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6 Days Bingol City & Cooking Tour

Bingol,
Duration

6 day(s)

Tour type

Regular & Private

Group size

1-40 people

Physical Level

relax

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Tour Overview

Bingol is located on a high plateau in Eastern Turkey and promises its guests a remarkable journey with its natural beauties as well as its rich history. It is encompassed by mountains and a substantial number of icy mass lakes, consequently the name, Turkish for a thousand lakes. Bingol is suitably located amidst wonderful highlands and is surrounded by icy glaciers. In recent times, Bingol has become a popular tourist attraction magnetizing a large number of nature loving and sport loving individuals each year.

Activities
Discovery Family Food & Culinary Health, Spa & Wellness Historical Museum Photography Sightseeing Solo Travel Walking Tour

Tour Features

Duration
6 day(s)

Max Group Size
1-40 people

Tour Code

Departure Type
scheduled

Tour Category
City Sightseeing

Guiding Method
Fully guided

Operated In

Age Requirement
0 - 99

Bingol

Pickup Time:

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Bingol

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Highlights
Buban Chimneys- Cicektepe Village Cave-Kigi Castle-Kalkanli Village Cave-Cooking Lesson-Shopping Tour-Turkish Bath-King’s Daughter Castle Tour-Floating Island-Cave of Zag-Cir Waterfall-Kos Thermal

Itinerary

Day 1

Meet at Bingol Airport and transfer to your hotel. You will be given your room key and the rest of the day is yours to explore Bingol. Overnight in Bingol.
Day 2

(Breakfast included)

After breakfast, we pick up you from the hotel and start your city tour. Buban Chimneys, the village of Oguldere is a town known mostly for the short fairy chimneys that top a number of the hills surrounding it. The brilliant green valley from the new town to the old is well worth exploring as it runs between fairy chimney-topped hills and up to the ruins of the old town where there are a couple cave homes, natural caves, as well as pasture land full of livestock. The entire area is quite picturesque and holds some great hidden gems. Cicektepe Village Cave, Bingol is quite rich in terms of naturally formed caves. Cicektepe Village Cave is one of the rare areas that bears the marks of ancient settlements. The cave consists of two rooms and a gallery, and its walls bear the traces of the past. Kigi Castle located in the southeastern part of the city center, the castle is a well-preserved historical monument. The site is an attraction for tourists with its wall embellishments that resemble the medieval architecture and is waiting for you with its structure founded in the middle of steep rocks. It proximity to the river, which is known as “Fairy Water” and the longest river in the region, gives an opportunity to visit the river as well. Kalkanli Village Cave is famous for its engraved adornments and the structure is formed by being carved into natural rocks. The cave has a natural and historical beauty with its adornments. After tour we drop you back to hotel. Overnight in Bingol.

Day 3

(Breakfast and lunch included)

After breakfast, we take you from the hotel and depart to a local restaurant for your professional cooking lesson. You participate in your first Turkish cooking lesson: During our Bingol cooking tour, you will taste various flavors of Bingol and prepare lunch with chief together cities most famous menu Gomme and a dessert which you will enjoy and giving you an experience to learn great recipes and techniques to add to your own collection. After lunch you will depart to city center for free time and shopping before return to your hotel. After the tour drop back to your hotel. Overnight in Bingol.

Day 4

(Breakfast included)

After breakfast, we take you from the hotel and depart to the Traditional Turkish bath is a place where physical and spiritual cleaning takes place and hundreds of years old. Natural lighting and izonic colored tiles create a relaxing atmosphere. When entering to Turkish bath, you leave all the hastiness of daily life outside, you exchange your clothes for a waistcloth and adorn the traditional clogs. Inside temperature reach up to 50 degrees celcius under the central dome of the building. This heat and humidity opens the pores of body and extracts the fatty anoils of the body in preperation for your scrub down and a massage by the attendant. After a gentle soap massage, you leave the bath place with towels and pass to resting room. Here, tea is offered to you. You leave the Turkish Bath renewed, beautiful and refreshed. After Bath we drive to King’s Daughter Castle is located in Genc district of Bingol. It is one of the most beautiful districts of Bingol that lay on Murat Valley with its fascinating landscape. The exact date of construction of the Castle is unclear, although it is thought to have been built by the Persian King Dara for his beloved daughter. The original name of the castle is Darahini, which means Dara’s Fountain. After the tour drop back to your hotel. Overnight in Bingol.

Day 5

(Breakfast included)

After breakfast, we take you from the hotel and depart to Floating Island in Bingol is a wonderful gift of Mother Nature. Its formation and existential structure is quite interesting to look at. The Floating Island is located at the Aksakal region of Hazarash Village contiguous to the boarders of Solhan District. What is most fascinating about the island is that it can freely and wonderfully move about the whole lake without remaining fixed in one particular spot. Cave of Zag is located on a steep cliff between Gokceli and Yenidal villages, on the banks of Murat River. The side facing the Murat River is 200-300 meters above the ground and carved from the rocks. The cave consists of many rooms on three floors connected by the round chimneys between them. It was ruined throughout time, but there are still 17 rooms that preserved their structure today. Cir Waterfall located at 8 kilometers to the center of IIica town, the waterfall passes through the rocks, known as the “Grand Cir Stone” among local people, and falls from approximately 50 meters, creating an amazing view. The natural caves surrounding the waterfall are a home to wild birds, and is a different attraction to the tourists. Kos Thermal is 18 kilometers north east of Bingol. This resort is situated on the highway to Karliova in eastern Anatolia. You are free to enjoy exciting water sports in the thermal springs of this resort and enjoy a wonderful holiday. The water of the thermal springs has a temperature of 47 degree centigrade with a pH value of 6.1 and is purely hygienic. The beneficial effect of the thermal spring is that its water helps in treating abnormal physiological conditions like rheumatism, cardiovascular, gynaecological disorders, problems in the respiratory tract and unwanted psychological and corporeal weariness. After the tour drop back to your hotel. Overnight in Bingol.

Day 6

(Breakfast included)

After breakfast, you will have free time in Bingol. Today is the last day of your tour and you are returning home. Depend on your flight departure time we will transfer you to Bingol Airport. We hope your tour is an unforgettable tour and we would like to meet again on one of our tours in the future. Thank you for choosing a good trip with Travelshop Booking.

Included

5 nights hotel in Bingol-Grand Berti Hotel

PS: If This hotel list not available at the time of your booking then we will arrange smilar other hotel for your group. If you prefer a Different category hotel, there might be an additional cost.

Professional English - speaking tour guides

5 breakfasts

1 lunch

Arrival transfer from Bingol airport to hotel in Bingol

Transportation in a fully air - conditioned, non - smoking coach

Return transfer to Bingol airport

Guided West Bingol Tour

Guided Cooking Lesson & Shopping Tour

Guided Turkish Bath & King’s Daughter Castle Tour

Guided East Bingol Tour 

All entrance fees mentioned in the itinerary

Hotel room taxes, tours & transfer taxes

Excluded

International and domestic flights

Insurance: All types

City Tax

Turkey entry visa

Tipping: Tips for guides and drivers Items of a personal nature such as alcoholic drinks, cold drinks, laundry

Any others expenses which are not mentioned at the included section

Tour Booking

Travelers
Departure Month
Regular Tour Prices
Start End
Nov 10, 2025 Nov 15, 2025 €1070
Double room
Nov 11, 2025 Nov 16, 2025 €1070
Double room
Nov 12, 2025 Nov 17, 2025 €1070
Double room
Nov 13, 2025 Nov 18, 2025 €1070
Double room
Nov 14, 2025 Nov 19, 2025 €1070
Double room
Nov 15, 2025 Nov 20, 2025 €1070
Double room
Nov 16, 2025 Nov 21, 2025 €1070
Double room
Nov 17, 2025 Nov 22, 2025 €1070
Double room
Nov 18, 2025 Nov 23, 2025 €1070
Double room
Nov 19, 2025 Nov 24, 2025 €1070
Double room
Nov 20, 2025 Nov 25, 2025 €1070
Double room
Nov 21, 2025 Nov 26, 2025 €1070
Double room
Nov 22, 2025 Nov 27, 2025 €1070
Double room
Nov 23, 2025 Nov 28, 2025 €1070
Double room
Nov 24, 2025 Nov 29, 2025 €1070
Double room
Nov 25, 2025 Nov 30, 2025 €1070
Double room
Nov 26, 2025 Dec 1, 2025 €1070
Double room
Nov 27, 2025 Dec 2, 2025 €1070
Double room
Nov 28, 2025 Dec 3, 2025 €1070
Double room
Nov 29, 2025 Dec 4, 2025 €1070
Double room
Nov 30, 2025 Dec 5, 2025 €1070
Double room
Private Tour Prices
Start End
Nov 10, 2025 Nov 15, 2025 €1854
Double room
Nov 11, 2025 Nov 16, 2025 €1854
Double room
Nov 12, 2025 Nov 17, 2025 €1854
Double room
Nov 13, 2025 Nov 18, 2025 €1854
Double room
Nov 14, 2025 Nov 19, 2025 €1854
Double room
Nov 15, 2025 Nov 20, 2025 €1854
Double room
Nov 16, 2025 Nov 21, 2025 €1854
Double room
Nov 17, 2025 Nov 22, 2025 €1854
Double room
Nov 18, 2025 Nov 23, 2025 €1854
Double room
Nov 19, 2025 Nov 24, 2025 €1854
Double room
Nov 20, 2025 Nov 25, 2025 €1854
Double room
Nov 21, 2025 Nov 26, 2025 €1854
Double room
Nov 22, 2025 Nov 27, 2025 €1854
Double room
Nov 23, 2025 Nov 28, 2025 €1854
Double room
Nov 24, 2025 Nov 29, 2025 €1854
Double room
Nov 25, 2025 Nov 30, 2025 €1854
Double room
Nov 26, 2025 Dec 1, 2025 €1854
Double room
Nov 27, 2025 Dec 2, 2025 €1854
Double room
Nov 28, 2025 Dec 3, 2025 €1854
Double room
Nov 29, 2025 Dec 4, 2025 €1854
Double room
Nov 30, 2025 Dec 5, 2025 €1854
Double room

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