Top 7 Food & Drink Experiences in Cappadocia

1.Underground city tour & optional wine tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 16 reviews · 2 hours · from $118Our pick

Visit Kaymakli Underground City on a two-hour guided trip from Göreme. Your English-speaking guide explains its ancient chambers, defenses, and Christian past. Guides such as Ramazan, Emrullah, and Hami have led recent trips. Add a local winery stop if you want to sample Cappadocia wine.

“Very friendly, very professional. Definitely recommend doing this on your trip to Cappadocia. Would do it again for sure.”

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2.Private Half-Day Vineyards & Wine Tasting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 10 reviews · 4 hours · from $236

Spend four hours touring Cappadocia’s vineyards with an English-speaking guide such as Aygül or Elif. Visit three wineries, taste local grapes and wines, pick grapes when in season, and enjoy private hotel pickup from towns across the region.

“We had a wonderful experience on this tour. Our tour guide Aygul was so friendly and very knowledgeable about the region and wines, and any questions we had about Cappadocia and Turkey. We had a great day visiting three beautiful winery’s and tasting many delicious wines from Cappadocia. Highly recommend.”

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3.Private Day Tour with Wine Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · 6 hours · from $105

Spend six hours touring Cappadocia by private bus with an English-speaking guide. Visit Kaymakli Underground City, Devrent Valley, Love Valley, Avanos, Zelve, and Ortahisar, with wine tasting, local food and coffee, pottery making, hotel pickup, and drop-off included.

“Had an amazing experience at the private your. Our tour guide mithat was amazing and highly recommended. He is a very knowledgable person and tells you about the history from A to Z and always answers any questions without hesitation or difficulty. He was always making sure we are comfortable and understanding what he is telling us. Would recommend anyone to book with him!”

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4.Combo Tour with Wine Tasting and Adventure Tours

★★★★★★★★★★3.8 · 5 reviews · from $59Best value

You’ll be picked up in Ürgüp, taste three local wines at Wine Factory Ürgüp, then choose a one-hour quad safari, horse ride, Turkish night, or dervish ceremony. English instruction, hotel transfers, and groups of up to 10 make this a flexible half-day outing.

“I was the only one booked for the Turkish night as it was a quiet night. The show was good, especially the belly dancer. Food was yum. Some bits a bit average. Overall good!”

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5.Private Tour: Best of Cappadocia with Wine Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $300

Spend eight hours with a private guide exploring Kaymakli Underground City, Uchisar Castle, Pigeon Valley, Goreme Open-Air Museum, and Avanos. Your day includes hotel or airport pickup, lunch in a cave restaurant, a pottery workshop, entrance fees, and wine tasting. Guide Zeynep is noted for thoughtful planning and excellent photos.

“I loved my tour guide. She was friendly, knowledgeable and took good care of me. She made sure that we saw the most important things and skipped the less important and she took me to places I specifically wanted to go! I had the most fantastic experience and I owe it all to her!! Zeynep was the best! She also took all these amazing photos! I hope to see her again!”

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6.Ancient Cappadocia’s Wine Tasting – Private Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 3 reviews · from $275

Spend three to four hours tasting Cappadocian and Turkish wines with private transport from Goreme. Visit Turasan Wine House, Kocabag Winery, and Gülor Wine Cave House in Ortahisar, with snacks and an Avanos pottery workshop included. Start at 2:30 pm.

“My husband and I recently took this tour. We were very excited about it as there were not many wine tour options available in the region despite it being well known for wine.”

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7.Private Cappadocia Food and Culture Tour: Turkish Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $280

Join guide Tolga Duran for a four-hour private food and culture tour from Urgup to Ayvali. Cook vine-leaf rolls and börek with his family, eat a generous village lunch, taste Cappadocian wine in a cave, and share Turkish coffee at the kiraathane.

“The Cappadocia Home Cooking School is a gem that is organized and operated by Tolga Duran and his amazing family. The school offers authentic Turkish cuisine coupled with the opportunity to interact with this warm, open, multi-talented and genuine family. We had the most fantastic time. Togla showed us his village and welcomed us into his home where with his son, wife and mother, we prepared 3 dishes. This was followed by eating a lunch that consisted of multiple dishes (thus, including many we did not prepare in addition to the ones we did prepare). The food was yummy and the way his sons served our meal was exceptional. We…”

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