These guided daily tours are less technical than our Singletrack Tour selection, and are suitable for all. Tours are on a mix of sandy dirt tracks and quiet, asphalted back roads. Tours include professional guide, lunch and bike / helmet hire.
Goreme Explore on Tour (Easy)
Transfer to Cardak – Kavak – Ortahisar (lunch) – Red Valley Panoramic – Kiliclar – Goreme (Total 22km)
This easy-going dirt road cycling tour offers a taste of authentic, off the beaten track Cappadocian village life without losing out on the region’s most unmissable and panoramic vistas. We begin with a transfer to the remote village of Cardak, and from here, climb gently on a sandy track to reach one of Cappadocia’s highest vantage spots at nearly 1500m. Descending gently and easily we pass through Kavak village amidst grape vines, fruit orchards and small scale farming pasture. With endless expansive views as far away as Erciyes volcano, the easy downhill ride to the historic fortified village of Ortahisar is most enjoyable. Here we eat a good restaurant lunch and have time to visit the 13th century Selcuk mosque.
After lunch, a short section on asphalt road brings us easily to the panormaic viewpoint above Red Valley, and one of the region’s most fantastic landscapes. From our high point here, we decend on smooth, ever-narrowing trails that bisect a spur separating Rose and Kiliclar valleys, where a host of fascinating historical remains are easily accessible by short walks or detours away from the main trail. The final section of the tour is on singletrack paths, but all will enjoy their smooth, undulating course as it wonders back to Goreme via the stone stacks, rock-cut pigeon lofts and age-old churches of Swords Valley (Kiliclar).
Goreme Pathways (Moderate – Non technical)
Goreme – Cavusin – Pasabagi – Devrent Valley – Urgup (lunch) – Red Valley Panoramic – Kiliclar – Goreme (Total 31km)
The circular ride from Goreme is a mid-level dirt road and easy singletrack tour that circumnavigates the imposing table top mountain of Boz Dagi. Leaving Goreme, the ride soon ascends onto a paved and then dirt road which heads north towards the small, historic village of Cavusin. Enjoying fleeting glimses down into Love Valley to the left, and Rose, Red and Kiliclar Valleys to the right, almost instantly we are enjoying the areas very best views. Stopping in Cavusin to visit the impressive, 5th century Church of St John the Baptist, we set off on a relatively flat, sandy dirt track via the incredible “fairy chimneys” of Pasabagi, to the dry, barren landscape of Devrent Valley. From here, an brief asphalt climb rewards us with an easy cruise downhill to the vibrant and youthful town of Urgup- where we enjoy a good restaurant lunch on the town square.
From Urgup we take a gently climbing dirt road up a delightful, shady valley that is awash with butterflies in the early season. We gain height relatively easily, and without too much excertion arrive at the Panormaic Viewpoint above Red Valley- and enjoy one of the region’s most fantastic landscapes. From our high point here, we decend on smooth, ever-narrowing trails that bisect a spur separating Rose and Kiliclar valleys. The final section of the tour is on singletrack paths, but even first time mountain bikers will enjoy their smooth, undulating course as it wonders back to Goreme via the stone stacks, rock-cut pigeon lofts and age-old churches of Swords Valley (Kiliclar). The end of a fairly challenging but hugely rewarding day
Tour Information:
Prices for all tours are as follows: 90 Euros per person (2 pax) 80 Euros per person (3 pax) 70 Euros per person (4+ pax).
If you are an individual, couple or small group, and would like to join a larger group, please contact us with your chosen dates and we’ll arrange an open departure date.
Prices include transfers, good quality bike and helmet hire, professional guide and a nice restaurant lunch.
Tours begin at the Middle Earth Travel office at 09.00 and return at around 16.00.
