What To Expect

Day 1: Arrival to Istanbul
• Istanbul

  Welcome to Turkey. Arrive in Istanbul Airport ( IST ) or to Sabiha Gokcen Airport ( SAW ) , Our representative will meet you at the airport with your name sign and private transfer to the hotel for overnight stay in Istanbul.

  Duration: 1 hour

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

Day 2: Full Day Istanbul Tour (Breakfast)
• Hippodrome

  Our tour starts with Hippodrome Square where used to take place for chariot races and the Byzantine riots during Roman and Byzantine period.

  Duration: 20 minutes

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque

  Only a short walk away, reaches Hagia Sophia built in 532 AD by Roman Emperor Justinian I. Update for St. Sophia interior visit : Live guiding is not allowed in St. Sophia after the 15th January 2024. Guests have to have their smart phones and headphones during their visit. If guests do not have a headphone, they can buy at the entrance at the cost of 3,5-USD The system is similar to audio guide system. Guests who does not have smart phones will follow the signs and the given informations on the signs .

  Duration: 1 hour

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Blue Mosque

  Visit Blue Mosque, which has its fame from its beautiful blue Iznik tiles

  Duration: 45 minutes

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• TopkapI Palace

  We will continue walking to Topkapi Palace, was not only the residence of the Ottoman sultans, but also the administrative and educational center of the state. It was constructed between 1460 and 1478 by Sultan Mehmed II, the conqueror of Constantinople. We will visit the Topkapi Palace including weapons section.

  Duration: 2 hours

  Admission Included: YES

• Grand Bazaar

  We will visit Grand Bazaar where is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with more than 58 covered streets and over 1,200 shops which attract between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily. Opened in 1461, it is well known for its jewelry, pottery, spice, and carpet shops. Drive back to our hotel

  Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

Day 3: Istanbul Tour (Breakfast)
• Basilica Cistern

  Our tour starts with the one of Istanbul's splendid historical buildings is the Basilica Cistern located in the southwest of Hagia Sophia. This large underground cistern built by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (527-565) was named as Yerebatan Palace ere among the people due to the marble columns rising from the water and countless seemingly like. It is also known as Basilica Cistern since there is a Basilica in the place where the cistern is located.

  Duration: 1 hour

  Admission Included: YES

• Misir Carsisi (Spice Market)

  You will have time in Spice Bazaar. Than visit to the Spice Bazaar with its domed and vaulted shops selling spices and herbs, also known as Egyptian Bazaar.

  Duration: 1 hour

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Bosphorus Strait

  Then to the pier for a Bosporus cruise on a public ferry. Starting the trip from the Golden Horn and sailing through the waterway separating the two continents, Asia and Europe- with a possibility to take pictures of the marble palaces, old wooden villas of Ottoman architecture besides modern residentials. We get on land in Sariyer district which has the old and modern taste together. Visit Ortakoy where mostly locals go. Ortakoy, once literally “the village in the middle” (orta) the European Bosphorus Shore, is now among Istanbul ‘ s coolest, chic-est, most artsy neighborhoods, with trendy boutiques, atmospheric cafes and bistrots, and crowds of young, sophisticated residents and visitors.

  Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes

  Admission Included: YES

• Istanbul

  After the tour program drive to your hotel for overnight in Istanbul.

  Duration: 30 minutes

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

Day 4: Istanbul - Fly to Cappadocia & Tour (Breakfast)
• Istanbul

  Early morning Pick up from hotel and transfer to Istanbul airport for your flight to Kayseri.

  Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Cappadocia

  Upon your arrival to Kayseri / Nevsehir airport, you will be welcomed and transfer to Cappadocia region.

  Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Fairy Chimneys

  We will visit Uchisar Rock-Castle to have a panoramic view of the valleys of Cappadocia. After the tour program transfer to your hotel. Stay overnight in Cappadocia.

  Duration: 1 hour

  Admission Included: YES

• Cappadocia

  End of the tour, drive to your hotel for overnight in Cappadocia.

  Duration: 50 minutes

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

Day 5: Cappadocia Tour (Breakfast)
• Devrent Valley

  In the morning, first meeting with the lunar landscape of Cappadocia: rock formations beyond belief in Devrent valley; a journey in the past with its troglodyte houses, visit to Pasabag “fairy chimneys” where the voice of wind mixes with the “songs of fairies” near Zelve.

  Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

  Admission Included: YES

• Avanos

  Lunch in Avanos, centre of terra cotta work of art since 3000 BC. and a demonstration in a traditional pottery workshop.

  Duration: 1 hour

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Goreme Open-Air Museum

  Afternoon, visit the famous Goreme Open Air Museum and see the best examples of Byzantine art in Cappadocia in rock-cut churches with frescoes and paintings (10th to 13th century).

  Duration: 1 hour

  Admission Included: YES

• Uchisar Castle

  Continue to Uchisar Rock-Castle to have a panoramic view of the valleys of Cappadocia. After the tour program transfer to your hotel. Stay overnight in Cappadocia.

  Duration: 1 hour

  Admission Included: YES

Day 6: Cappadocia - Tour (Breakfast)
• Pigeon Valley

  First meeting with Cappadocia, visiting Three Sisters Fairy Chimneys in Urgup which are the most popular and seen on advertisements. That’s why people carved some pigeon houses to keep them in certain places. You will see that the houses for the pigeons are like the houses for the people.

  Duration: 1 hour

  Admission Included: YES

• Kaymakli Underground City

  Then we descend into the center of the earth in the Kaymakli Underground City one of the largest and the deepest of 200 others in Cappadocia.

  Duration: 1 hour

  Admission Included: YES

• After this, we drive to Mustafapasa through the unspoiled villages of Cappadocia, surrounded by the “table-top” mountains. On the way, we visit the Ayvali Village. We continue to Mustafapasa (Sinasos), an old Greek town with its spectacular old Greek houses; very fine examples of late Greek settlements and architecture.

  Duration: 1 hour

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Cappadocia

  End of the tour, drive back to your hotel for overnight.

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

Day 7: Cappadocia – Konya (Breakfast)
• Sultanhani Kervansarayi

  After breakfast, departure for Konya. On the way visit to the 13th century Seljukian masterpiece Sultanhan Caravanserai and arrival in Konya.

  Duration: 45 minutes

  Admission Included: YES

• Mevlana Muzesi

  Then, continue with the Mausoleum of Mevlana, the world-wide famous mystic. After, proceed to Karatay Theological School in which beautiful tiles are on display.

  Duration: 2 hours

  Admission Included: YES

• Konya

  End of the tour, check in to your hotel for overnight in Konya.

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

Day 8: Antalya ( Breakfast – Dinner)
• Konya

  After breakfast, check out from your hotel and drive to Antalya around 4 hours.

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Perge Antik Kenti

  First visit the Perge Ancien city. Perge, which is the closest to the Antalya city center, ancient city is one of the Turkey’s cultural treasures. It is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Temporary List thanks to the importance of the ruins and artifacts found in the excavations in addition to being one of the largest and most important ancient settlements that have survived as a whole. The reason why Perge is a favorite settlement for history and art lovers is that it was one of the most important sculpture production centers of Ancient Age. The Antalya Museum, where the statues uncovered during the excavations is exhibited, is considered one of the richest Roman sculpture museums in the world. After the ancient city, a visit to the Museum will give you clues about the splendor Perge once had and will increase your admiration for the city.

  Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

  Admission Included: YES

• Aspendos Ruins

  After, we will visit Aspendos theatre. The theatre in Aspendos is considered to be the best-preserved theatre of antiquity. The Roman builders of this structure managed to express the state of ideal balance between the auditorium and the skene building and, what's more, the whole theatre matches perfectly into the landscape.

  Duration: 1 hour

  Admission Included: YES

• Kursunlu Waterfalls

  Kursunlu Waterfall is on a terrain rich in flora amongst the pine trees 7 km ahead when turned to left at the 24th km of the Antalya - Mersin road. A canyon for 2 km shapes the environs of the waterfall that falls from 18 m in height where seven small lakes connect each other through small falls. The area is open to visitors since 1986. The waterfall and picnic area, which cover 33 hectares of land, provide comfortable atmosphere with the fountains, seats, grills and playgrounds.

  Duration: 1 hour

  Admission Included: YES

• Antalya

  End of the tour, check in to your hotel for overnight in Antalya.

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

Day 9: Antalya – St. Nicholas – Myra – Kekova – Fethiye (Breakfast, Dinner)
• Kekova Island

  After breakfast check out from your hotel and drive to south to Mediteranean untouched bays . Visit St. Nicholas and stop in Kekove to take a private boat to Sunken City and Simena.

  Duration: 3 hours

  Admission Included: YES

• Kas

  After delicious fish lunch in a village drive to Kalkan though famous Kas and Kaputas beach. Arrival to Kalkan.

  Duration: 1 hour

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Fethiye

  End of the tour, check in to your hotel for overnight in Fethiye

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

Day 10: Fethiye - Oludeniz – Pamukkale (Breakfast, Dinner)
• Oludeniz

  Morning drive to Oludeniz to swim and/or optional Paragliding Activity. Afternoon drive to Pamukkake for Overnight in Pamukkale.

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Pamukkale

  End of your tour, drive back to your Thermal hotel for overnight in Pamukkale. You can use the thermal pools until 21:30

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

Day 11: Pamukkale – Kusadasi(Breakfast)
• Pamukkale

  After breakfast, check out from your hotel Visit the ancient city of Hierapolis with the Theatre, Apollo Temple and magnificent Necropolis, the graveyard . We wil visit The travertine terraces at Pamukkale are one of the most spectacular natural wonders we ever have seen from various mineral springs in a vast white cliff side. It looks like creations from snow or like balls from cotton, which gave the scenery the Turkish name Pamukkale (cotton castle).

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Kusadasi

  Then continue to Kusadasi Upon your arrival, check in your hotel for overnight.

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

Day 12: Kusadasi - Ephesus – Sirince - Kusadasi (Breakfast)
• Ancient City of Ephesus

  After breakfast drive to Ephesus where We will spend several hours walking in the footsteps of Alexander the Great, Caesar, Cicero, Apostles Paul and John and many other familiar historical names.

  Duration: 2 hours

  Admission Included: YES

• Ephesus Terrace Houses

  The recently opened Slope Houses where the wealthiest Romans lived are an excellent example of sensitive excavation and presentation. The mosaics and frescos are spectacular.

  Duration: 40 minutes

  Admission Included: YES

• Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House)

  Tradition has it that Virgin Mary was brought here by St John after the Crucifixion and lived her final years near the city of Ephesus on an isolated mountaintop. A lovely chapel is constructed on the site tended by Franciscans and open to visitors. It has been designated a pilgrimage site by the Pope.

  Duration: 50 minutes

  Admission Included: YES

• Sirince

  Our last stop is at Sirince Village. After visit Sirince drive back to your hotel for overnight in Kusadasi

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

Day 13: Izmir – Istanbul (Breakfast)
• Izmir

  After breakfast, our driver will pick you up from your hotel and transfer you to Izmir airport, for your flight back to Istnabul.

  Duration: 55 minutes

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Istanbul

  Upon your arrival to Istanbul, our representative will welcome you with your name sign. Then transfer you to your hotel in Istanbul, for overnight.

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

Day 14: Istanbul - Home (Breakfast)