Itinerary
Day 1: Istanbul - Arrival Day
Pass By: Meet Transfer, Istanbul 34275 Turkiye
Meet at the airport Transfer to your hotel. You will be given your room key and the rest of the day is yours to explore Istanbul. Overnight in Istanbul.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: overnight selected hotel
Day 2: Istanbul
Stop At: Hagia Sophia Mosque, Sultan Ahmet, Ayasofya MeydanI No:1, Istanbul 34122 Turkiye
Pick up at 08:30 am from your hotel for a day tour of old Istanbul city.
Visit St. Sophia This ancient basilica, built by Constantine the Great in the 4th century and reconstructed by Justinian in the 6th century, is one of the architectural marvels of all time. Topkapi Palace The great palace of the Ottoman sultans from the 15th to the 19th centuries housing an exquisite collection of crystal, silver, and Chinese porcelain, robes worn by the sultans and their families.
The famous jewels of the Imperial Treasury, miniatures, the Holy Mantle; enshrining relics of the Prophet Mohammed. SULTANAHMET IMPERIAL MOSQUE Across from St. Sophia built in the 16th century by the architect Mehmet, is known as the BLUE MOSQUE because of its magnificent interior decoration of blue Iznik tiles. HIPPODROME Ancient Hippodrome, the scene of chariot races, with the three monuments; the Obelisk of Theodosius, the bronze Serpentine Column and the Column of Constantine.
Lunch break at 13:00pm after the lunch Ada Vegas Travel will then take you to the Grand Covered Bazaar In this labyrinth of streets and passages are more than 4,000 shops with each trade having its own area: the goldsmiths street, the carpet sellers, Turkish arts and crafts, such as handpainted ceramic plates, hand-honed copperware, brassware and trays, water ewers, onyx-ware and meerschaum pipes. After the tour, transfer back to your hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Topkapi Palace, Cankurtaran Mahallesi Gulhane Park, Near Sultanahmet Square, Istanbul 34122 Turkiye
Topkapi Palace
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Grand Bazaar Jewelers, Alemdar Mah. Bab-I Ali Cad. Guran Han No:34 D. 4, Istanbul 34110 Turkiye
Grand Bazaar
On Sundays replace with spice market
Duration: 1 hour
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Accommodation included: overnight selected hotel
Day 3: Istanbul - Cappadocia
Stop At: Uchisar Castle, Uchisar Turkiye
At 04:00 am transfer to airport and flight to Cappadocia. On arrival transfer to your hotel. You will be picked up approximately 09:30 from your hotel to join our tour. Tour starts with Uchisar Castle, the highest point of Cappadocia. After Uchisar, you visit Goreme Open Air Museum, the Heart of Cappadocia. Goreme Open Air Museum is famous for frescoes dating to the 10th century describing the life of Jesus Christ and monks. The next stop is Cavusin, which is an abandoned village with old cave Greek houses.
After Cavusin you go to the restaurant in Avanos to have lunch. After lunch, you visit a pottery workshop, to see how to make potteries. Then you go Pasabagi where you can see three-headed fairy chimneys. After Pasabagi you visit another workshop to see Cappadocian handwoven carpets and kilims. The next stop is Devrent Valley, which is also called Imagination Valley, where you can see natural rock formations looking like animals.
The last stop is Three Beauties, three beautiful fairy chimneys with their hats, which is the symbol of Cappadocia. T
After tour transfer to hotel and overnight.
Optional Evening Turkish night and dervish show with dinner.
(Breakfast & Lunch included)
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Goreme National Park, Goreme 50180 Turkiye
Goreme open air museum
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Church Of St. John The Baptist (Vaftizci Yahya Kilisesi), Cavusin Road, Cavusin Turkiye
Cavusin village
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Avanos Oren Yeri, Kapadokya Cd., Avanos 50500 Turkiye
Avanos town
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Pasabag, Urgup Turkiye
Pasabag valley
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Devrent Valley, Devrent Mevkii No:1 Urgup Yolu, 50500 Turkiye
Devrent imaginations valley
Duration: 30 minutes
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Accommodation included: overnight at selected hotel
Day 4: Cappadocia - Kusadasi
Stop At: Red Valley, Nevsehir Ortahisar, Nevsehir 50650 Turkiye
Optional Early Morning Hot air Balloon Tour to discover Cappadocia from the air.
After breakfast, we begin with a hike along the Red & Rose Valley, one of the most breathtakingly and mysteriously beautiful valleys in the region. The valleys, with their fabulous volcanic rock formations, are in the heart of Cappadocia but well away from the mainstream tourist haunts.
After lunch in a local restaurant we descent towards the center of the earth, with a trip to the Underground City of Kaymakli, one of the largest and deepest of Cappadocia’s many such settlements.
This city is approximately 40m deep and contains all the usual rooms found in an underground city (stables, cellars, storage rooms, refectories, churches, wineries, etc.) We will end the day with a visit to Pigeon Valley where we will have a spectacular view of dovecotes, old abandoned cave homes and old Greek houses of Uchisar. After tour transfer to airport and flight to Izmir. On arrival transfer to your hotel and overnight.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Kaymakli Underground City, Derinkuyu Turkiye
Kaymakli Underground City
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Pigeon Valley, Uchisar KasabasI Nevşehir Kapadokya, Goreme 50240 Turkiye
Pigeons valley
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Kusadasi Market, Kusadasi 09400 Turkiye
Kusadasi Town
Duration: 1 minute
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Accommodation included: overnight at selected hotel
Day 5: Kusadasi - Pamukkale
Stop At: Pamukkale Natural Park, Pamukkale orenyeri kocacukur alani pamukkale kasabasi, Pamukkale Turkiye
At 08:30 we depart for Pamukkale. We will check at the hotel around 12.00 and we have a lunch break until 13.30. Afterward, we shall visit the calcium terraces of Pamukkale (cotton castle) and the ruins of Hierapolis, then walk around this natural phenomenon and have the option of lying in the waters of the natural springs. After Pamukkale tour transfer to hotel and overnight.
Duration: 4 hours
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Accommodation included: Overnight at selected hotel
Day 6: Ephesus Tour - Antalya
Stop At: Ancient City of Ephesus, Selcuk 35920 Turkiye
After breakfast full day tour to ephesus,house of virgin mary, and temple of Artemis. After tour transfer to ariport and evening flight to Antalya.
(Breakfast & Lunch included)
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House), Sultaniye Mahallesi, Selcuk 35100 Turkiye
House of Virgin Mary
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: The Temple of Artemis, Ataturk, Park Ici Yolu No:12, Selcuk Turkiye
Temple of Artemis
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Old City Marina, Selcuk Mah 38/B, Antalya 07040 Turkiye
Antalya city
Duration: 2 hours
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Accommodation included: Overnight at selected hotel
Day 7: Antalya, Perge and Aspendos tour
Stop At: Perge Ancient City, Aksu, Antalya 07110 Turkiye
After breakfast full-day tour to Perge, Aspendos, and Side
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Aspendos Ruins, Serik Turkiye
Aspendos Theatre
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Side Museum, Selimiye Koyu, Side, Manavgat Turkiye
Side town
Duration: 1 hour
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Accommodation included: overnight at selected hotel
Day 8: Antalya - Istanbul
Stop At: Istanbul, Istanbul
Istanbul city
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight at selected hotel
Day 9: Istanbul
Stop At: Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul 34122 Turkiye
After breakfast depart for Bosphorus Cruise tour. Enjoy a magical Istanbul Bosphorus Boat Cruise and Spice Market Tour starting at 08:30. Enjoy the array of sites you can see from the boat including Spice Bazaar (Egyptian Bazaar).
Bosphorus by Boat a traditional excursion by boat along the waterway separating Europe and Asia
After tour transfer to hotel and overnight
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Misir Carsisi (Spice Market), Rustem Pasa Mahallesi, Erzak Ambari Sok. No:92 Eminonu - Fatih, Istanbul 34116 Turkiye
Spice Bazaar
Duration: 1 hour
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Accommodation included: Overnight at selected hotel
Day 10: Istanbul Return
Pass By: Istanbul, Istanbul
After check out, you will transfer to the airport and the end of our service. We hope your tour was a memorable one and we would like to see you in the future on one of our tours again. Have a nice trip back.
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No accommodation included on this day.