The red, iron-ore bearing clay deposited by the longest river in Turkey, known to classical scholars as The Halys, has been used to make pottery in Avanos, Avanos for thousands of years. During the second millennium BCE, Avanos was inhabited by Assyrian traders, and it was later taken over by the Hittites, who called the river the "Marassantiya". Some of the techniques and designs used by potters today date back to this period. At one time every house had a potters wheel, and no family would give their daughter in marriage if the groom could not make pots!    The world’s most important Byzantine cave churches are found in these once remote valleys where monks and nuns pursued monastic life from the 3rd century on. Saint Basil, one of the three Cappadocian Fathers of the Church and Bishop of Caesarea (Kayseri) who first formulated the rules for monastic life later adapted in the west by Saint Benedict, if not familiar with the place himself, directly influenced the lifestyle of the monastic orders in these valleys. Here you can see the best preserved in-situ Byzantine cave wall paintings and frescos from the Iconoclastic period through to the end of Seljuk rule. Icons with scenes from the Old Testament and the New Testament. Pigeon Valley,The viewpoint over this awesome valley, named for the number of dovecotes carved out of the rocks, affords a spectacular view of old abandoned cave homes and old Greek houses of Uchisar. Villagers still keep pigeons for their guano, the best fertilizer for the local tufaceous soil. Pigeon guano is different from other natural fertilizers because it does not encourage, Then, we will visit a carpet manufacturing company , a private handicraft centre supported by the  government to keep the carpet manufacturing tradition alive in the Cappodocia area.   overnight in the Otel

 Day3-cappadocia:3 Days morning after Breakfast, you will be able to visit   an onyx factory, where the rock is formed into many    beautiful useful and decorative objects, Our little tea break will be at  Sultanhanı   Caravanserai  an historic inn used by merchants on the famous  place silk Road.After Lunch in Konya ,we will be about 19:00 c'lock in Alanya 

 Tour does not include:

  *-First day Breakfast and all lunch,Drinks

  *-Personal expenses,

  * -Traditional Turkish Folklore Evening,

  * -Hot air ballooning,

 * -Tip to Guid and driver

 TURKISH NlGHT SHOW

Turkish Night Show is organized not only to let you experience Turkish culture and traditions but also to have a real entertainment and show after a relaxing Cappadocia day. We pick you up from your hotel at 20:00 in winter and 20:30 in summer and drive you to one of the cave restaurants of Cappadocia where the show will be performed. The dancers, including a bride and a groom, come on the dance floor and perform the traditional way which a girl gets married in Turkey. The bride beautifully dressed in red, is moving in the centre and the groom comes up and try to impress her by making different stunts on the dance floor.
After enjoying other traditional dances such as: fire dance, Caucasian dance with knives and drum show, the night ends around 23:30 and we drive you back to your hotel for a deep sleep.

  Ballooning in Cappadocia