1. Day: Flight to ISTANBUL Transfer to hotel
2. Day: ISTANBUL Full day city tour according. "Ottoman and Byzantine Istanbul" Full day city sightseeing tour of Istanbul's monuments. It begins with the Süleyman Mosque, the work of architect Mimar Sinan, and one of the most beautiful mosques of the city. Then it continues to the Hippodrome, a Roman arena where horse carriage races and gladiator fights took place. You can see the snake column, the Egyptian obelisk and the German fountain. Afterwards there is a visit to the famous Blue Mosque unique for its exquisite blue tiles and its six minarets. The program continues with a visit to Santa Sophia, one of the most important church monuments in the Christian world. After lunch we visit Topkapi Palace, the old residence of the Ottoman Sultans which contains the treasures of the times. In the afternoon there is a walking tour in the Covered Bazaar with its thousands of shops unique in atmosphere
3. Day: ISTANBUL / ASSOS Trip to Marmara Sea's Thracian coast up to Gallipoli. We then cross the Dardanelle's by ferry boat to Lapseki and on to the Biga stream, the ancient Granikos, to refresh ourselves on it's shore. We continue to Troy, the ideal homeland of Alexander and there we will visit the ruins excavated by the German archaeologist Schliemann.
4. Day: ASSOS / IZMIR Trip to Pergamum and a visit to the Acropolis and on to Asclepieum. Continuation inland to Sardes, homeland of the Persian Satraps and ancient capitol of the King Croesus. We will visit this important ancient town and then we will continue to Izmir.
5. Day: IZMIR / KUSADASI After a little trip around Izmir we continue to Selcuk. There we visit Saint John's Basilica, the home of mother Mary, the great excavations of Ephesus and the remains of the temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the world.
6. Day: KUSADASI / BODRUM Trip along the Ionian coast and a visit to Priene, Milet and the remains of the temple of Apollo in Didyma. Then we continue to Bodrum, the ancient Halicarnassus, to visit the remains of the Mausoleum, one of the Seven Wonders of the world, and the Museum of Underwater Archaeology in the Bodrum castle.
7. Day: BODRUM / KAS Trip to Köycegiz and boat trip through the reeds ending up in the opening of the sea, where the sea turtles put their eggs. Then a visit to the excavations of Kaunos. We then continue on to Fethiye and an excursion to the Dead Sea. After that a continuation via Xanthos to Kas.
8. Day: KAS / ANTALYA Trip to Myra and a visit to the Saint Nicholas church. Then we will take a boat trip to Kekova island and continue over the Tarsus mountains to Termessos, the only place Alexander couldn't conquer. After this tour we go to Antalya.
9. Day: ANTALYA Day trip to Perge, Aspendos and Side, important ancient cities of their time. A visit these places. In Aspendos there will be a demonstration of Turkish handicrafts. There will also be the possibility to shop for carpets and jeweler directly from the manufacturer.
10. Day: ANTALYA / ANKARA Trip over the Tarsus mountains going North via Burdur and Afyon to Gordion. After this we will visit the tomb of the King Midas, of who all that he touched became gold. From there we continue to Ankara.
11. Day: ANKARA / CAPPADOCIA After visiting the Mausoleum of Atatürk, founder of modern Turkey, we will go to the very important museum of Anatolian Civilizations where all the important excavations incuding the Hittite's period are exposed. We then continue on to Cappadocia.
12. DAY: CAPPADOCIA Day trip to the moon like landscape of Cappadocia unique to itself. We will then visit the cavern churches and the underground cities of Cappadocia.
13. Day: CAPPADOCIA / ADANA Trip through the Cilician Gate to Tarsus, birthplace of Saint Paul the Apostle, and on to the Corycian Caves, named Heaven and Hell. Then a trip to Silifke and Göksu stream, the ancient Kydnos, which nearly became the tomb of Frederick Barbarossa and where Alexander nearly drowned.
14. Day: ADANA A day tour via Issus to Antakya, the ancient Antioch. We will visit this historical city and then go back to Adana.15. Day: Flight back from ADANA Transfer to the airport.