Cappadocia Sunrise Balloon Flight with Hotel Pickup

Three and a half hours door to door, of which 45 to 70 minutes are spent in the air. The rest is the morning built around the flight. Hotel pickup comes first, before there is any light in the sky, then the drive out to the launch field and a light snack while the crews work. The envelopes are still flat on the ground at that point. They fill slowly as the burners fire into them and only stand upright in the last minutes before boarding. Take-off is at dawn, the window commercial flying uses in Cappadocia, so around 130 balloons across the region leave the ground inside the same short stretch. The route crosses the valleys and the fairy chimneys standing in them. For much of the first part of the flight, what fills the view is the rest of the fleet, at different heights, carried on the same wind. Back on the ground there is a champagne toast and a flight certificate. The operator describes its pilots as experienced and licensed, which is its own account rather than an independent one. At 255 euros this sits in the upper middle of the Cappadocia range, and hotel pickup and drop-off are both in the price. The rating is 5.0 from 63 reviews. Cancelling 24 hours or more before departure returns the full amount.