Hire a car with a driver in Kayseri City (Cappadocia) for as long as you need it: 2–10 hour packages with 20 km per hour. Your chauffeur picks you up at your hotel or any address in Kayseri City, waits at every stop and brings you back. Kayseri City is about 7 km (~15 min) from Kayseri Erkilet Airport (ASR).
Chauffeur hire in Kayseri City starts at €40 per hour; the shortest package is 2 hours / 40 km for €80. The driver picks you up at your hotel or address and waits at every stop; the price is fixed per vehicle, not per person.
Price = hours × hourly rate. Each hour includes 20 km; prices are per vehicle.
| Package | Economy Sedan (3 pax) | FirstClass Van (6 pax) | Vip Sprinter (16 pax) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 hours / 40 km | €80 | €100 | €150 |
| 3 hours / 60 km | €120 | €150 | €225 |
| 4 hours / 80 km | €160 | €200 | €300 |
| 5 hours / 100 km | €200 | €250 | €375 |
| 6 hours / 120 km | €240 | €300 | €450 |
| 8 hours / 160 km | €320 | €400 | €600 |
| 10 hours / 200 km | €400 | €500 | €750 |
Road distances are estimates; the suggested package covers the round trip and about an hour there.
| Place | One way (road) | Suggested package |
|---|---|---|
| Gevher Nesibe Hospital (Seljuk Civilisation Museum) | ≈ 1 km | 2 hours / 40 km |
| Kayseri Covered Bazaar & Bedesten | ≈ 1 km | 2 hours / 40 km |
| Kayseri Castle & Archaeology Museum | ≈ 1 km | 2 hours / 40 km |
| Historic Talas | ≈ 10 km | 2 hours / 40 km |
| Kültepe (Kanesh) archaeological site | ≈ 25 km | 3 hours / 60 km |
| Erciyes Ski Resort (Tekir) | ≈ 27 km | 3 hours / 60 km |
| Ağırnas, birthplace of Mimar Sinan | ≈ 29 km | 3 hours / 60 km |
| Temenni Hill (Ürgüp) | ≈ 66 km | 8 hours / 160 km |
Popular around Kayseri City: Kayseri Castle, the Seljuk Hunat Hatun Complex, the Gevher Nesibe Museum of Medical History, the Covered Bazaar and the Döner Kümbet tomb.
Your driver takes you to these places and waits at every stop, so you can combine them as you like.
Ringed by walls and towers of dark volcanic stone, this castle stands right in the centre next to Cumhuriyet Square; its origins are Byzantine, but its present form is largely the work of the 13th-century Seljuks. With the covered bazaar and Seljuk monuments a short walk away, it is the natural starting point for a city tour.
Right beside the castle, this is one of Turkey's large covered bazaars, with vaulted Ottoman-era lanes that connect with the historic bedesten and old hans. Browse carpets, kilims, jewellery and fabrics, and experience the bargaining for which Kayseri's merchants are famous.
Built in the 13th century by Mahperi Hunat Hatun, wife of the Seljuk sultan Kayqubad I, this complex of mosque, madrasa and double hamam is one of the earliest in Anatolia founded by a woman. Her own tomb lies within the madrasa.
Founded in 1206 by the Seljuk sultan Kaykhusraw I in accordance with the wish of his sister Gevher Nesibe, this hospital and medical school was one of the first in Anatolia. The twin building is now a museum that tells the story of Seljuk medicine and civilisation.
Kayseri is famous across Turkey for pastırma, air-dried beef coated in a spicy fenugreek paste called çemen, and for its sucuk sausage; taste them in the shops around the bazaar and take some home vacuum-packed. Don't leave without trying Kayseri mantı, tiny dumplings served with garlic yoghurt and spiced butter.
Northeast of Kayseri, Kültepe holds the remains of Kanesh, a major Bronze Age city, and of the trading colony founded there by Assyrian merchants. The tens of thousands of cuneiform tablets found here are the oldest written documents known from Anatolia.
Each area page shows its own distances and trip ideas.
Hourly rates: Economy Sedan €40, FirstClass Van €50, Vip Sprinter €75. Packages run from 2 to 10 hours; for example 4 hours / 80 km with an Economy Sedan costs €160. The price is per vehicle, not per person.
Each hour includes 20 km. Examples from Kayseri City — 2 hours / 40 km: Historic Talas; 3 hours / 60 km: Kültepe (Kanesh) archaeological site; 8 hours / 160 km: Temenni Hill (Ürgüp).
At your hotel, villa or any address in Kayseri City. Enter it as the pickup location when booking; the driver waits for you at every stop during the package.
Historic Talas is about 10 km by road from Kayseri City (20 km there and back). The 2 hours / 40 km package covers the trip, including about an hour there.
Yes. Kayseri Erkilet Airport (ASR) to Kayseri City is about 7 km, ~15 minutes; see the ASR to Kayseri City transfer page for the fixed price.
In the centre, Kayseri Castle, built of black basalt, the neighbouring Hunat Hatun complex and the Gevher Nesibe Museum of Medical History, housed in a former Seljuk hospital, are all close to one another. Seljuk tombs such as the Döner Kümbet on the Talas road are just a short drive away. The driver waits at every stop, so you never have to hunt for parking in city traffic.
Yes. Kayseri is a major industrial city, and a driver by the hour is very practical on business trips. The driver takes you between offices in the centre, factories in the organised industrial zone and other meeting addresses, waiting at each stop until you are finished. Even when you cannot tell how long a meeting will run, the car is waiting, so there is no calling taxis or looking for parking.
Yes. Talas, right next to Kayseri, is a pleasant place for a stroll, with old stone houses on the hillside and views over the city. Ağırnas is the village where the great architect Mimar Sinan was born; there you can see the house museum bearing his name and old rock-cut dwellings. The driver links the two stops in one outing and waits at each.
The covered bazaar and the old market streets around it have the greatest concentration of pastırma and sucuk shops, and many of them will let you taste and pack your purchases for travel. Kayseri mantı, the city's tiny dumplings, is served almost everywhere, even in the simplest eateries. The driver drops you at the bazaar entrance and waits until you have finished shopping, and your purchases stay safely in the car.
Nothing is paid in advance: you pay the driver in the car, in cash (EUR, USD, GBP or TRY) or by card. The price is per vehicle, not per person. If your plans change, you can modify or cancel the booking free of charge up to 24 hours before the start.
