Cappadocia Dream: Two-Day Tour with Balloon Ride from Istanbul

Embark on a two-day tour of Cappadocia, starting from Istanbul. Experience the region’s surreal landscapes, cave churches, and the underground city, and don’t miss the thrilling balloon ride.

Duration: 2 days
Cancellation: 72 hours
Highlights

Flight from Istanbul to Cappadocia (Flight Tickets Included) - Semi-Private Cappadocia Tour - Overnight Stay in Cappadocia

Istanbul - Begin your adventure to Cappadocia with a convenient transfer to the airport. A driver will collect you from your hotel reception or Airbnb location, provided parking is available. You will then be taken to the…

What's Included
  • Roundtrip domestic flight tickets (Istanbul to Cappadocia to Istanbul)
  • Pick-up & drop-off services for airport / hotels in Istanbul and Cappadocia
  • One night accommodation at cave boutique hotel including breakfast
  • Semi-Private day trips (Max 10 guests guarantee for each guided tour)
  • Professional tour guide who licenced by Ministry of Culture…
What's Not Included
  • Dinner & Drinks
Additional Information

Although many cross-country tours in Turkey only allocate a day to Cappadocia’s preternatural landscape and innovative architecture, most travelers find that a two-day tour strikes the right balance between seeing the region’s highlights and sacrificing time elsewhere in the country. See all of the highlights of Cappadocia comfortably during this…

Location
İstanbul
Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 3 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

Customer Ratings
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(215 Ratings)
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Taylar_f
Jun 28, 2025
The trip was sensational.... - The trip was sensational. Our tour guide was incredible and very knowledgeable. The air balloon was a memory I will cherish forever. It was also incredible knowing that every moment of the trip was accounted for so you didn’t have to worry about anything.
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Katherine_m
Jun 19, 2025
It was so interesting to... - It was so interesting to learn all about the history of Cappadocia through all the stops we had. Our guide, Yasser was excellent and the personal touch of knowing he used to previously make pottery as well as previously run a balloon company made it that much more interesting too! The balloons ride is very much dependent on the weather, and I lucked out while two others in my group who had tried the day before were unable to go. That was a bucket list experience for me for sure!
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Olga_m
Jun 16, 2025
Wonderful experience - A unique experience a dream fulfilled I did it alone because my nephew is afraid of heights but I met a family from Malaysia with whom I shared the experience the hotel pickup was punctual and the very good service I highly recommend although the price I see it a little overrated but worth
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Acrismoya
May 7, 2025
Excellent tour. - Excellent tour, on time, met our expectations I recommend it 100%. Esma guide excellent professional, knowledgeable and very punctual.
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Eduardo_m
Apr 21, 2025
Life time experience! - Life time experience! Cappadocia is amazing and the hot air balloon is the highlight of it! It is completely worth it to do it. We recommend doing it with a tour agency, and this one we purchased on Viator was amazing! From picking us at the hotel in Istanbul to bring us back, everything was coordinated to the perfection! Communication was clear and response times was almost instantly, regardless of the time of the day. I will definitely recommend this tour to my family and friends! Thank you “Travel Experts”
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Nayrobis_t
Apr 14, 2025
Unforgettable experience - I had such a memorable and beautiful experience with this 2 days In Cappadocia, luckily it snowed a bit the night before and I got to see the beauty of the city partially covered with snow, it was cold but manageable, our tour guide Busra Nur was incredible nice and very patience giving us some extra time to have our photos and to look more around the places visited and the driver was great as well. I will definitely book again this trip and recommended 100%
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Kiritkumarm_p
Mar 11, 2025
Excellent experience, tour. - Our guide Ilyda was an excellent, knoledgeable and compentent, she enriched us with lots of information and history of Cappadocia, i will give her 5 STARS
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Guoting_w
May 26, 2025
Not bad, but quite... - Not bad, but quite expensive, can keep the same tour guide for the whole tour, not suggest to have different tour guides for the 2-day tour
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Lucy_b
May 25, 2025
Sailing high! - The trip to Capadocia and all the activities were 5 star! Our guide on Day 1 was also a 5 star, but the one on day 2 seemed to not want to be there and didn’t offer too much as far as explanations. My only serious issue is that I had to book the entire package for both my husband and I despite me telling the agent that only myself would be going on the balloon ride. He assured me that portion of the excursion would be refunded, but when I reached out to Viator they said they had no record of that and of course he wouldn’t give it to me in writing. Anyway if you are in the same situation make sure you get assurances in writing. Been using Viator for many years so this was upsetting and disappointing.
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Rolfgast
May 11, 2025
The best of Andalusia – not quite so perfect - The destinations do not need a review, they are sufficiently well known as great and worth seeing and internationally recognized. This is probably the reason for most people to book. But I award five stars for the organizer, for his non-functioning organization. Wants to stay fair: the first booking step including request for the deposit worked (puts the customer immediately in the obligation, the turnover is thus secured), since then the weekly sending of promotional material for further trips also works smoothly. That's it, though. Have not received a final invoice to date, but a “payment reminder” for the outstanding amount, although the booking documents say “about 6 weeks before departure you will then receive our final invoice for the balance to be paid”. You just wait for it to come. However, the information sheet on the booked trip already states the legal softener “ ... should the invoice be lost once by post, we ask ...” As we were able to learn from several fellow travellers on site - not an isolated case! We booked 7 months before the start of the trip, on 18.9.2025. We booked this trip exclusively because of the included visit to the Alhambra (announced as a visit to the world famous Moorish Alhambra, admission and guided tour included). On the spot, we learn from the local travel agent that this visit is not possible because the associated passport data has not arrived or has not arrived in time – from this side at least a probably honest reason. You are amazed, after returning from the trip I receive the message by letter from TrendTours (receipt 25.4.2025) that “due to the limited availability of the tickets it was not possible to purchase tickets”. What kind of tour operator is this who is unable to get tickets to the Alhambra within 7 months? I can reserve tickets via internet with 3 weeks in advance. How brazen is this reasoning. You're actually considered a customer here for how stupid! Again – as we could learn on the spot – not an isolated incident that would have affected only us or our group, also the preceding and the following group had the same fate (probably more, but we had no contact there). I expect at least a formal apology and adequate compensation here, this is not just a change in the programme, this is the elimination of an essential building block and, according to the number of people affected and the specious reasoning, one can already think about deliberate deception, perhaps even fraud. I do not want to evaluate the remaining points of the trip here, these were all under considerable time pressure. If you like to drive a bus and don't want to see much, you are in good hands here. The bus journeys are simply too long compared to the viewing times. Example: for the trip to Seville almost 4 hours, 3 hours back, there were just 20 minutes (incl. Bus boarding and disembarking!) available. Accordingly, the city tour (without headphones, but 25 people in tow) continued under time pressure in the lancing step. A serious viewing looks different. On the other hand, for the relatively short drive to Ronda, half a day was wasted in the hotel, probably so that the viewing time there would not be too long. The time management of this trip is organized exemplary past the needs of an interested tourist. The moral of the story: this was the first and thus also the last trip with TrendTours – there are more serious alternatives. That doesn't help that TrendTours is considered cheap, here cheap is expensive. If you want to do justice to the beauties of Andalusia, you have to go again – but then with another provider.
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From $501
up to 10 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 72 hours before the start of your experience (local time).