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Nemrut Tours From Cappadocia
With this 3 Days Nemrut tour you will have chance to see the imposing stone heads atop a remote, 2,150-metre-high mountain are one of Turkey’s most iconic sites. The statues of Greek and Persian gods , which were up to 33ft tall, formed part of the tomb and temple complex built by Antiochus I (69-34 BC) , who reigned over the Commagene kingdom. You will be also able to see the urbanlife of South Eastern Turkey away from modern life.
Nemrut Tours are available from May till October with daily departures from Cappadocia.
Day 1 ( Departure from Cappadocia )
- You will be picked up from your hotel in Cappadocia and join our organized tour. Drive to Kahta passing through Kayseri where we will see the Seljuk Karatayhan Caravanserai settled on the famous Silk Road. Then, make a stop at the Taurus Mountains to have our lunch. The dessert will be taken in Kahramanmaras famous for the best ice-cream in Turkey. Finally arrive in Kahta and check-in our hotel for dinner and stay overnight.
Day 2 ( Mount Nemrut – Harran – Sanliurfa )
- Early morning wake up to enjoy amazing sunrise between the colossal size statues and heads of the kings and Gods at Mt. Nemrut. Then visit Arsemia which was once the capital of the Commagene Kingdom, the Bridge of Septimus Severus over the Cendere river, and the Karakus tumulus where members of the royal family were buried. After visits, we will drive to to Sanliurfa with a short stop at the Ataturk Dam which is the biggest dam in the Middle East. After lunch we will visit the Abraham’s Cave and the Pools of Holy Carp. Finally drive to Harranvillage to see Mud-Brick “beehive” houses mentioned in the book of genesis where Abraham spent the last years of his life. Stay overnight in Sanliurfa.
Day 3 ( Sanliurfa – Birecik – Cappadocia )
- After breakfast we depart from Sanliurfa to Birecik which is famous for its bald-ibis (Kelaynak) birds. These birds are living only in Birecik in the world and there is a very limited population of them. We visit the breeding farm of Bald Ibis birds. After lunch, we drive through the Taurus Mountains and drop you off the hotel in Cappadocia.
Price Chart
Inclusions
- Pick up and drop off from hotels in Cappadocia.
- 2 nights accommodation in 3 star hotels including breakfast.
- Services of English tour speaking guide.
- Entrance fees to all sites mentioned in the itinerary.
- Transportation in air-conditioned and non smoking tour vehicles
Exclusions
- Tips to the guide and driver.
- Optional excursions.
- Drinks taken with meals.
- Personal expenses and anything else which is not listed on included services.
Additional information
- Nemrut Tours are available from May till October with daily departures from Cappadocia.
- The above prices are valid for a tour in English (please let us know which language you prefer. For other languages; Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, German, Italian and French, Available only on request. Please include the form any language you want for your ideal itinerary.
Wonderful place with wonderful people! Very extreme, a piece of the ancient times. Not so hard walking to the top, cca 500 meters long to 2000meters high. Look around, amazing!
Balikli Gol is wonderful with sunset, especially when it is Ramadan. Stay there for an hour, to watch the people feeding the fish, to see the children playing and to see the mosks with the wonderful light of the sunset.
We drove to Nemrut (on a really dodgy winding road for five hours from Sanliurfa) but it was well worth it to watch the sunrise at 5am. I have never seen anything more beautiful. It was truly amazing but only bearable if you wear loads of layers, woolly hat, gloves and a blanket 🙂
Mount Nemrut is well a visit of its own. With a fabulous setting, besides the sculptures, it offers spectacular views both at sunrise and sunset. Definetely must visit it!
Getting up at 2.30 am, and then climbing up a steep hill at 4.30 in bitter cold wind is quite hard but it's certainly worth it. The sunrise on Mount Nemrut is amazing and seeing how the colours of the statues change as the sun goes higher and higher is a sight you won't forget.
We visited Mt. Nemrut at sunrise, so we arrived to the place when it was still dark. Going up is a small hike but not strenuous, the last part just got really windy. Remember to dress in warm clothes and bring a hat (that won't fly away).
Nemrut Mountain and the god/godness sculptures on the the top of it are at the list of Unesco’s World Heritage. The King of Komagene has built these sculptures here in order to let the sun go down and up under their feet. The graves of the king and his family is also at the top of this mountain. You must see the sunrise or sunset once in your life from here and feel it under your feet. Take a bottle of wine with you and enjoy.
One does wonder why this magnificent piece of human history does not attract more attention. The hilltop cumulus with human size statues, geometric plan and the seemingly impossible amount of stones and rocks piled up there to build it, is otherworldly.
Once in a lifetime experience…adventurous, breathtaking, enlightening! SO worth the task involved in arriving for sunrise.
One of the experiences that is diffucult to describe. This place is sacred, historical and touching your soul. You would dive into old arabic times and will feel the history.