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How to Come?
How to get Visa?


How to Come?

It's very easy to come to Goreme - Cappadocia. You can use one of the following ways to come Goreme. If you want to learn how to come Turkey please visit www.tourism.gov.tr

1. By plane from Istanbul to Kayseri, then by bus from Kayseri to Göreme (100 km).

After reaching Istanbul you can fly to Kayseri and then take a bus to Goreme. If you'd like to use Turkish Airlines for coming to Kayseri, departure times of the planes are listed below:

From Istanbul To Kayseri From Kayseri To Istanbul
Flight No: TK 260
At 07:45 am every day Flight No: TK 261
At 09:55 am every day

It takes about 1 hour and 25 minutes from Istanbul to Kayseri by plane

2. Directly by bus from Istanbul to Goreme

There are 3 bus companies that you can choose from, Nevtur, Goreme Tur and Kapadokya. All of them have bus services to Goreme. (It takes about 10 hours from Istanbul to Goreme.)

Important:

At Nevsehir Bus Station you will find service buses to Avanos, Goreme, Urgup, Uchisar and elsewhere in Cappadocia. When buying your tickets or making reservations for bus services, do not forget to mention the specific place to which you wish to go.

If you plan to go to Avanos, Goreme, Urgup or Uchisar, you will not need to pay for the service from Nevsehir Bus Station to those places.

From Goreme to Nevsehir, minubus goes every 30 minutes between 7:30 and 19:30.


Time Tables
Istanbul - Goreme Goreme - Istanbul
Company Dep. Time Company Dep. Time
Nevtur 18:30
20:30
21:30
Nevtur 19:00
20:00
20:30
Goreme Tur 09:00
20:30
21:00
Goreme Tur 19:00
20:00
21:00
Kapadokya 20:00
21:00
Kapadokya 20:00
21:00
Telephone Numbers of Companies
City Nevtur Goreme Tur Kapadokya
Adana     0322 4282043
Alanya   0242 5131319  
Ankara 0312 2240150
0312 2240550
0312 2241250
Antalya   0242 3311066
0242 3311007
Denizli 0258 2634716    
Fethiye   0252 6141451 0252 6123737
Goreme 0384 2712435 0384 2712293 0384 2712266
Istanbul (Europe) 0212 6580865
0212 6581213
0212 6583450
Istanbul (Asia) 0216 4924386
0216 4924387
0216 3331337
Izmir 0232 4720368    
Kayseri 0352 3364747 0352 3206162 0352 3207768
Konya 0332 2333390 0332 2333390
0332 2354929
Mersin 0324 2338095   0324 2384365
Nevsehir 0384 2131171
0384 2140091 0384 2132757
Side   0242 7531183  
Urgup 0384 3414302
0384 3412111
0384 3416233

 

How to Get Visa?

If you are from one of the countries which turkey requires visa you must collect some neccesery documents. These documents vary on your occupation (employers, employee, housewives, students, retireds). You may find the full list of these documents on official web pages of Ministery of Tourism and Ministery of Foreign Affairs

Nationals of the following countries do not require a visa:

Type of Passport : Ordinary Passport
Period of Visa Exemption : 3 Months

Argentina, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece Grenada, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (only passports of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region), Iceland, Iran, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Monaco, Morocco, New Zealand, Oman, Qatar, St. Lucia, St. Marino, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Vatican

Type of Passport : Ordinary Passport
Period of Visa Exemption : 2 Months

Bosnia- Herzegovina, Croatia, Indonesia, Macedonia, Romania

Type of Passport : Ordinary Passport
Period of Visa Exemption : 1 Month

Costa Rica, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, South Africa

Type of Passport : Official Passports
Period of Visa Exemption : 3 Months

Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belarus, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Holland, Hong-Kong Special Administrative Region(only passports of Hong-Kong Special Administrative Region), Iceland, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico (only diplomatic passports) Monaco, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Portugal (only diplomatic passports), Qatar, Russia (only diplomatic passports), St. Lucia, St. Marino, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, Uruguay, Vatikan

Type of Passport : Official Passports
Period of Visa Exemption : 2 Months

Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Indonesia, Macedonia, Romania

Type of Passport : Official Passports
Period of Visa Exemption : 1 Month

Bulgaria (only diplomatic passports) Costa Rica, Estonia (only diplomatic passports) , Hungary, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia( only diplomatic passports), Maldives, Moldova, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Philippines, South Africa, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, Vietnam (only diplomatic passports), Yemen

Ordinary passport holders of nationals of the following countries may obtain sticker type visas at the Turkish International Border Gates to enter into Turkey

Type of Passport : Ordinary Passport
Duration of Stay : 3 Months

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil,Canada, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America

Type of Passport : Ordinary Passport
Duration of Stay : 1 Month

Albania, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia,

Type of Passport : Ordinary Passport
Duration of Stay : 15 Days

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