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| Depending on the dates, you can choose between 3 types of accommodation for your trail in Cappadocia: guesthouse, hotel or bivouac. All options follow the same route. All formulas include 7 nights full board. Drinks are not included. The 2008 prices are available from our retailers worldwide or on request.
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This formula offers comfortable accommodation in picturesque guesthouses located in ancient stone houses or in nicely renovated cave houses. You can see more of Cappadocia's villages and experience the legendary Turkish hospitality and the anatolian way of life. Most guesthouses are run by families.
Double rooms with en-suite toilets and shower. Single room supplement (applicable only if unwilling to share and if available): 25 Euros per person per night payable locally. Most guesthouses offer internet access and a laundry service. Lunch is a pic-nic, dinner (Turkish) and breakfast (Turkish and continental) are taken at the guesthouse. Dinner usually comprises a starter, one or two main course and a dessert. Vegetarian menu on request. Water, tea and coffee are included. Wine and other drinks are available but payable locally.
You will be driven to your guesthouse in the early evening after tea at the camp where the horses will stay. In order to keep transfer times between the camp and your accommodation as short as possible, you will be driven to a different guesthouse on most nights. The logistics vehicle will forward your luggage. |
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Dates: 6-13/04 ; 20-27/04 ; 4-11/05; 18-25/05; 15-22/06; 13-20/07; 10-17/08; 24-31/08; 07-14/09; 21-28/09; 05-12/10; 19-26/10; 26/10- 02/11. |
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The Hotel Trail offers very comfortable accommodation in some of Cappadocia's most beautiful mansions as well as a higher level of service during the trail itself.
You are not required to tack-up/untack your horse yourself: an assistant will prepare it in the morning and take care of it at lunchtime and in the evening.
You will stay in beautifully renovated mansions of Ottoman or Seljuk architecture, located in the villages' historical quarters.
You may choose tastefully furnished large double rooms or suites with ensuite toilets and bathroom. Single room supplement (applicable only if unwilling to share): 40 Euros per person per night payable locally.
All hotels offer internet access and a laundry service. |
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At lunchtime, our cook will meet us with the logistical vehicle and a cooked meal will be served at the table, under a nomadic tent featuring carpets and cushions for those who wish to take a siesta. Dinner (Turkish) and breakfast (Turkish and continental) are taken at the hotel. Vegetarian meals are available on request. Water, tea and coffee are included. Wine and other drinks are available and payable locally. |
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You will be driven to your hotel in the early evening for dinner. In order to keep transfer times as short as possible, you will be driven to a different hotel on most nights. The logistics vehicle will forward your luggage.
Dates: 01-08/06; 27/07- 03/08. |
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This formula offers a level of accommodation that is simple, and with a friendly atmosphere. You will sleep in nature under double tipi-tents including single camp mattresses. You must bring a good sleeping bag as nights can be cold.
On Friday night, the camp is next to an ancient troglodyte dwelling and it is possible to sleep in a tufa cave. Wednesday night - as well as your arrival and departure night - are spent in a guesthouse (double or triple rooms). Lunch is a pic-nic, dinners usually comprise a main traditional dish cooked on the wood fire. Vegetarian dish on request. Breakfasts are continental. Water, tea and coffee are included.
At the camp, meals are taken the Turkish way, i.e. on the floor, sitting on a carpet around a large round tray, under the communal tent or outside by the camp fire. . The camp has a 'shower tent' with a basin, a large bucket and a gaz stove where you can heat the water.
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At the camp, your participation is required for the following:
- tack up/untack your horse, attach it for the night, water the horse (at the fountain) in the evening and in the morning, and help feed it ;
- put up/take down your tent and replace the equipment in the logistics trailer in the morning.
Note: the Bivouac is confirmed when we have a minimum of 4 firm bookings for this formula (if there are fewer than 4 bookings for the bivouac on a given date, only the Guesthouse formula will be available).
Dates: 4-11/05; 18-25/05; 15-22/06; 13-20/07; 10-17/08; 24-31/08; 07-14/09; 21-28/09. |
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