Getting to Cappadocia: which airport, and the drive to your town
Two airports serve Cappadocia: Nevşehir Kapadokya Airport (NAV) and Kayseri Airport (ASR). From Nevşehir Kapadokya Airport (NAV) to Göreme takes about 38 min by car, and from Kayseri Airport (ASR) about 1 h 8 min (road route on OpenStreetMap data; © OpenStreetMap contributors).
These are driving times on a road route: no traffic, no stops, and not the time it takes to leave the airport or to park.
Both are run by DHMİ, Türkiye’s state airports authority; each has a page on its site with the arrivals and departures of the day.
The two airports
Nevşehir Kapadokya Airport (NAV)
From this airport to each townabout 38 min to Göreme by car.
Kayseri Airport (ASR)
From this airport to each townabout 1 h 8 min to Göreme by car.
Istanbul to Cappadocia
Direct flights from Istanbul to both airports, with the airlines’ own flight times.
Flights from elsewhere change with the season: check with your airline, or on the airport’s own page.
Nevşehir or Kayseri: which airport is closer to your town?
By road, Nevşehir Kapadokya Airport (NAV) is the closer of the two airports to every town in the table.
By bus: where the bus stations are
A Turkish town’s bus station is its otogar. These are the ones we have located near the towns you can stay in.
- Göreme Bus Station is in Göreme itself, under a kilometre by road from the town’s centre point.
- Nevşehir Bus Station is about 18 min by car from Göreme, 19 km on the road.
Antalya’s and Denizli’s bus terminals are in the sections on Antalya and Pamukkale below.
Buses between the towns and Nevşehir, from the municipalities’ timetables: getting around Cappadocia; the overnight bus from Istanbul: Istanbul to Cappadocia. Other timetables and fares are not in our data: check with the bus company.
Arriving the night before?
Balloons fly at sunrise, so only a morning after a night in Cappadocia can be a balloon morning. Land the evening before your first full day and sleep here, and that first morning is a balloon morning too: one more chance to fly.
The planner opens with arriving the night before already set, and you choose your dates.
Plan your daysAntalya to Cappadocia
From Antalya Intercity Bus Terminal to Göreme is about 6 h 29 min by car, 505 km on the road (road route on OpenStreetMap data; © OpenStreetMap contributors), without stops.
Flights and bus timetables between Antalya and Cappadocia are not in our data yet, so this page gives none.
Cappadocia to Pamukkale
Pamukkale is in Denizli province; the drive below ends at the intercity bus terminal in the city of Denizli.
From Göreme to Denizli Bus Terminal is about 7 h 49 min by car, 609 km on the road (road route on OpenStreetMap data; © OpenStreetMap contributors), without stops.
Bus timetables and transfers on to Pamukkale are not in our data yet, so this page gives none.
Where Cappadocia is in Türkiye: cappadociaballoonflights.com, opens in a new tab · Our own booking site
Plan your days in Cappadocia
Choose your month, and the planner builds your days around a balloon morning and a backup.