Cappadocian Village Life Day Tour

Pick-up from your hotel at 09:30am
Starting the day with a visit to local market (available only on Monday, Friday and Saturday) or a morning walk to the fruit orchards of Ayvali Village. We will collect and taste fresh fruits from the trees (harvesting between June and October) or visit the cave storages for lemons and potatoes. The tour continues with the walk through the narrow streets of the village. Each door opens for an invitation as the villagers invite you for a cup of tea, a plate full of dessert or fruit from their house. According to the season, we  will join the villagers to learn and help make grape syrup, tomato sauce productions and pumpkin seed collecting. Visiting the local meeting point, Kahvehane, (coffeehouse) to learn more about Cappadocian village life and local games while drinking the Turkish coffee and tea.Visit the mosque in the village and learn more about the religious customs. For  lunch, we are invited to a real village house to join a Turkish family. We’ll collect the ingredients from their garden and we will participate in cooking of the delicious Turkish meals. We are going to have lunch by sitting together with the family in a traditional Turkish fashion. After lunch, a walk thru a beautiful hidden valley near the village. Drive to see a cave wine house to see the process of making delicious and famous Cappadocia wine. Before going back to the hotel, there may be an optional stop to see an art and handicraft center of Cappadocia.

Return to your hotel at around 17:30pm.