Summer Value Tour Greek & Turkish Delights (89415),Holiday Packages to Heraklion, Istanbul, Athens

Day wise Itinerary

Day 1 : Arrive into Istanbul, Fly to Kayseri

Drive to Cappadocia, Begin your ‘Greek and Turkish Delights’ Tour
Welcome to Turkey. On arrival at Kayseri Airport, your Tour Manager/ Local representative will meet you outside the customs area and drive you to Cappadocia. Upon arrival, check into the hotel (Check-in time is after 3.00 pm).
Overnight at the hotel in Cappadocia.
Day 2 : Guided City Tour of Cappadocia

Visit Goreme Open Air Museum
After a continental breakfast, we take you on full day tour of mysterious Cappadocia. Start your tour from Uchisar - north of Cappadocia, where you will enjoy the spectacular panoramic view of fairy chimneys. Later, visit Avanos, a small town known for its ceramics. Next you will see three coned fairy chimneys at Pasabag. Highly remarkable earth pillars can be seen here, in the middle of vineyards. We, then drive to Dervent Valley, the lunar landscape! Next, we stop at Goreme Open Air Museum, which is full of pink, rose and white tapering columns. These tall free standing cones of stone, curve and twist as if pulled from earth like taffy. Others are tall like fairy chimneys. The caves were settled in the 4th century as monasteries. Visit some caves on the cliffs to see Byzantine frescoes decorating early Christian churches. See the Pigeon valley, where thousands of Pigeon houses are carved into the rocks.
Overnight at the hotel in Cappadocia.
Day 3 : Fly to Istanbul

After a continental breakfast, we check out and drive to Kayseri airport for our flight to Istanbul. On arrival we take you to your hotel (Check-in time is after 3.00 pm). The day is free to explore on your own this wonderful city on two continents.
Overnight at the hotel in Istanbul.
Day 4 : Guided City Tour of Istanbul, Visit the Blue Mosque

Visit the Hagia Sophia, Visit the Topkapi Palace, Visit the Grand Bazaar
After a continental breakfast, we take you on a guided city tour of Istanbul. We drive to the old city and visit the Sultan Ahmet Mosque, popularly known as ‘Blue Mosque’. Later, we visit Hagia Sophia. This Church turned Mosque turned Museum will take your breath away with sheer architectural size of its interior, its magnificent dome, frescoes and mosaic portraits. We then visit the Museum of Topkapi Palace, where you will be amazed by the dazzling displays of the treasures of the Ottoman Sultans. Next, we take you to the Grand Bazaar. The Grand Bazaar is one of the largest and oldest covered marketsin the world, with 61 covered streets and over 3,000 shops which attract between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily.
Overnight at the hotel in Istanbul.
Day 5 : Enjoy a Bosphorus Cruise

Visit to Spice Market
After a continental breakfast, we take you for a cruise along the shores of the legendary Bosphorus, the winding strait separating Europeand Asia. Bosphorus coastline is a delightful mixture of the past and the present where one can enjoy the grand splendour and quaint beauty of the ancient wooden Mansions, Palaces of marble, Fortresses and small Fishing villages. After the Cruise, visit the Spice Market a thrilling riot of colours, sounds and the rich smells of exotic spices.
Overnight at the hotel in Istanbul.
Day 6 : Fly to Athens

After a continental breakfast, we drive to the airport for our flight to Athens - the capital and largest city of Greece. Upon arrival, your Tour Manager/ Local representative will meet you outside the customs area and drive you to the hotel. On arrival, check into the hotel. (Check-in time is after 3.00 pm).
Overnight at the hotel in Athens.
Day 7 : Board your ‘Celestyal Cruise’

Sail from Athens to Mykonos
After a continental breakfast, we check out and proceed to the Cruise Centre of Piraeus to board your cruise to Mykonos island of the whitewashed houses and blue domed Churches.
Overnight in the comforts of your cabin.
Day 8 : Cruising to Kusadasi

Shore Excursion: Ancient Ephesus through the ages - Hellenistic and Roman Cruising to Patmos
Enjoy a buffet breakfast on board, as you arrive at the Turkish port of Kusadasi. Proceed on a guided shore excursion to Ancient Ephesus. Find Immortal relics of the Hellenistic, Roman and early christian era. Also visit the Great Theatre, built in the 4th century B.C., could accommodate 24,000 spectators. Later, sail to Patmos where St. John is reputed to have written the book of Revelation.
Overnight in the comforts of your cabin.
Day 9 : Cruising to Heraklion (Crete), Shore Excursion: Minoan Palace of Knossos

Cruising to Santorini, Shore Excursion: Santorini - Spectacular Oia Village perched on the Caldera rim
Enjoy a buffet breakfast on board, as you arrive in Crete, the largest of the Greek islands. Proceed on a guided shore excursion to Minoan Palace of Knossos. The ancient city of Knossos, with constant habitation from the Neolithic era until the 5th century A.D., is beyond doubt the land that “gave birth” to the first civilization of Europe, the Minoans. Here we visit the palace of Knossos spreads around the large Central Court. You will reach the awe inspiring Throne Room, the fresco of the “Prince of the Lilies”, the imposing Grand Staircase, the Queen’s Megaron in the east.We then sail to Santorini. On arrival, proceed on a guided shore excursion to the spectacular Oia Village perched on the Caldera rim. We pass through Fira, the small traditional villages with delicate architecture and beauties, to eventually arrive at the settlement of Oia. During the entire route, to the west you will have before your eyes the lace-like caldera, the little islands of Thirasia, Palea and Nea Kameni and an unsurpassable panoramic view. In Oia, stroll through the marblepaved alleys, to gaze at the adorably cute shops, to take pictures, to become acquainted with the characteristic buildings, carved into the rocks and the unusual captains’ manors, the settlement Ammoudi at the foot of the Caldera.
Overnight in the comforts of your cabin.
Day 10 : Guided City Tour Athens

Visit to Parthenon at Acropolis
After a buffet breakfast on board, we disembark from our cruise at Port Piraeus in Athens. We then proceed on guided city tour of Athens. Visit to the Panathinaiko Stadium which was the cradle of the first Olympic Games that took place in 1896. See the Constitution Square (Syntagma Square), the House of Parliament, the Memorial to the Unknown Soldier and the National Library. Next, we proceed to the visit the Acropolis, the crowning beauty and glory of ancient Athens, with its many monuments atop its rocky base, including the Parthenon. The Parthenon was constructed between 447-432 BCE to be the focus of the Acropolis building complex. Its massive foundations were made of limestone, and the columns were made of Pentelic marble, a material that was utilized for the first time. The temple’s main function was to shelter the monumental statue of Athena that was made by Pheidias out of gold and ivory.
Overnight at the hotel in Athens.
Day 11 : Return Home with Wonderful Memories

After a continental breakfast, we check out and drive to the airport for your flight back home. It’s time to say goodbye to all the new friends you have made. We hope you take back many happy memories of your holiday. We would like you to spare a few minutes of your time to write and tell us how you enjoyed your holiday and any suggestions you may have for the future.

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Heraklion, Greece, Europe

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