Saturday, June 20 / Sept 19 /
Oct 03, 2009 : We meet the group at Kayseri/Nevsehir
Airports and transfer them to their hotel. Dinner and
overnight at a high quality cave hotel in Urgup..
Sunday, June 21 /
Sept 20 / Oct 04, 2009 : Off time in the morning after
breakfast to prepare the bikes and a short meeting about the
program. Today we ride to Ortahisar via Uzengi Stream. After a
short village tour and having lunch, we ride back to Urgup via
vineyards and on arrival to Urgup; we bike to Urgup fortress
to have the panoramic view of the town. Dinner and overnight
at a high quality cave hotel in Urgup.
Total distance: 30 km. (25 km. off road)
Monday, June 22 /
Sept 21 / Oct 05, 2009 : We cycle through Damsa stream to
Sarihan Caravanserai and then through Red River to Avanos.
After a lunch break in Avanos we head Cavusin and then Love
Valley. After biking up the pleasant hill from Love Valley to
Uchisar. Dinner and overnight at a boutique hotel in Uchisar.
Total distance: 45 km. (40 km. off road)
Tuesday, June 23 / Sept 22
/ Oct 06, 2009 : After the breakfast, we cycle to Kavak
village first and then Mazikoy. We have picnic (lunch boxes)
at Mazikoy. We bike through the potato fields until Devretbasi
village and then through a very nice valley to Baskoy. Finally
we reach Soganli, which is one of the earliest settlements of
Cappadocia. From here, we are transferred back to Urgup.
Dinner and overnight at a boutique hotel in Uchisar.
Total distance: 55 km. (40 km. off road)
Wednesday, June 24 / Sept
23 / Oct 07, 2009 : After breakfast, we are transferred to
Soganli, from where we start riding to Derinkuyu via Orhanli
village. After visiting the underground city of Derinkuyu and
having lunch at a local restaurant, we keep cycling to Komurcu
village via Kiledere and Yazihoyuk villages. Today's ride
finishes in Komurcu, where we rendezvous with our vehicle, and
transfer to Guzelyurt. Dinner and overnight at a boutique
hotel in Guzelyurt.
Total distance: 60 km. (50 km. off road)
Thursday, June 25 / Sept
24 / Oct 08, 2009 : In the morning we are transferred to
Komurcu village and start biking to Baglama from the main
road, and then we take the nice smooth off road to
Haciabdullah. From Haciabdullah, we cycle up to Cinarli
village which is at the top of a small mountain. It is a 9 km
uphill. After this village, we cycle down to Azatli and then
Ciftlik. We have lunch at a local restaurant in Ciftlik. After
lunch, we cycle to Guzelyurt via Cardak and Sivrihisar. Dinner
and overnight at a boutique hotel in Guzelyurt.
Total distance: 50 km. (30 km. off road)
Friday, June 26 / Sept 25
/ Oct 09, 2009 : We cycle to Selime via Alanyurt. Selime
is the village where we go in to Ihlara canyon. We cycle to
Belisirma (a smart village in the middle of the valley) and
have lunch there. After lunch we hike or bike in the second
part of the canyon up to Ihlara village. For those who want to
walk, we can take their bikes on the supporting vehicle. After
Ihlara we have a 35 km ride to Kitreli. This ride is going
over Kucuk Hasan Mountain from a passage. We do a long uphill
ride about 20 km and then a serious downhill. The beginning of
the uphill is soft but when we get close to the mountain it is
more challenging. We are picked up with two vehicles (one for
the bikes and one for us) in Kitreli village and transferred
to Urgup. Dinner and overnight at a high quality cave hotel in
Urgup.
Total distance: 65 km. (60 km. off road)
Saturday, June 27 / Sept
26 / Oct 10, 2009 : On our last day, we ride towards the
most popular sites of Cappadocia. We first ride through
Pancarlik to Ortahisar and then to the famous Goreme Open Air
Museum, to visit its rock-cut churches. Riding through Rose
Valley leads us to Cavusin. After riding through the streets
of Cavusin we cycle to Pasabag and then Zelve. After having
lunch in Zelve, we visit its open air museum and head on to
Devrent Valley and then Urgup. Dinner and overnight at a high
quality cave hotel in Urgup.
Total distance: 40 km. (30 km. off road)
