Cappadocia Tour from Konyaaltı: From the Pebble Beach to the Plateau

Is Konyaaltı on the operator's pickup list?

Yes. It is the westernmost of the Antalya-area districts the coach serves without a request, so you go straight to the booking form.

Staying further west, in Beldibi, Göynük, Kemer or Tekirova? Those hotels are collected too — see the Kemer and Beldibi page.

Does the coach stop at my door if I rent a flat behind the beach?

Hotels on the beach boulevard are usually collected at their main entrance. Many holiday flats, though, sit on narrow residential streets a coach cannot enter or turn in, and there you are sent to a convenient designated meeting point on a road it can reach, normally a short walk away.

So the driver can plan this, put the street and building name in the notes field when you book.

When do I find out my Konyaaltı pickup time?

After booking, in a personal message that also names where to wait. The operator sets the minute per hotel from the list of guests travelling that night, so a time printed in advance would only mislead. What you can rely on is that the start is at night, well before dawn.

Compare the other areas on the pickup page.

How different is dawn in Cappadocia from a morning on Konyaaltı beach?

Different enough to change what you pack. The beach sits at sea level with mild air off the water; Cappadocia lies on a high, dry plateau in central Anatolia where mornings are cold for most of the year, winters can bring snow and summer days turn hot and dry by the afternoon.

A warm layer, closed shoes for dusty paths and a hat cover most seasons. If you travel in the colder months, read Cappadocia in winter first.

The scenery repays the effort. Where Konyaaltı is sea, pebbles and a wall of mountains, Cappadocia is a soft, pale landscape of eroded tuff — cones, chimneys and folded valleys, protected as a UNESCO World Heritage area. Seeing it at first light is the reason the trip starts so early.

What does the first day look like in outline?

Long road first, sights after. Following the night collection there is a café stop for breakfast (bring your own box from the hotel; the café meal is not in the fare), roughly 3 h 15 min of driving, a rest stop and roughly 1 h 50 min more to the Underground City, whose entrance is paid for you.

Then: an optional lunch, Pigeon Valley, the panorama under Uçhisar Castle, an onyx and sultanite centre, Love Valley and an optional Red Valley sunset. Check-in at a 3- or 4-star hotel allocated by availability is around 19:00, dinner follows (drinks extra), and a Cappadocia show at 20:30 is there for those who want it.

And the second day, on the way back to Konyaaltı?

It starts early if you choose the balloon-watching terrace at sunrise, then continues with breakfast at the hotel, a leather centre with a fashion show and a Turkish delight centre. The drive home is split into stretches of roughly 2 h, then roughly 1 h 20 min to an optional lunch in Konya, then about 2 h more with a short stop.

Expect to be at your door between 19:00 and 21:00. The full itinerary walks through each stop.

Are there rules I should know about before I book?

Two, and they are simple. First, the trip runs to a planned group itinerary: everyone stays with the group and follows the programme our licensed tour guide arranges, so independent visits elsewhere during the excursion are not possible and the plan cannot be changed for one guest.

Second, three of the stops are shopping centres — onyx, leather and Turkish delight. They are part of the operator's programme; you are free to look without buying. For shorter outings during the rest of your stay, browse AtalayTours' day trips from Antalya.

What does the trip cost from Konyaaltı?

€75 for adults and €40 for children in the child-fare band, paid on the trip; ages, inclusions and extras are set out on the price page.