Day 3: Mount Erciyes & Kayseri

After 2 days in Istanbul, we were now headed to Kayseri. Being on a budget trip, we took a taxi to Taksim around 3am to jump on the Havatas airport shuttle to Istanbul Sabiha airport. Lucky for us, the Pegasus flight to Kayseri was light and I got an entire row to stretch out. Our hotel was booked in Cappadocia and we didn’t want to carry our backpacks with us, so we rented a car at the airport. It was a pleasure driving through the scenic passes.

Breakfast at a tiny tea shop, tea for 0.5TL
Breakfast at a tiny tea shop, tea for 0.5TL

One of the many cable car rides that go up to the peak
One of the many cable car rides that go up to the peak

We spent the rest of the day wandering through Kayseri.

We got too lazy to return the car and drove it all the way to Kappadokiya. We ended the day with the most delicious lentil soup in Goreme centrum.

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We had planned a balloon ride in Cappadocia on Day 4 of our Turkey Roadtrip.