Cappadocia Travel Guide Balloon Tour and Prices

(Cappadocia means “Land of Beautiful Horses” in the Persian language.)
The Cappadocia region is the most beautiful place of nature and history in the world.

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They express the sadness of traditional Cappadocia houses carved into the rocks and dovecotes. These houses were built on the slopes of the 19th century, with rock cut stones.

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The stone, which is the only architectural material of the region, can be processed very easily since it is soft after the quarry because of the volcanic structure, but after it comes into contact with the air it hardens and becomes a very durable building material. Because of the abundance of the materials used and their easy handling, stone workmanship, which is unique to the locality, has developed and become an architectural tradition. If the courtyard is necessary, the material of the house doors is wood.

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The upper part of the arched doors is decorated with stylized ivy or rosette motifs. The dovecotes in the foreground are small structures made in the late 19th and early 18th centuries.Some of the pigeon houses, which are important in terms of showing Islamic painting art, were built as monasteries or churches. The surface of pigeon was adorned with rich ornaments and inscriptions by local artists.


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It is a balloon tour that makes Cappadocia even more beautiful. For those who love a romantic atmosphere, you can watch sunrise and sunset by enjoying balloons.Cappadocia is the city of love after Istanbul.

Cappadocia Balloon Tour and Prices / Nevsehir

Having been chosen as the best balloon tour route in the world, Cappadocia offers the possibility to take a bird’s-eye view of all its beauty. While exploring the natural wonders and miraculous places such as Fairy Chimneys, Goreme, Urgup and Avanos, on the other side, experiencing the balloon tour can be one of the ideal activities for those who want to make the life adventurous and extraordinary. We have all the information about Cappadocia balloon tours!

cappadocia balloon tour and prices

The Cappadocia balloon tour has been held for 20 years. Organized by more than one company through an area of 4-20 km, this exciting and fabulous Balloon Tour grabs the interest of local and foreign tourists. For the safety of balloon tours, there should be no wind that blows faster than 11 km. For this reason, there are no flights in rainy and stormy weather in which the wind speed is high. Balloon tours can be arranged at any time when weather conditions are convenient.

Balloon tours are controlled by the Civil Aviation Authority. By the same token, it is an obligation for tour companies to take security measures for balloons and get an insurance for balloons. The companies that are not applying these obligations are charged.

According to the weather conditions, balloons that can reach 900 meters in height can be toured for about an hour on Cappadocia. Because the capacity of each balloon is different, the number of balloons to fly can vary depending on the number of people who buy the tour. For a normal balloon, the number of people can range from 10 to 20.

• What time does the balloon flight begin?

Many companies choose before the sunrise for their balloon tour. The reason behind this is that it is possible to watch the sunrise from a height of 900 meters and to discover the magnificent scenery created by the sun on Cappadocia. Therefore, flights made in winter start at 05.30 a.m. and those in summer start at 06.30 a.m. Flights lasting an hour averagely usually end at 06.30 a.m. in winter and ends at 07.30 a.m. in summer. All flights are arranged from Cappadocia. Companies spread over a range of 4-20 km.

Two different balloon tours and prices.

There are two different tours available in the Cappadocia that balloon companies offer. Before talking about their prices, it is better to talk about their contents. Nearly every company offers pick-up and drop-off services from the hotel. In addition, the morning breakfast and the medal given after the flight is completed are provided by each company.

Celebrations made with champagne are among the services given by the companies. There are two kinds of balloon tours: long-time tour and short-time tour. Packages with an average of 60 minutes of flight and 90 minutes of flight are available. Each package includes the services mentioned above. Only the time of the tours is different.

The average 60-minute balloon price is 300 liras for each person. However, with the length of the flight, the prices can go up to 350 liras. The flights are offered with a sale of 100 TL on the websites of the tour companies.

8 Balloon Tour Companies in Cappadocia and Contact Numbers:

Royal: 0 384 271 33 03

Anatolia: 0 384 271 23 00

Turca: 0 384 271 30 00

Voyager: 0 384 2871 30 30

Cappadocia Balloon: 0 384 271 24 42

6.Ürgüp Balloon: 0 384 341 56 36

Göreme Balloon: 0 384 341 56 62

Kaya Balloon: 0 384 341 46 48

Fairy chests are one of the most beautiful residential areas in the world. Thousands of people come to Cappadocia every year to see this natural formation.Many people from various parts of the world come to these world-famous historical beauties and researches about fairy chimneys.

• Information about Fairy Chimneys and History

Fairy chests are formed by the formation of hat shapes on conical bodies due to various reasons.The most important part of this visual beauty is the appearance of this hat.These hat shapes are made of harder material than the soil type of the land structure.This is why it protects the cone-shaped structure under the shape of the hat and prevents it from dispersing.

The body parts of the fairy chimneys are composed of tuffite, volcanic ash and tufts, while hat-shaped ones on the top of the body are made of hard rocks such as ignimbrite and rape.Due to the hard and durable rock formation of the hat part, it is applied to the lower part and thus prevents the wear of the body parts of fairy chimneys against the wind.On this count, the life of the fairy chimneys is prolonged. In addition, the tuff in the body part of the fairy chimneys prevents erosion in the environment prevents damage to the fairy chalks.

Fairy chimneys were formed centuries ago by the erosion of the religious houses which  they built in the third century so that Christians could perform their worship comfortably. Therefore, it is known that these historical buildings are the worship places built in the 3rd century.Considering that many tribes and empires dominate the region,there are dozens of different states in the formation of fairy chimneys and their staying to the present day.

The Cappadocia region where the fairy chimneys are located is a region where active volcanoes existed millions of years ago and these volcanoes explode from time to time.Lavas and ashes erupted into the region as a result of the active volcanoes erciyes, Hasandağı and Güllüdağ which are located in the region 60 million years ago.These ashes and lavas were mixed into the soil structure of the region.After these lavas were turned off, the rivers in the region eroded rocks and formed deep valleys.

The strong winds from the valleys eroded the structures that formed in the region over time and prepared the ground for the formation of the fairy chimneys.Later, millions of years later in the region, people have built various buildings together with the human life.Among these constructions are houses of Christians and worship places. These structures have been eroded over time due to heavy rain, wind and storms.And the fairy chimneys are beginning to form.However, the formation of the fairy chimneys has not been an instant. These structures have taken thousands of years to form.Indeed, the lack of vegetation in the area contributed to the formation of fairy chimneys.

One of the most important features of the fairy chimneys is that the lava and hard basalts in the region are eroded by rain and storm.In this sense, fairy chests are one of the world’s most valuable historical artifacts formed by natural means.The size of the fairy chests varies.It is also possible to see the fairy square which is 1 meter and it is possible to see which is 15 meter.The figures, which are smaller than 1 meter in the region, are not called fairy chairs even though they consist of body and hat.

• Where and how to go to Fairy Chimneys?

The fairy chimneys are located in the Cappadocia district of Nevşehir. Nevşehir center and Cappadocia are 7 km away. In fact, there are fairy chimneys in many regions of Nevşehir.But most often and the oldest fairy chimneys are found in Cappadocia.Because of this, thousands of people come to the region every year from the country and from abroad and they  take  souvenir photos and do a review with these unique constructions.

People can choose many ways to come to Cappadocia.By air, people arriving at the Nevşehir airport can reach the fairy chimneys of Cappadocia after 15-20 minutes with the commercial taxis.Otherwise, those who want to come to Cappadocia from provinces and districts that do not have direct flights to Nevsehir should come to Kayseri airport.Those arriving at Kayseri airport can easily find a commercial taxi and go to Cappadocia in about 1 hour.There are two options in front of those who want to come to Cappadocia by road. The first is the option of reaching by public transport buses.

Travel from almost every province of Turkey directly to Cappadocia is arranged.You can get to see the fairy chimneys by taking these long buses.Although this route takes some time, it is economically the best route.Otherwise, if the people coming to Cappadocia by personal vehicles  come from Istanbul and its environments, they can reach to Cappadocia in the shortest way by following Kırıkkale – Kırşehir and Nevşehir roads as soon as they enter Ankara road.

Those who want to come to the region to see the fairy chairs from other regions should come to Kayseri by the shortest route.People who come to Kayseri can follow the signs of Nevşehir and reach Cappadocia after traveling for about 100 km.Those who want to come to the region with public transportation vehicles from Kayseri and the surrounding area can explore these unique things by coming to Cappadocia in a more reliable and economical way by participating in long trip companies and sightseeing tours organized by various organizations.Those who want to come to the region from abroad should first come to Kayseri airport and then continue to transportation by land.

The Legend of Fairy Chimneys

The formation of fairy chimneys is a legend just as the example of the story of the fairy chimney told in the region. According to the legend, a young man lives in the village where the fairy chimneys are located. This man works so hard in his youth that he makes grape hangings on the area of fairy chimneys and plants crops in empty fields.

In addition, there are pigeon eggs in the holes in the fairy chimneys and it is getting more and more. The young man lives this way for years. Time goes by and the man gets old. However, the man never stopped working and continued to work and planted his crop ambitiously again. The man who goes to the garden to gather harvest time crops passes out in the area where the fairy chimneys are on the way.

After a while, the old man who comes round wants to get up and go to the garden but he cannot do it and he stays where he is sitting. The old man begins to cry, thinking that if the birds come and harm the crops. According to the legend, at that moment, dozens of fairies come towards the old man from the fairy chimneys.

The fairies with torches in their hands first go to the garden of the old man and collect his crops then they go to the vineyard to gather all the grapes and eggs and lastly they bring them to the man’s hull. Seeing all the work done until dawn one night, the old man could not believe this and he thinks that he is dreaming.

But the old man who realizes he is not dreaming takes his way to the home trying to figure out what is going on. After that, when the old man needs, the fairies come to gather the harvest, the grapes and the eggs of the man and handed it over to the old man. The old man starts to think that this is sent by God as a reward for his hard work in his youth, and he does not tell anyone this secret.

The old man’s work in such a short period of time grabs the reaction of the villagers, and all the villagers begin to wonder how the old man alone is doing so much work. Although the villagers are curious to investigate, according to legend, nobody learns the truth. The fairies help the old man till his death and he does not tell anyone about the secret.