Spectacular Cappadocia Balloon Festival
Ürgüp, Turkey
Cultural festivals
What it is
Hot-air balloons filling the sky over Ürgüp in Cappadocia, Turkey, with landbound balloons lit up at night.
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Dates
The next dates have not been announced yet. We check the official site regularly and update this page when they are.
“Welcome to the official website of the Cappadocia Hot Air Balloon Festival 2026!”
Before you go
- Where
- Ürgüp (Cappadocia), Turkey
- Hours
- 2026 schedule only: sunrise festival flights at 06:00 at Göreme Festival Alanı; Night Glow shows at 20:00 to 21:30 (31 July) and 20:00 (1 August) at Paşabağ Ören Yeri. Not confirmed for 2027.
- Tickets
- Free entry (Ücretsiz Etkinlik) Ticket page
How we checked
Last checked October 17, 2026 against balonfest.com. Before anything appears here, a separate check fetches each source again and confirms that every date we show is in the quoted text.
Notes from the last check
The 7th Cappadocia Hot Air Balloon Festival (BalonFest) ran 30 July to 2 August 2026, per balonfest.com and the Türkiye Kültür Yolu Festivali page; the 2026 edition is over and no official 2027 dates were found, so the next edition is recorded as tba. Existence, the official URL, free admission on the 2026 listing, the 2026 venues and Night Glow evening shows are evidenced; the ministry's own site could not be read.
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