We had an excellent private tour with Serap not only in Cappadocia but also a personalised archelogoical tour covering Mt Nemrut, Sanliurfa, Gobekli Tepe, Harran and Gaziantep amongst other smaller places as well. The whole area (close to the Syrian border) is an excellent destination for those with a passion in archeology and human evolution. Arguably, a lot of discoveries in the region have yet to be uncovered but Gobekitepe is really worth seeing as it is most likely where humans, as hunter-gatherers, first made the transition to a more settled life as the first agriculturalists. Serap is very knowledgable and fully certified and that makes a difference when you do a tailored off-the beaten trip like ours.
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What's Included
Includes
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Professional English Speaking Tour Guide in English
Excludes
- Lunch
- Your choice of museums will be visited
- Gratuities
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Traveler pick up offered
Itinerary
One of the oldest cave monasteries of Cappadocia, offers cave churches and amazing rock formations. Possible to alter it with Goreme Open Air Museum for those who would prefer to visit Goreme Open Air Musuem instead.
Pasabag Valley is known to be the valley of the mushroom shaped rock formations called the fairy chimneys..This is also called as the Monks Valley.
Kaymaklı Underground city is one of the largest underground cities of Cappadocia.
Avanos is the town of the traditional pottery making in Cappadocia where the art started 4000 years aga and still continue by passing from father to son.
Beautifull view point looking over the Pegion Valley
Look out point over Goreme
It is also called the imagination valley due to the different rock formations in the valley
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Serab was a fantastic guide! Out whole experience with the company was fantastic. Responsive, communicated clearly, reliable details that were exactly as they had indicated. They customized our tour and even did some adapting and adding thing during the day. Serab clearly wanted our experience to be positive and he wanted to show us things we were interested in learning about. We loved each one: open air museum, the churches there, the underground city, a great lunch spot, space bazaar, pottery demonstration etc. They picked us up at our hotel as planned and on time. Serab was fun, knowledgeable, strong communication skills and had a wide array of knowledge that we tapped in to. He knew we had booked a hot air balloon for the next morning and since he was a former pilot for the balloons, he could tell us a lot about how things were regulated and the training etc. That was very interesting to us. The sights we saw throughout the day were amazing and he was able to answer the many questions we bombarded him with. We all love learning. He made the whole day enjoyable for our group of four. Would highly recommend their company. And will definitely want to use them again when we come back in the future.
We had a wonderful day in Cappadocia. Serap communicated clearly and with helpful information prior to our day. Her husband Mustafa lead our tour along with an expert and gracious van driver. Mustafa’s 31 years of experience living in Cappadocia, along with his work as a hot air balloon pilot and instructor, and travel agent, allowed him to add very interesting insights and historical facts as we toured together. Our basic plan was for the Goreme Open Air Museum, an Underground City guided tour, and lunch. But we were also able to fit in photo opportunities along the drive, a spice market, and pottery shop demonstration. We were 2 couples ages 66-72, and loved the entire day-long tour, starting at 9 am from our hotel and ending there at 4:30 pm. Kudos to Reliable Travel!!
Thank to Serap, we could do it! Perfect expirience, smooth landing and the pleasant wind took us above Love velley. We really enjoied every minute.
Serap was really nice and dedicated with us, she really help us with the balloon experience which we book from one day to the other. Thank you Serap, I really recommend her
Me and my family visited Summer 2024 I highly recommend this agent for following reasons: Great communication and response time. Transparent information. Very polite. No pressure to sale or up sale.
We found Serap and Reliable Travel through Trip Advisor. It was the 5-star reviews that convinced us to engage with her, and we were so happy that we did! Thanks to Serap, we had an amazing first experience of Türkiye. We are a family of 6, (3 teenagers and a 10-year old). We spent 3 nights in Istanbul, 3 nights in Selçuk, 1 night in Pamukkale and 6 nights in Kemer. Serap organized all of our transport needs including to and from the airports and some guided tours (Istanbul, Selçuk/Ephesus and Pamukkale), as well as a hot air balloon ride in Pamukkale. The transport services were impeccable, the minibus always comfortable for our big family, and the drivers always on time! The suggested program was a great mix of history, culture and fun things to accommodate all of us. Leyla was our guide in Selçuk and Pamukkale, and she is a wonderful person and an amazing guide with expansive knowledge, a well-structured way of explaining historical events, and faultless English. We would recommend Leyla to anyone visiting Ephesus or Pamukkale. We have not yet had the chance to meet Serap in person as we did not include Cappadocia in our itinerary, but we plan to return to Türkiye and hope to meet her soon!
We had an amazing time in Cappadocia thanks to Serap. In planning our activities she was super helpful and responsive and gave us amazing suggestions. She arranged a day tour for us which was spectacular. Her husband, Mustafa was our tour guide and he was amazing!! We saw great sites, lunch was perfect, and they made sure the kids were having fun. Thank you!!!
Serap was very good in communicating and making sure everything was done right for the ballon ride. The ride itself was fantastic. Lived up to its hype and exceeded it by far. Would highly recommend to anyone who’s visiting Cappadocia and Serap is very dependable and accommodating to changes.
We did a 2-day customized, private tour with Serap and Mustafa. It was phenomenal. They organized everything from airport transfers, hot air balloon ride, green tour + red tour. We were a family of 9 (incl. 4 kids) and Mustafa was so patient with the little ones. He made the stories easy to understand and entertaining. Serap is quick to reply and accommodated our customization requests. I would not hesitate to use Reliable Travel again! Highly recommended.
This was my first trip to Cappadocia and we really wanted to do the Hot Air Balloon ride. Had booked one through another website at over $250 perpetson and we were six in the group. We saw Serap’s name on few FB groups, connected with her and decided to trust her. She came through with flying colors. She got us the best experience and saved us $150 per person. Everything was great, booking, pickup, hot air balloon experience, the right valleys, the champaign, light breakfast. All perfect!!
Absolutely amazing experience with reliable travel Serap Aga is very experienced local guide and tour operator in Cappadocia very knowledgeable she explained us all the history behind this lovely city We booked with her private two days tour from airport pick up to city tour and activities was very organised and in time She made our travel plan very exciting we did complete city tour underground city castles hot Air Baloon local manufacturing hubs and factory outlets lot of view points were covered It was two days in Cappadocia and we found we should have stayed for 2 more extra nights due to further Antalya plan we can not changed it Loved her personal touch and attention to details for travellers very easy going lady I will recommend to book with her if you are in Cappadocia she can help in lot of other cities as well Her Agency is right in the heart of the city we booked through Facebook earlier we were like we are booking with unknown agency don’t know how it will go but it was feeling like home with her through out out tour Best of luck we see you soon once we are back again:)
Serap is an amazing tour organiser, she made sure we get the best hot air balloon tour at the right time and at the right price, She also assisted us with the quad bike tour , With all the online bookings and local office agents, I found her the best. Much recommended.
I typically don’t write reviews and feel compelled to write one for Reliable Travel. Serap and her staff, including her husband, ensured that we had a wonderful experience during our time in Turkey and Cappadocia. All transfers worked well, hotel accommodations were top notch, and everything worked like clock work. In Cappadocia, the tours that Serap led were highly personalized and during the two plus days that we spent In Cappadocia we a great experience. Serap and Mustafa made it feel like a family experience.
They offer professional and safe service for tourists. Their drivers will arrive on time or before and will bring us to our destination safely. Mrs Serap was was polite & friendly. We enjoyed the trip. Thank you so much. Nazeer & Family
We came with my friend to this agency and did the atv tour. Ms. Berna was soooo friendly and helpful. Highly recommended agency. Very pleased.
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