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Turkey Short - 6 Days (Istanbul, Sultanahmet, Bosphorus, Goreme & Red Valley)

4.3(11 reviews)6 daysStart and end in the trailhead
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Six days, with a balloon over the fairy chimneys. The same route in guesthouses and a standard cave room, with the balloon as a paid add-on rather than included.

Farthest Field Co.
Runs this trip
Group trips
Six days, with a balloon over the fairy chimneys
Group Tour
Join a fixed-date departure with other travellers

Top Highlights

  • Blue MosqueSultanahmet puts the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia and the palace within one walk of each other.
  • Hagia SophiaHagia Sophia was a cathedral for nine hundred years, a mosque for five, a museum for eighty-six, and is a mosque again since 2020.
  • Goreme Open Air MuseumAround a hundred balloons go up on a clear morning.
  • Uchisar CastleFlights are cancelled for wind more often than people expect.
  • DerinkuyuDerinkuyu goes eight levels down and held twenty thousand people with their livestock.

Itinerary

What's included

Included in the price

Accommodation
  • 5 nights accommodation as listed: hostel, homestay or tent, shared
  • Two nights in a Goreme cave hotel
Flights
  • Domestic flights Istanbul–Kayseri both ways
Transport
  • Shared airport transfer both ways
  • All internal transport as listed: coach, train or shared jeep
Meals
  • Meals listed on each day
Guide
  • Trip leader throughout, 1 guide per 15
Permits & fees
  • Hot air balloon flight with a licensed operator
  • All monument entries in Istanbul
  • All entry tickets and permits listed in the day-by-day

Not included

Insurance
  • Travel insurance
Optional
  • International or domestic flights to the start point
  • Personal expenses and tips
  • International flights to Istanbul
Additional Services
  • 5% GST and any applicable TCS
  • Most meals
  • Upgrades from shared transport to private
  • Turkey e-visa
  • Balloon rebooking if you leave before a weather cancellation clears

Most of these can be added to your booking later — the operator confirms within a day.

Where you'll stay

All accommodations are subject to change

Sultanahmet Hostel

Hostel

Day 1

Bosphorus Hostel

Hostel

Day 2

Goreme Hostel

Hostel

Days 3–5

What you'll eat

5 breakfasts and 1 dinner across 6 days, at camp. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 6.

  • DinnerServed on day 1
  • BreakfastServed on days 2–6

6 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered everywhere; Jain and gluten-free on notice at booking

Operator

Farthest Field Co.
4.3 (11)

Based in Bengaluru

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One other operator runs this tripThe same trip, at their own price, group size and refund window.Meridian Overland₹1,23,999See all 2Compare

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Customer reviews

Overall rating
4.3/5
Based on 11 reviews
Review summary
Food
4.1/5
Guide
4.1/5
Itinerary
4.0/5
Transport
4.4/5
Accommodation
4.3/5
Tour operator
4.2/5
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Laura Whitfield – London2025-10-07 · Verified booking

Well paced over 6 days with enough free time to not feel herded. No hesitation recommending them.

Reply from Farthest Field Co.

Glad you enjoyed it. Hope to see you on another trip.

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Tara D'Souza – Bengaluru2025-10-07 · Verified booking

Well paced over 6 days with enough free time to not feel herded. No hesitation recommending them.

Reply from Farthest Field Co.

Thank you. We've taken the point about the transfer and are reviewing it.

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Sofia Marchetti – Dublin2025-10-07 · Verified booking

Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. No hesitation recommending them.

Reply from Farthest Field Co.

Glad you enjoyed it. Hope to see you on another trip.

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Manav Sethi – Delhi2025-10-07 · Verified booking

Istanbul & Cappadocia done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. Good value for what's included.

Reply from Farthest Field Co.

Thank you for travelling with us — glad the route worked out.

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Manav Sethi – Delhi2025-10-07 · Verified booking

Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Good value for what's included.

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Yuki Tanaka – Dubai2025-10-07 · Verified booking

Well paced over 6 days with enough free time to not feel herded. Nothing fancy about the beds, and nothing wrong with them either. The lead was calm and knew when to slow the group down.

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Meera Iyer – Chandigarh2025-03-16 · Verified booking

Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Would book with them again.

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Daniel Okafor – Auckland2025-03-16 · Verified booking

Well paced over 6 days with enough free time to not feel herded. Crew were professional without being stiff about it.

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