Description
We are Discovering Turkey
Group tour
SUNDAY – DAY 1
ARRIVAL AT ISTANBUL AIRPORT AT THE TIME INDICATED BY THE PASSENGER’S FLIGHT. MEETING AT THE AIRPORT AND TRANSFER TO THE HOTEL IN ISTANBUL.
MONDAY – DAY 2
BREAKFAST
THE CLASSIC EXCURSION IN ISTANBUL. WE VISIT
HAGIA SOPHIA, THE BLUE MOSQUE, THE HIPPODROME,
TOPKAPI PALACE, THE GRAND BAZAAR. (CITY TOUR)
AND LUNCH (INCLUDED).
TUESDAY – DAY 3
TRANSFER TO ISTANBUL AIRPORT TO TAKE THE PLANE TO ANKARA. WE VISIT THE FAMOUS ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS, WHICH HAS PREHISTORIC WORKS FROM VARIOUS ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS OF ANATOLIA. THEN WE VISIT ATATURK’S MAUSOLEUM, THE MONUMENTAL TOMB OF THE FOUNDER OF THE TURKISH REPUBLIC. WE DEPART FROM ANKARA AND TRAVEL TO CAPPADOCIA, HAVING LUNCH ON THE WAY (INCLUDED).
WEDNESDAY -DAY 4
IN THE MORNING, THERE IS AN OPTION TO TAKE A BALLOON RIDE (OPTIONAL). BREAKFAST AT THE HOTEL AND WE HAVE A CLASSIC EXCURSION IN CAPPADOCIA. WE VISIT THE GOREME OPEN-AIR MUSEUM TO SEE ROCK-HEWN CHURCHES DATING BACK TO THE BYZANTINE ERA, WITH WELL-PRESERVED MURAL PAINTINGS AND FRESCOES. WE VISIT THE UNDERGROUND CITY OF OZKONAK, WHICH SERVED AS A REFUGE FOR EARLY CHRISTIANS. WE VISIT THE PANORAMIC VALLEYS OF AVCILAR, WHERE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FAIRY CHIMNEYS OF CAPPADOCIA ARE FOUND. LUNCH IS INCLUDED. WE VISIT A CERTIFIED JEWELRY ARTISAN CENTER. WE VISIT DERVENT VALLEY TO SEE IMAGINARY FIGURES AND NATURAL BEAUTIES, AND WE END THE TOUR AT THE STATE-OWNED COOPERATIVE WHERE TURKISH CARPETS ARE WOVEN. ACCOMMODATION AND DINNER INCLUDED. IN THE EVENING, THE GROUP HAS THE OPTION TO PARTICIPATE IN TURKISH FOLK DANCES IN A CAVE (OPTIONAL).
THURSDAY – DAY 5
BREAKFAST, DEPARTURE FOR PAMUKKALE. ON THE WAY, WE WILL VISIT THE 12TH CENTURY CARAVANSERAI BUILT BY THE SELJUKS, WHICH SERVED AS A STOP FOR TRADERS.
THEN WE VISIT THE FAMOUS MAUSOLEUM OF MEVLANA IN KONYA, WHICH WAS A QURANIC SCHOOL FOR THE WHIRLING DERVISHES.
LUNCH ON THE WAY.
ACCOMMODATION IN PAMUKKALE AT A HOTEL WITH THERMAL POOLS FOR BATHING.
DINNER INCLUDED.
FRİDAY – DAY 6
WE VISIT PAMUKKALE TO SEE THE WHITE PETRIFIED CASCADES AND THE RUINS OF THE GRECO-ROMAN CITY OF HIERAPOLIS. THEN WE HEAD TO EPHESUS, VISITING THE HOUSE OF THE VIRGIN MARY AND THE CITY OF EPHESUS, WHICH FEATURES THE ROMAN THEATER, HADRIAN’S TEMPLE, AND THE LIBRARY OF CELSUS. WE VISIT AN OUTLET OF A LEATHER EXPORTING FACTORY AND END THE TOUR AT IZMIR AIRPORT. RETURN TO ISTANBUL (FLIGHT INCLUDED, AS WELL AS TRANSFERS IN ISTANBUL BETWEEN THE HOTEL AND THE AIRPORT).
SATURDAY -DAY 7
THE BOSPHORUS TOUR (OPTIONAL), SULEYMANIYE MOSQUE, THE BULGARIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ST. STEPHEN, AND INCLUDED LUNCH, SPICE BAZAAR. FREE DAY FOR SHOPPING.
SUNDAY – DAY 8
TRANSFER TO AIRPORT
ARRIVAL AT ISTANBUL AIRPORT AT THE TIME INDICATED BY THE PASSENGER’S FLIGHT. MEETING AT THE AIRPORT AND TRANSFER TO THE HOTEL IN ISTANBUL.
BREAKFAST
THE CLASSIC EXCURSION IN ISTANBUL. WE VISIT
HAGIA SOPHIA, THE BLUE MOSQUE, THE HIPPODROME,
TOPKAPI PALACE, THE GRAND BAZAAR. (CITY TOUR)
AND LUNCH (INCLUDED).
TRANSFER TO ISTANBUL AIRPORT TO TAKE THE PLANE TO ANKARA. WE VISIT THE FAMOUS ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS, WHICH HAS PREHISTORIC WORKS FROM VARIOUS ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS OF ANATOLIA. THEN WE VISIT ATATURK’S MAUSOLEUM, THE MONUMENTAL TOMB OF THE FOUNDER OF THE TURKISH REPUBLIC. WE DEPART FROM ANKARA AND TRAVEL TO CAPPADOCIA, HAVING LUNCH ON THE WAY (INCLUDED).
IN THE MORNING, THERE IS AN OPTION TO TAKE A BALLOON RIDE (OPTIONAL). BREAKFAST AT THE HOTEL AND WE HAVE A CLASSIC EXCURSION IN CAPPADOCIA. WE VISIT THE GOREME OPEN-AIR MUSEUM TO SEE ROCK-HEWN CHURCHES DATING BACK TO THE BYZANTINE ERA, WITH WELL-PRESERVED MURAL PAINTINGS AND FRESCOES. WE VISIT THE UNDERGROUND CITY OF OZKONAK, WHICH SERVED AS A REFUGE FOR EARLY CHRISTIANS. WE VISIT THE PANORAMIC VALLEYS OF AVCILAR, WHERE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FAIRY CHIMNEYS OF CAPPADOCIA ARE FOUND. LUNCH IS INCLUDED. WE VISIT A CERTIFIED JEWELRY ARTISAN CENTER. WE VISIT DERVENT VALLEY TO SEE IMAGINARY FIGURES AND NATURAL BEAUTIES, AND WE END THE TOUR AT THE STATE-OWNED COOPERATIVE WHERE TURKISH CARPETS ARE WOVEN. ACCOMMODATION AND DINNER INCLUDED. IN THE EVENING, THE GROUP HAS THE OPTION TO PARTICIPATE IN TURKISH FOLK DANCES IN A CAVE (OPTIONAL).
BREAKFAST, DEPARTURE FOR PAMUKKALE. ON THE WAY, WE WILL VISIT THE 12TH CENTURY CARAVANSERAI BUILT BY THE SELJUKS, WHICH SERVED AS A STOP FOR TRADERS.
THEN WE VISIT THE FAMOUS MAUSOLEUM OF MEVLANA IN KONYA, WHICH WAS A QURANIC SCHOOL FOR THE WHIRLING DERVISHES.
LUNCH ON THE WAY.
ACCOMMODATION IN PAMUKKALE AT A HOTEL WITH THERMAL POOLS FOR BATHING.
DINNER INCLUDED.
WE VISIT PAMUKKALE TO SEE THE WHITE PETRIFIED CASCADES AND THE RUINS OF THE GRECO-ROMAN CITY OF HIERAPOLIS. THEN WE HEAD TO EPHESUS, VISITING THE HOUSE OF THE VIRGIN MARY AND THE CITY OF EPHESUS, WHICH FEATURES THE ROMAN THEATER, HADRIAN’S TEMPLE, AND THE LIBRARY OF CELSUS. WE VISIT AN OUTLET OF A LEATHER EXPORTING FACTORY AND END THE TOUR AT IZMIR AIRPORT. RETURN TO ISTANBUL (FLIGHT INCLUDED, AS WELL AS TRANSFERS IN ISTANBUL BETWEEN THE HOTEL AND THE AIRPORT).
THE BOSPHORUS TOUR (OPTIONAL), SULEYMANIYE MOSQUE, THE BULGARIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ST. STEPHEN, AND INCLUDED LUNCH, SPICE BAZAAR. FREE DAY FOR SHOPPING.
TRANSFER TO AIRPORT
What is Included
.Museum Ticket
.Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
.Professional experienced and licensed local guide during the tour
What is Excluded
.Alcoholic beverages
.personal expenses
.Extra activities
.Drinks, tips to guide and driver
