In this tour we discover the oldest still existing wine region of the world. It is Cappadocia where wine production started nearly 4ooo years ago. We make a deep introduction into the history of the region through its wines and its flavors. We taste forgotten meals prepared according the old recipies of Cappadocia and with more than 20 wines we taste we smell Cappadocia and whole Anatolia. We visit Gorenme open air museum, Derinkuyu underground city, we hike in Kızılçukur and some other little known sites of Cappadocia.We also g oto Hattusas, the capital of Hittite Kingdom also recognized the world heritage by Unesco.
 

DAY 1 : TURASAN WINES
In the morning we start with a pleasant walking in Pancarlık Valley where we discover the natural color show of Cappadocia. We visit little known beautiful church of Pancarlık.
We then direct towards little known part of the region to Yeşiloz village to see the church of St. Theodore famous with the biggest description of Jesus Christ in Cappadocia. We then cross the Mount Topuz to arrive to Turasan Vineyards located at the foot of Argeus Mountain. We make a tasting on the vineyards where Kalecik Karası, Emir and Narince vines. The lunch is taken in the old greek village of Sinassos
with Turasan wines.

In the afternoon we visit the village of Sinassos with beautiful old houses, the beautiful entrance of the church Constantine and St. Helen, and the church of St Basil.
We then proceed to Turasan winery where all tasted wines are produced. We visit the production center and get detailed information on the process of production.

We attend to the seminar ‘History of Wine in Turkey’.

Dinner takes place in a local restaurant.

DAY 2 : KOCABAG WINES
Our day starts with a very pleasant walking through the fairy chimneys in Love Valley. We then proceed to Göreme open air museum once inhabited by Christians who escaped from the roman persecution by carving the rock dwellings and churches such as Church with Apple, St. Barbara Church, Church with snake and especially Tokalı Church.
The lunch takes place in a local restaurant or on a vineyard with home made food of Cappadocia.

Wines at lunch :

In the afternoon we go to the South of Cappadocia to visit the largest underground city in the region, Derinkuyu.
This underground dwelling was carved until the depth of 75 meters on 12 underground levels. We also take a look at the Church with grapes with perhaps the mos beautiful reliefs of grapes on the surface.
We then go to Uchisar to Kocabağ winery to taste some of their wines.
Diner is served in our cave/boutique hotel

DAY 3 : RED VALLEY – ZELVE
We depart in the morning to go to discover ‘ Kızılçukur’ ( red valley ) which is a beautiful valley with its vineyards and rock churches, especially ‘the church with grapes’ .Kızılçukur is nearly 6km long valley which extends from Ortahisar area to Çavuşin village. It takes its name from the color of its rocks. On our way to Çavuşin we walk through the small vineyards of Cappadocia where local grapes like Dimrit, Kara üzüm, Razakı are grown. Almost in the middle of the valley we can also visit one of the most beautiful but little known rock churches of Cappadocia : “ The church with columns” .Our walking ends at Çavuşin village where we deserve a short stop.
The lunch will be served in Çavuşin or in Zelve area.
Wines at lunch:

In the afternoon we first go to Paşabağ to see the fairy chimneys surrounded by vineyards then we visit Zelve open air museum.
At the end of the day we cross Kızılırmak (Red River), the longest river of Turkey which created the favorable climate for viticulture and we arrive at Avanos known as the oldest center of pottery art in Anatolia.

Wine seminar on ‘Wine regions of Turkey’


DAY 4: WINES OF HITTITES – HATTUSAS
We make a full day trip to Hattusas, the capital of Hittite Kingdom. We depart early in the morning and we travel to Hattusas through Boğazlıyan and Yozgat. (About 3 hours).
We visit the remains of Hattusa, the capital of Hittite Kingdom which ruled in Anatolia between 1650 and 1200 B.C. The fortification walls, the gates, the temples… We then continue to Yazılıkaya, the oldest open air temple of the world where we see the reliefs of Hittite gods.
The lunch is taken in a typical restaurant which is located near the ruins.
We then go to see Alacahöyük, the settlement of Bronze Age nearly 5000 years ago where during the excavations beautiful items have been discovered and are exhibited today in the museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara.

The lunch is taken in a restaurant near the site.
Wines at lunch are those produced by Diren Company of Tokat

We turn back to Cappadocia through Çiçekdaği and Yerkoy.

Dinner is accompanied with Kavaklıdere wines.


According to the schedule demonstration of pottery making and lecture on Turkish hand made rugs will be part of our activity. These two arts have a history of more than 400 years in Cappadocia.

TOUR RATES

• The prices above are per person and inclusive of VAT.

• All admissions and enterence fees mentioned in the tour program.
• Cultural and oenological guiding service.
• 4 gourmet lunches and 4 gourmet dinners.
• 20 different local wines.
• %18 VAT and Service charge

Since the hotel accomodation is not included in the tour rate, please contact us for your hotel booking.Our consultants will assist you on your hotel reservation according to your accomodation budget.