11 Days Istanbul Cappadocıa Konya Pamukkale Epheus Pergamon gallıpolı Troy By Bus By Plane Tour

Package Overview

Drinks, tips to guide and driver, personal expenses and optional tours

Day wise Itinerary

• Day 1 : Arrival

  Arrival in Istanbul and transfer to your hotel. Overnight in hotel.
• Day 2 : Istanbul – Sultanahmet (group Walking Tour)

  8:10 – 8:45 Departure from your hotel. Today we will visit the Saint Sophia (Haghia Sofia) This ancient basilica, built by Constantine the Great in the 4th century and reconstructed by Justinian in the 6th century, is one of the architectural wonders of all time. See beautiful mosaics of biblical scenes and the Byzantine emperors and empresses. We continue to the Blue Mosque, which was built in the 17th century and which takes its name from its magnificent interior decoration of blue Iznik tiles. We continue to the Hippodrome, a stadium and meeting place in Byzantine times, and the three monuments: the Obelisk of Theodosius, the bronze Serpentine Column and the Column of Constantine. Continue with the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum originally built as the Palace of Ibrahim Pasha in 1524 with fine examples of Islamic Calligraphy, tiles and carpets. Then we will explore the Topkapi Palace. It was the home of the Ottoman sultans from the 15th-19th century A.D. (Harem section is optional and due an extra entry fee). The tour ends in the Grand Bazaar, which has over 4000 shops full of treasures. Return to your hotel around 17:30.
  STAY ISTANBUL
• Day 3 : Half Day Morning Bosphorus Cruise

  8:30 am – You will be picked-up from your hotel to visit the Spice Bazaar (or Egyptian Bazaar). Filled with spices, dried fruits, nuts and seeds, lokum (Turkish delight) and other edibles, Spice Bazaar has a smell of the fragrance of the exotic East. Then join a boat excursion on the Bosphorus on a shared tour. Enjoy viewing Ottoman palaces, Bosphorus bridge, citadels, centuries-old mansions and the European and Asian shorelines at the same time. At the end of the tour, you will be dropped back to your hotel at approximately 1:00 pm.
  Evening Flight To Kayseri
  Overnight in boutique cave hotel.
• Day 4 : Goreme Museum & Fairy-chimney Tours At 09:30am

  Depart from your hotel to visit Devrent Valley to see the unigue fairy-chimneys. Drive to paşabağ (Monk’s Valley) to see the most interesting mushroom-shaped pinnacles.Drive to the city of Avanos .In the afternoon visit another beautiful open air museum at Göreme where the remains of rock-cut churches and Christian settlements date back hundreds of years.Lastly,before returning to your hotel, visit the natural castles at Uçhisar.
• Day 5 : Rose Valley & Kaymakli Undground City Tours At 09:30am

  Depart from your hotel to visit Red valley,and explore the famous rock- cut churches and hike 5 km through the Güllüdere valley. Then visit Çavuşin village.This village is famous for the houses and churches of the christian clergymen. After lunch Drive to the pigeon valley . In the afternoon visit Kaymakli underground city. Where early Christians lived in fear and faith.
  EVENING BUS TO KONYA
  STAY KONYA
• Day 6 : Konya – Pamukkale

  HALF DAY FREE IN KONYA . The next stop will be Konya with the Mevlana Museum (founder of the Mevlevi order of dervishes, commonly called the Whirling Dervishes).
  AFTERNOON BUS TO PAMUKKALE AT 13:30PM
  Arrive in Pamukkale and overnight in 4* thermal hotel.
• Day 7 : Pamukkale At 09:45am – Kusadasi

  In the morning visit the ancient site of Hierapolis, including theater, Apollo Temple and Necropolis, then the calcium terraces of Pamukkale. Continue to Kusadasi through the Meander Valley and overnight Kusadası
• Day 8 : Ephesus – House of Virgin Mary At 09:00am

  KUSADASI
  Today we will visit the House of the Virgin Mary, then the Ancient City of Ephesus with the Library of Celsius, temple of Hadrian, agora and Greco-Roman theater and the Basilica of St. John. Overnight in Kusadasi.
• Day 9 : Kusadasi – Pergamon Asclepion At 08:30am

  CANAKKALE
  Today :we will visit the Asclepion of Pergamon, which was a famous center of healing in the ancient world. Galen, who originated from Pergamon and was the founder of modern medecine, treated his patients here. Overnight in Canakkale.

  • Meals & Drinks Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Day 10 : Troy & Gallipoli Tour At 08:30am

  CANAKKALE – ISTANBUL
  After breakfast we will begin the drive to Istanbul. We will cross the Dardanelles by ferry and visit the WWI battlefields of Gallipoli. Finally we drive to Troy, the described by Homer, which has nine principal levels of occupation covering a period of 3000 years Return to Istanbul and overnight in 3 Star hotel.

  • Meals & Drinks Breakfast, Lunch
• Day 11 : Free Day/departure

  Transfer to airport for departure.
  End of our service.

Inclusions

• Hotel
• Sightseeing
• Arrival and departure airport transfers
• Domestic Flight Tickets (Istanbul to Kayseri
• Accommodation in hotels as mentioned or similar.
• Meals as mentioned in the itinerary
• Transportation in non-smoking vehicle with driver and professional English

Exclusions

• Drinks, tips to guide and driver, personal expenses and optional tours

This Tour is Offered by

• Cappadocia, Turkey, Cappadocia, Turkey
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