5 day-trip options from Cappadocia, with real distances, time required, and the best tour operator for each. Pick one for a half-day reset, two for a packed week.
The Green Tour route. 14 km canyon hike past Byzantine cave churches, then the Star Wars-filming-location Selime Monastery cut into a cliff.
Book a Ihlara Valley + Selime Monastery tour →Less-visited valley with painted Byzantine churches, dovecote-pocked tuff cliffs, and a dwindling village famous for cloth dolls.
Book a Soğanlı Valley tour →Two of the largest underground cities, 8 levels deep at Derinkuyu. Sheltered 20,000+ people in the Christian-Roman era. Claustrophobics, prepare.
Book a Derinkuyu + Kaymaklı underground cities tour →The 3,253m volcano whose ash sculpted Cappadocia. Seljuk-era caravanserais along the silk road, Sultanhanı caravanserai is the photo.
Book a Mount Hasan + Aksaray tour →Not technically a day trip but the main reason people come. Pickup 4:30am, 60–90 minutes flight, back by 8am for breakfast. See our complete balloon guide.
Book a Hot-air balloon flight tour →If you're doing 2+ day trips, base yourself centrally. See our full Cappadocia neighborhood guide for which area suits which tour pickup.