpoint costs from $35.

Every morning the Turkish aviation authority decides whether the balloons may take off. With too much wind nobody goes up, and you get your money back or move to the next day. This happens more often in winter, from December to February. Book the balloon for your first morning in Cappadocia so you keep a spare morning. Basket types, how many balloons fly each morning and the best months are explained in our Cappadocia hot air balloon guide for Dutch travellers.

School holidays 2027 and the best months

Cappadocia 3 days from Istanbul with Red and Green Tour, from $1,050 per person

The most pleasant weather for a round trip is from April to June and from September to early November. In July and August Istanbul goes above 30 degrees and is crowded; in winter there is sometimes snow on the rocks in Cappadocia, which is beautiful but brings more balloon cancellations.

The Dutch May holiday and the Flemish Easter holiday fall in the best period of the year. Keep the Turkish Feast of the Sacrifice in mind, around 16 to 19 May 2027, when many Turks travel themselves and hotels in Cappadocia fill up quickly.

Sample plan: 3 days in Cappadocia after Istanbul

Day 1. Morning flight from Istanbul to Kayseri or Nevşehir, transfer to your cave hotel in Göreme or Uçhisar. In the afternoon the Red Tour: the Göreme Open-Air Museum with its rock-cut churches, Paşabağ, Devrent Valley and a potter in Avanos.

Day 2. Picked up at half past four for the balloon flight. After breakfast the Green Tour: the underground city of Derinkuyu or Kaymaklı, a walk through Ihlara Valley with lunch by the river and the rock monastery of Selime.

Day 3. Spare morning for the balloon if yesterday's flight was cancelled, otherwise a walk through Pigeon Valley to Uçhisar. In the afternoon the flight back to Istanbul or on to Ephesus.

To find out which date suits you, send your travel dates and the number of travellers on WhatsApp +90 545 307 67 88. We reply in Dutch or English and send a proposal the same day. Feel free to compare our Cappadocia tour packages and the other Turkey tour packages first.

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