Istanbul · BALLOONS
Good balloon flights fill up weeks ahead and the great ones go first. Below: the 15 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Explore Cappadocia from Istanbul in two packed days with flights, cave hotel, guided highlights, underground cities, and an optional balloon ride.
“It was so well organised from begining to end. Everyone is so professional and helpful. We had such a great time and the people in our group were so much fun.”
See Cappadocia’s churches, valleys, villages, and underground city on a fast two-day trip from Istanbul with flights and a cave hotel.
“I had heard of trips here being three days or more. What I liked about this was everything was coordinated. We got picked up at our hotel at 4am, got a 6:30 flight, transport picked us up and got us to the group. There was about a 45 min coordination lag to the group, no biggie. Did a full day, didn't the night ata cave hotel, which was nice, then picked up for second day. Then back to the airport for the flight home. Note: there was an existing group, our first day was their second day. And our second day was sometime else first day. It all worked. When…”
Review of Cappadocia’s two-day tour from Istanbul, with cave hotel, guided ruins, underground city, flights, and an optional sunrise balloon ride.
“Yasar was amazing. He was very informative and knowledgeable. He was friendly and kind. My husband and I enjoyed the tour and his company very much. I would highly recommend this tour and Yasar as the guide.”
Review of a 2-day Istanbul to Cappadocia tour with flights, cave sites, guided tours, boutique hotel stay, and hot-air balloon ride.
“Cappadocia is a very nice place to visit. A little hilly (and hot even this time of the year), but nonetheless interesting place. Unfortunately, my hot-balloon air ride didnt happen because of the wind gusts; however, i did get a refund! Silme (sp?) is very enthusiastic and passionate about sharing the history and information of each place we visited. Overall a great experience! I don't recommend wearing shoes you don't want to get "dirty" haha!”
Review of a two-day Cappadocia tour from Istanbul with flights, guided valleys, underground city, cave-style lodging, and optional balloon ride.
“I can not say enough about this tour and tour operator. Ibrahim was amazing. He was very quick to respond to any questions and concerns. Very professional. He made this a very memorable trip and followed up on every aspect. I would highly recommend this tour and this tour operator for any other trip. If I could give it a 10 star, I would. Thank you again Ibrahim, you are the best.”
Explore Cappadocia from Istanbul in two days with underground cities, rock churches, village stops, and an optional hot air balloon ride.
“Cappadocia with its special landscape is a good substitute of going to the moon. On the other hand, the historical sights, the underground cities and churches, the arts and crafts you see over there, an excellent guide and it was the perfect experience.”
Spend three days in Cappadocia with flights, cave-hotel stays, guided tours, ATV riding, and an unforgettable hot-air balloon flight.
“The owner and all the staff are amazing. Will definitely be back!”
See Cappadocia from Istanbul in two days with flights, cave-hotel lodging, guided tours, local meals, and an optional balloon ride.
“Savas and his team at Travel Inn Turkey are amazing!! We travelled to Turkey from USA. We booked a 2 day, 1 night stay In Cappadocia and it was the highlight of our trip. When we arrived in Cappadocia we did the first tour and it was very beautiful! When we got to our hotRead more”
Two days from Istanbul to Cappadocia with flights, cave hotel, guided sights, underground city, two lunches, and a sunrise balloon ride.
“We left this tour with mixed feelings. The good - fairly organized and we didn't have to hassle with things to work out the logistics. This to be honest is really why we booked this trip and in this sense they delivered 100. Also, we were not able to go on the balloon ride due to weather and the company did give us a refund for this portion of the tour, though it was not much money back really, but they were prompt about it. They did keep in touch with me on WhatsApp and communicated well. The bad - one of the days of the tour is really just…”
See Cappadocia by balloon, ATV, and cave hotel on a fast two-day trip from Istanbul with flights, guides, and transfers included.
“Absolutely amazing activity from start to finish. Every part was perfect, hotel was beautiful and the hot air balloon activity is a must!!”
Review of a two-day Cappadocia tour from Istanbul with cave hotel, guided sights, meals, airport transfers, and optional balloon ride.
“The guide’s knowledge was limited and at times frustrating. This was general consensus of group. Standard of accommodation was disappointing. After a big day in the heat would have been good to have shower facilities to freshen up for our 5hr wait for return flight. The garden courtyard was overgrown and toilet facilities near it hadn’t been cleaned for ages. Breakfast fine. Would have been good if they offered accommodation options. There were earlier flights available with Turkish Ailines but for some reason we were put on late flight with AJet.Flower balloon ride was fabulous. Would I recommend this tour through Viator, no I would not.”
See Cappadocia’s valleys, cave churches, and underground city on a two-day tour from Istanbul with flights and hotel included.
“When we had a chance to visit Istanbul for the meeting, we started looking for the 2 days trip to Cappadocia. I found this tour, which include everything we want such as hotel pick up, flights, two day guided tour, accomodation and two lunches and a breakfast. We also booked optional baloon ride. Ismail contacted me by e-mail and WhatsApp soon after the booking. He kept in touch and answered all my questions while preparing the tour. I didn't feel any distance between Turkey and USA. Then, I received the most detailed Itinerary with flights infomation. Since our travel dates were off season, we had luck to have a completely…”
See Cappadocia, Ephesus, and Pamukkale in four days with flights, hotels, guides, meals, transfers, and an optional hot-air balloon ride.
“Hot air balloon was the highlight of this trip for me, simply amazing. This trip was well organised and hats off to all the staffs that were involved. I would highly recommend this trip to anyone.”
Review of a two-day Cappadocia trip from Istanbul with flights, cave hotel, camel ride, balloon flight, and UNESCO sites.
“Return from Cappadocia not included. Make sure you understand this before booking. Also had to pay for shuttle from hotel to Cappadocia Airport on the second day, was told it was included. Otherwise balloon ride was a blast.”
Review of Turkey’s four-day highlights tour from Istanbul, with Pamukkale, Ephesus, Cappadocia, flights, hotels, guides, and balloon option.
“Itinerary: Day 1- Hotel pick-up to airport. Upon arrival, was picked up then straight to visit Pamukkale which was awesome. Afterwards, we were driven to our hotel In Kusadasi. Day 2- visited ancient city of Ephesus and Temple of Arte”
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