9 Days Best of Turkey Tour Package
9 Days Turkey Tour Package
İncluding visit: Istanbul, Ephesus, Pamukkale, Cappadocia.
Duration:9 Days/ 8 Nights
DAY 1
ARRIVAL TO ISTANBUL
On your arrival in Istanbul;Our Driver will meet you at the airport pick you up and transfer to your hotel. Overnight stay at 4* hotel in istanbul.
DAY 2
ISTANBUL OLD CITY TOUR
included meals:Breakfast -Lunch
You will be picked up from your hotel in the morning at 08:30am for the tour:
itinerary:
we will visit the St. (Haghia) Sophia, which was built by the Emperor Justinian. It was the largest building in the world for over 1000 years. See its intricate mosaics and huge central dome. (St Sophia is closed on Monday) Continue to the Topkapi palace, which was used by the Ottoman Sultans from the 15th to 19th centuries. We will also see the impressive collection of priceless jewels, crystal, silver and porcelain, robes worn by the sultans and relics of the prophet Mohammed. (Entrance to the Harem is extra). After lunch we will see the Blue Mosque, built for Sultan Ahmet I, which is a unique piece of architecture with its six minarets and features 20,000 beautiful Iznik tiles. Visit the ancient Hippodrome with Obelisk of Theodosius, Snake Pillar and German Fountain of Wilhelm II. Walk through the back streets of Old Istanbul and visit the elegant little Hagia Sophia mosque , See the Grand Covered Bazaar. After the tour transfer to your hotel,Overnight stay at 4* hotel in istanbul.
DAY 3
ISTANBUL TO IZMIR
EPHESUS - HOUSE OF VIRGIN MARY- BASILICA OF ST JOHN - KUSADASI
included meals:Breakfast -Lunch
07:30 Flight from Istanbul to Izmir
08:30 On your arrival to Izmir airport,Our Driver will be waiting for you with your name holding on the board to pick you up and transfer to Ephesus.you will begin the tour.
itinerary:
Today we will visit the house of Virgin Mary, then Ephesus with the Library of Celsius, temple of Hadrian, agora and fantastic Greco-Roman theater and the Basilica of St. John.. After the tour transfer to your hotel, Overnight stay at 4* hotel in Kusadasi .
DAY 4
PAMUKKALE - HIERAPOLIS - CAPPADOCIA
included meals:Breakfast -Lunch
After breakfast You will be picked up from your hotel in the morning at 08:30 am and depart from Kusadasi drive to Pamukkale to see the sites :
Pammukale which means cotton castle, is the result of limestone formations built over thousands of years. Warm calcium rich mineral water flowed over the cliffs and as it cooled it deposited the calcium into the formations that are seen today. Pammukale is now a world heritage site.Hierapolis was founded as a healing care centre in 190 BC, taking advantage of the mineral waters in the area. It was one of the most important intellectual, artistic, religious and commercial centres of the Roman Empire. It eventually had a large Jewish and Christian community. Breakfast and Lunch provided. After tour You will get an overnight bus to Cappadocia with non smoking, fully air-conditioned bus at 21:00 or 22:00. (duration 10 hours) Bus will be stopped 3 times for the personel needs or Optinal we can arrange flight instead of bus transport ?
DAY 5
CAPPADOCIA TOUR 1 (North of Cappadocia)
included meals:Breakfast -Lunch
On Upon arrival to Cappadocia early in the morning; our representative staff will meet you at the Bus Station and and transfer to Hotel,check in ,fresh up and after Breakfest you will join in to full day Cappadocia tour at 09:30 am
itinerary:
Today we explore Cappadocia Zelve open air museum where three canyons meet in the valley.Then visit Devrent Valley to see the unique fairy-chimneys. Drive to Pasabag (Monks Valley) to see most interesting mushroom-shaped pinnacles. Drive to the city of Avanos for lunch. In the afternoon visit Göreme Open-Air Museum where the remains of rock-hewn churches and Christian settlements date back hundreds of years. Before end of the tour visit the naturel Castle at Uchisar. After the tour transfer back to the hotel.
Overnight in 4* hotel or (Cave Hotel). in Cappadocia.
DAY 6
CAPPADOCIA TOUR 2 (South of Cappadocia)
included meals:Breakfast -Lunch
Hot Air Balloon Ride Optional(if you like ;we canarrange Hot Air Balloon Ride early in the morningat 05:30 am(it takes 1 Hours flight.)
You will be picked up from your hotel in the morning at 09:30 am and depart for the tour.
itinerary :
Today we will visit the Derinkuyu Underground City to visit the huge refugee settlement carved by early Christians, where they used to hide from persecutors. From Derinkuyu continue to the beautiful Valley of Ihlara, formely known as Peristerema. Explore the famous rock-hewn churches and hike 4 km through the valley. On the way back to monasteries in Selime Village and 13th century Caravansaray built by Selcuk Turks on the Silk Road. After the tour transfer to Kayseri airport.
17:00 Airport transfer
19:30 Flightfrom Kayseri to Istanbul
20:50 Arrival meetin in Istanbul airpot, pick you up and transfer to your hotel. Overnight stay at 4* hotel in Istanbul
DAY 7
BOSPHORUS CRUISE & TWO CONTINENTS
included meals:Breakfast -Lunch
You will be picked up from your from your hotel at 08:30 am and depart for the tour to visit Spice Market and followed by a Boat cruise through the Bosphorus, the strait dividing the European and Asian continents, Following lunch break in the afternoon, visit the luxuriously opulent BeylerbeyiPalace, the last residence of the sultans. A drive to the Asian part of Istanbul crossing the Intercontinental Bosphorus bridge to visit Camlica Hill The highest point where you can overlook Istanbul and take nice pictures. Tour finishes around 17:00, transfer back to hotel. Overnight stay at 4* Hotel in Istanbul.
DAY 8
Day at Leisure.
included meals: Breakfest
Full free day to wander around and do shopping on your own. Overnight stay at 4* hotel in istanbul.
DAY 9
DEPARTURE
After breakfast check out the hotel (before 12:00), We will pick you up from your hotel two ours prior(regarding your flight time)and transfer to Istanbul international Airport . End of tour and services
