Piya

Me and My husband are travelling to Istanbul & Cappadocia for a week and would like suggetion/recommendations on some must do activities in these cities. We will be in Istanbul for abt 4.5 days and in Cappadocia for 2.5 days.
Specifically, we wanted to book a place to see a whirling Dervish performance. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Many thanks in advance.

Croesus

You can see the whirling dervish performance at Sarı Han in Cappadocia - http://www.saruhankervansaray.com/ensema.html
Your hotel will be able to arrange it for you.

Michael

We liked the Rick Steves guide to Istanbul. It will contain the must see sites and things to do (a boat trip to the mouth of the Black Sea).

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mksfca/...7622934223233/

You might want to take a look at my trip report; click on my name to find it and just skip the Roman ruins part (Izmir to Pamukkale).

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mksfca/...ith/4208674877

Piya

Thank you for your responses!

Erikson

I used these must do, must see, must taste lists when I was in Istanbul: http://www.theguideistanbul.com/arti...bul101/must-do
http://www.theguideistanbul.com/arti...ul101/must-see
http://www.theguideistanbul.com/arti...101/must-taste

As for the whirling dervishes... I went to one in Hodjapasha and it was pretty good. You can get info on it here: http://www.theguideistanbul.com/arti...enter-509.html

Hope you have a great time!

Piya

Thanks for the links Erikson!

julies

Do the hot air balloon trip in Cappadocia; it is fabulous. We typically don't spend this kind of money on excursions, but if you are ever going to do ahot air balloon trip anywhere, Cappadocia is the place to do it.

chickenlittle

Cappadocia:

I really enjoyed this: http://www.goreme.com/zelve-open-air-museum.php

Also -- hiking red valley at sunset was breathtaking.

I agree with julies -- the hot air balloon ride we took was amazing.