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Cappadocia Yellow Tour

Cappadocia Yellow Tour

4.8(33)
Available Daily
09:30 - 16:30
Small Group
3 guide languages
5 Attractions

Tour Overview

Cappadocia Yellow Tour is a 7-hour group tour. Guides are available in English, Spanish and Italian. Departs daily at 09:30. From €44 per person. Rated 4.8/5 by 33 travellers.

Southern Cappadocia tells a different story than the famous northern valleys. The Cappadocia Yellow Tour traces layers of ancient history through Red Valley, Rose Valley, the rock-cut basilica at Cavusin, and a deep underground city where early Christians hid entire communities beneath the earth. One guided day, thousands of years of human endurance.

Your day

Tour Itinerary

  • Lunch included
  • Transfers included
  • Entry fees included
  • Guide included

Valleys, Village & Underground City

Hotel pickup, south Cappadocia valleys, guided walking sections, lunch, an Underground City visit, and hotel drop-off.

  1. Early Morning · Optional Add-ons

    Hot Air Balloon Flight · Balloon Watching Tour

    Both options can be added at best available prices during booking.

  2. 09:30

    Pick up from your hotel.

    Our team will pick you up from your hotel in Cappadocia and transfer you to the starting point of the south route.

    Pickup time may change.

  3. Cappadocia Yellow Tour Route · 5 stops Red Valley → Rose Valley (Gulludere Valley) → Cavusin Village → Pigeon Valley → Underground City

  4. Red Valley

    Walking Red Valley's trail from end to end takes roughly 45 minutes and delivers a completely different view at every bend.

  5. Rose Valley (Gulludere Valley)

    A quiet reverence lingers inside Rose Valley's carved chapels, where worn stone floors and painted walls tell stories of faith carved into cliffs.

  6. Cavusin Village

    While Goreme gets most visitors, Cavusin offers a quieter and more unfiltered look at how Cappadocians actually carved and occupied cliff dwellings.

  7. Pigeon Valley

    Inside Pigeon Valley's canyon, the sound of wind moving through carved rock openings creates a low, hollow note that echoes between the cliff walls.

  8. Underground City

    A carved chapel located deep inside Cappadocia's underground city confirms that faith remained central to community life even during dangerous periods of concealment.

  9. 17:00

    Transfer back to your hotel.

    After the Yellow Tour ends, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Cappadocia.

Tour Services

What's Included

Clear scope of services for the Cappadocia Yellow Tour

Includes

Services covered in your tour package

  • Hotel pick up and drop off in Cappadocia
  • Professional English-speaking licensed tour guide
  • Lunch at a local restaurant during the tour
  • All entrance fees as per the itinerary
  • Air-conditioned transportation during the tour
  • All local taxes, service fees, and handling charges

Excludes

Services not covered by the package price

  • Personal expenses
  • Drinks at lunch

Highlights

Which Ancient Secrets Does This Tour Uncover?

  • Red Valley's painted cave churches preserve 10th-century frescoes hidden inside volcanic rock, evidence of a thriving monastic community that most guidebooks barely mention.
  • Rose Valley's carved hermit cells reveal how Byzantine monks chose isolation inside narrow tuff corridors, leaving devotional art scratched into walls that survive to this day.
  • Cavusin's Saint John the Baptist Church ranks among Cappadocia's oldest rock-cut basilicas, its massive columns and faded murals dating back over 1,000 years of continuous worship.
  • Pigeon Valley's cliff dovecotes tell a quieter agricultural story, villagers carved thousands of pigeon nests into the rock to collect fertilizer that sustained their crops for centuries.
  • The underground city drops you into defensive tunnels and storage halls where entire populations hid during Arab raids, a survival strategy repeated across Cappadocia for over a millennium.

Walk where ancient civilizations carved their survival into stone. Pair this history-rich route with the Cappadocia Red Tour for the geological north, or see the fairy chimneys from above with a Cappadocia hot air balloon flight.

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Good to know

Before you book

  • This tour includes guided walking sections in the valleys, so comfortable walking shoes are strongly recommended.
  • Vegetarian meal options are available. Please let us know your dietary preferences in advance.
  • The Underground City includes narrow passages and low sections that may be difficult for guests with claustrophobia.
  • Hotel pick-up and drop-off in Cappadocia are included and arranged in advance.
  • Bring water, sun protection, and a camera, especially in warmer months when the valley sections feel brighter and drier.
  • Pick-up times may vary depending on your hotel location and seasonal conditions.
Available Languages:EnglishSpanishItalianTour Types:GroupPrivateSemi-PrivatePrices may vary depending on the selected language and tour type.

FAQ

Questions about this tour

What time does this tour start and end?

It starts at 09:30 and ends at about 16:30.

Is hotel pick-up included?

Yes. Included: Hotel pick up and drop off in Cappadocia.

Are meals included?

Included: Lunch at a local restaurant during the tour. Not included: Drinks at lunch.

Are entrance fees included?

Yes. Included: All entrance fees as per the itinerary.

What will you see on this tour?

Red Valley, Rose Valley (Gulludere Valley), Cavusin Village, Pigeon Valley and Underground City.

What is the difference between the Cappadocia Yellow Tour and the Cappadocia Red Tour?

Compared with this tour, the Cappadocia Red Tour (another route): visits Devrent Valley and Pasabag Open Air Museum. From €44 per person (same price).

In which languages is the tour guided?

Guides are available in English, Spanish and Italian. Prices may vary depending on the selected language.

Does this tour depart every day?

Yes, it departs daily and there is no minimum number of participants.
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Guest Feedback

Cappadocia Yellow Tour reviews

4.833 reviews

This tour goes to places the other tours dont touch. Soganli Valley felt like we had it to ourselves. The rock churches with the old frescoes were incredible. Guide Erkan was super informative about the history. Loved it.

B

Baris E.

Underground city alone was worth the whole day. Going eight levels deep into a city carved out of rock hundreds of years ago is absolutley wild. Before that we did Red Valley and Rose Valley which were stuning for the colours, Cavusin for the abandoned cave houses, and Pigeon Valley for the bizarre carved cliff faces. Guide Emre kept the energy up all day. This tour has more variety than the Red or Green tours tbh.

S

Samuel V.

Third tour in Cappadocia and probaly my favourite. The Yellow Tour takes you south to Soganli Valley which is less visited but just as beautiful. The rock carved churches with original frescoes are astonishing. Our guide Leyla explained everything with so much enthousiasm. The Keslik Monastery was another highlight. If you have an extra day in Cappadocia dont skip this tour ngl.

F

Fang G.

Red and Rose Valley in the morning were absolutley spectacular - the rock colors shift from pink to orange to deep red depending on the light. Cavusin village with the old cave dwellings was hauntingly beautful. Then Pigeon Valley with thousands of carved pigeon holes in the cliffs was something I never expected to see. Guide Tuna was excelent and explained the whole pigeon house tradition. ngl this tour showed me sides of Cappadocia I had no idea existed.

D

Dana O.

Yellow Tour was the surprise highlight of our Cappadocia trip. We already did the Red and Green tours so we figured why not do the Yellow too and wow it did not dissapoint. Soganli Valley was stunning and way less crowded than the more famous spots. The old churches carved into the rock were fasinating. Guide Tuna really brought the history to life for us. Mustafapasa village was charming and the lunch spot was great. If youve already done Red and Green definitely add this one too.

M

Malini R.

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