How to get to Cappadocia on your own? Easily! True, depending on where you are, I traveled from Kemer, so I will describe all the information you need based on your vacation in Kemer. You were on an excursion to Cappadocia, if not, then you missed a lot and did not see very beautiful places with your own eyes, and if you are only going to rest in Turkey, then be sure to take an excursion to Cappadocia or get to this place on your own.
How to get to Cappadocia?
Before going on an independent excursion to Cappadocia, I faced one problem - this place is difficult to find on maps on the Internet. My favorite service Yandex maps did not understand Turkish names at all. Therefore, I had to act in the old fashioned way and to extract information from each Turk, little by little, in my own language, as a result the picture cleared up.
By the way, if you don’t like to travel on your own and want to save yourself from unnecessary problems and waste of time, then I recommend simply taking and ordering an excursion at decent prices in the Sputnik.ru service. I have used this service more than once, so I can say one thing about the quality of excursions and prices - everything is very good! I advise you and all tourists, beginners!
What you should know about the sights of Cappadocia, they are all concentrated next to each other around the village of Göreme, in the eponymous Goreme National Park. From this point, you can already go to the neighboring villages and to the underground city in Derinkuyu.
Now let's move on to the main question "Cappadocia - how to get there?"
- Get there by plane
- Get there by train
- Get there by bus
If you have reached the city of Nevsehir, then half of the way has already been covered. Buses run here from anywhere in Turkey, which I will talk about a little later. I got from Kemer by bus, which runs on schedule at 21.40 pm, at the cost of travel, the ticket cost 45 liras (about 1000 rubles). Then from Nevsehir I took a dolmus (local minibus) to Goreme, the trip took about 30 minutes. In other ways, you can get to cities such as Aksaray, Nigde, Kayseri, and from there go to Nevsehir or Goreme, but everything is in order.
How to fly by plane
You can get to Cappadocia by plane through two cities, these are Nevsehir Airport and Kayseri Airport. You can book flights on my cheap flights booking page. Nevsehir is closest to Cappadocia, but there are very few flights, the second city is located further, but there are several flights per day. For example, if you fly from Istanbul to Kayseri, you can find flights several times in one day, the flight takes about 1 hour and 10 minutes.
As for air tickets, one good low-cost airline Pegasus Airlines flies here, especially cheap flights you can book from Antalya to Kayseri during the summer season (May-September), tickets with the help of this low-cost airline are more than cheap, you can book tickets on Aviasales ...
Getting to Cappadocia from other cities? You probably yourself have already guessed with the help of which services you can book the cheapest air tickets, and I am moving on to the second method - travel by bus.
How to get there by bus
Getting there by bus is very easy, the main thing is to take care of tickets in advance, all buses are very good, there is everything from drinks to air conditioning, the bus makes stops near cafes and toilets almost every half hour. As for tickets, of course you can buy them before departure, but if you get on Turkish holidays or weekends, then you may not get tickets.
If you decide to get by bus, then we take a ticket to the cities of Nevsehir, Goreme, Avanos, Yurgup, then from some cities we will get by minibus, about 20 - 40 minutes. From Istanbul to Cappadocia can be reached in 10 hours by comfortable bus from Otogare Bayrampashe station (www.otogaristanbul.com).
As for the way to travel by bus from other cities, here are the companies that exist in Antalya, Alanya, Kemer and other cities of Turkey:
- Metro Turizm
- Suha turuzm
- Can DersimTuncelililer
- Nevşehir Kapadokya
- Lüks Göreme Turizm
Almost all carriers have their own official websites, so we type in the name of the carrier into the search bar and find the flight schedule. If you decide to book a bus ticket online, then here is the website www.neredennereye.com/
How to get to Cappadocia by train?
If you decide to see a little of the beauty from the train window, then you will need to buy a train ticket to the city of Kayseri. This city is the closest train station to the end point of this article. You can get to the city of Kayseri by train from Istanbul, Ankara, Erzurum, Diyarbakir, Tatvan and other cities. We look at all the information on the website of the railway station www.tcdd.gov.tr/
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Where to stay in Cappadocia?
We will assume that you have reached Cappadocia, now we are concerned with the question of how and where to spend the night, no problems should arise here for the simple reason that there are plenty of places. If you like hotels, then on the spot you will find any hotel for your taste and price, prices per night here are about 40 liras or 800 rubles. As for wild recreation, then with a tent you will find a place here in special campsites in Goreme, the price is about 15 liras per person, this price includes a shower and a toilet. You can get up and free in the national park.
As for booking a hotel in Cappadocia, I advise you to book a hotel through RoomGuru with the largest hotel base in the village of Goreme, I always use this booking service, not only because I am used to it, but also because it is very cheap and affordable, well, quickly. Check it out for yourself!
Everything, I think the question ‘How to get to Cappadocia’ is exhausted and considered in full, all that is required from you is action and enjoying the views of Cappadocia. If you liked the article, I will be grateful for a click on social networks, well, do not forget to subscribe to fresh articles about tourism from the first hand of my blog.
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