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Cap off a day of sightseeing with a spectacular Turkish cultural show in the heart of Cappadocia. Your evening tour includes hotel pick-up, a traditional Turkish dinner, and unlimited drinks, so you can concentrate on being entertained by the belly dancers, live music, and dazzling costumes.

After a couple of other folk dances from different parts of Turkey, the highlight of the night comes, Belly Dancer! She makes her breath-taking dance and then goes around all the tables to take one man from each table. The men have a great time while they are learning the secrets of belly dancing with some basic figures. Well, it was made sure there were no sharp objects around, before the belly dancer! After some other dances and shows like fire dance, Caucasian dance with knives, and drum show, the night ends around 23:00 and we drive you back to your hotel for a night of deep sleep. During the night the waiters will serve unlimited soft and alcoholic drinks with appetizers. The main course will be lamb with rice, the traditional wedding meal of Turkey.

Treat yourself to a taste of typical Turkish cuisine as you learn to prepare classic dishes in a real Cappadocia village home. Mingle with the locals as you enjoy a private 4-hour Turkish cooking class in the village of Ayvali, then tuck into a scrumptious lunch of Anatolian specialties like bulgur soup and 'börek' pastries. That’s not all: accompanied by your local guide, you will shop for ingredients at the local market or orchard; visit a typical Turkish coffee house; and sample regional wines at wine cave.

Uncover the secrets of Turkey’s delicious cuisine and master traditional cooking techniques with a 4-hour private cooking-class in a local Cappadocia home, including hotel pick up. Learn how to craft mezes like stuffed vine-leaves and 'borek' (feta cheese stuffed pastries), sample local specialties like stuffed eggplant, rice pilaf and bean soup, and try sweet treats like rice pudding or baklava. Once you’ve finished cooking, it’s time for the best bit: tucking into your 3-course lunch, followed by a cup of Turkish coffee.

While the nature of Cappadocia offers you a visual feast, as a guest of a charming family in the village of Aravan near Ürgüp, with its unique ceramic pots and buried wood oven in the ground, you will learn in a class of 4 hours, how to make with organic ingredients dried haricot beans in pot, casseroles, tandoori soup, stuffed leaf wrap, Kayseri ravioli’s, stuffed peppers, and as stuffed apricots and dolaz a local desserts with honey. * Hotel pickup and drop-off *Aprox. 4 hours class *3 main dishes according to seasonal products * Real natural flavors * Tandoori bread * Seasonal fruit treat

Prepare a 4-course gourmet Turkish meal during a 3-hour cooking class in Cappadocia.  After complimentary pickup from your hotel, join your teacher at their home. Learn the ins and outs of fine Turkish cuisine, using fresh local ingredients. Once the dinner is complete, enjoy the fruits of your labor with a glass of Cappadocia wine.  Leave with recipes for each dish and digital photos of your class.