1. Day: ISTANBUL
Arrival to Istanbul, transfer to your hotel. Dinner and overnight.
2. Day: ISTANBUL
Departure after breakfast for full day city tour: Ste.
Sophia, Blue Mosque, Hippodrome, Topkapi Palace, Soliman
Mosque and Grand Bazaar. Dinner and overnight.
3. Day: ISTANBUL / ANKARA / CAPPADOCI
ABreakfast and transfer to the airport for domestic
flight to Ankara. The first site is the Museum of
Anatolian Civilizations which is located in a restored
bazaar. The museum has the most unique and priceless
collection dating back to the Prehistoric Era. The
Mausoleum of Atatürk is the next stop.This magnificient
structure serves as a tribute to the to the founder of
modern Turkey. Lunch will be taken in Ankara and the
drive for Cappadocia will start after lunch.After
arriving to Cappadocia dinner and overnight at the Hotel.
4. Day: CAPPADOCIA
After breakfast departure for full day tour: Tour begins
with the naturel citadel of Uçhisar which will enable
you to get a panoramic view of the region and continues
with the Göreme valley which is the highlight of the day.
This valley houses, The Göreme open air museum with its
churcheshewn out of rock and the colorful frescoes which
decorate them. The next stop is Zelve and the caves of
this ancient village, the underground city of Kaymaklı
or Derinkuyu which were carved as refuges from
persecutors during the early Christian Era. Lunch will
be served in a typical restaurant. Dinner and overnight
.5. Day: CAPPADOCIA / KONYA / ANTALYA
Departure will be early for Konya. Enroute,visit of the
13th century Caravanserai of Sultanhan which is
authentically kept. The next stop will be in Konya which
was the capital of the Seldjuk Turks in the 13th century.
This city which hosts the Mevlana museum is also known
for its theological school of whirling derviches.Lunch
will be served enroute. Arrival to Antalya. Dinner and overnight.
6. Day: ANTALYA
After breakfast, the full day tour of Antalya begins
with a tour to Perge where you will visit the ruins of a
collosal theater and stadium and huge Helenistic and
Raman gates.Continuing onto Aspendos where the best
preserved Roman theater is located and onto Side which
is a small authentic village filled with classical ruins.
Dinner and overn.
7. Day: ANTALYA / PAMUKKALE
After breakfast a tour of the city of Antalya, drive to Pamukkale. Dinner and overnight.
8. Day: PAMUKKALE / KUŞADASI
Departure after breakfast and visit of Temple of Apollo,
continue to breathtaking Theater,the fascinating
Necropolis and the last stop before lunch will be at the
great baths of Hierapolis antique city.Lunch enroute and
continue to Aphrodisias,one of the most recent
discoveries in Turkey. This ancient city is dedicated to
the Godess of love, Aphrodite. Drive to Kuşadası, dinner
and overnight at the hotel.
9. Day: KUŞADASI / IZMIR
Breakfast and visit of Ephesus: This is the best
preserved and the most often visited of all sites in
Turkey. It is dedicated to Artemis who is the Virgin
Godess of Chase.The visits will continue with the house
of Virgin Mary which is world famous.Lunch will be
served in Selçuk.Drive to Izmir. Dinner and overnight.
10. Day: IZMIR / ÇANAKKALE
Drive to Pergamum:visit of Asklepion and Acropolis.
Lunch enroute and continue to Troy.This is the legendary
city of Homeros which has nine principal levels of
occupation covering a period of 3000 years.It is rich in
history to say the least. Dinner and overnight in
Çanakkale otherwise known as the city in Dardanelles.
11. Day: ÇANAKKALE / ISTANBUL
After breakfast drive to Istanbul. Lunch will be served
enroute.Arrival to Istanbul.Dinner and overnight.
12. Day: ISTANBUL
Transfer to the airport
