Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival to Istanbul
Stop At: Istanbul, Istanbul
Welcome to Turkey. Arrive in Istanbul Airport ( IST ) or to Sabiha Gokcen Airport ( SAW ) , Our representative will meet you at the airport with your name sign and private transfer to the hotel for overnight stay in Istanbul.
Duration: 1 hour
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Istanbul in a 4 star Boutique hotels located in Sultanahmet
Day 2: Full Day Istanbul Tour (Breakfast)
Stop At: Hippodrome, Binbirdirek, Sultan Ahmet ParkI No:2, Istanbul Turkiye
Our tour starts with Hippodrome Square where used to take place for chariot races and the Byzantine riots during Roman and Byzantine period.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Hagia Sophia Mosque, Sultan Ahmet, Ayasofya MeydanI No:1, Istanbul 34122 Turkiye
Only a short walk away, reaches Hagia Sophia built in 532 AD by Roman Emperor Justinian I.
Update for St. Sophia interior visit :
Live guiding is not allowed in St. Sophia after the 15th January 2024. Guests have to have their smart phones and headphones during their visit. If guests do not have a headphone, they can buy at the entrance at the cost of 3,5-USD
The system is similar to audio guide system. Guests who does not have smart phones will follow the signs and the given informations on the signs .
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Blue Mosque, Sultanahmet Mah At Meydani Cad No 7, Istanbul 34122 Turkiye
Visit Blue Mosque, which has its fame from its beautiful blue Iznik tiles.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Topkapi Palace, Cankurtaran Mahallesi Gulhane Park, Near Sultanahmet Square, Istanbul 34122 Turkiye
We will continue walking to Topkapi Palace, was not only the residence of the Ottoman sultans, but also the administrative and educational center of the state. It was constructed between 1460 and 1478 by Sultan Mehmed II, the conqueror of Constantinople. We will visit the Topkapi Palace including weapons section.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Grand Bazaar, Grand Bazaar, Istanbul
We will visit Grand Bazaar where is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with more than 58 covered streets and over 1,200 shops which attract between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily. Opened in 1461, it is well known for its jewelry, pottery, spice, and carpet shops.
Drive back to our hotel
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Istanbul in a 4 star Boutique hotels located in Sultanahmet
Day 3: Istanbul Tour (Breakfast)
Stop At: Misir Carsisi (Spice Market), Rustem Pasa Mahallesi, Erzak Ambari Sok. No:92 Eminonu - Fatih, Istanbul 34116 Turkiye
Pick up from your hotel and start your second tour day in Istanbul.
First visit Spice Bazaar (Egyptian Bazaar): The air here is filled with the enticing aromas of cinnamon, caraway, saffron, mint, thyme and every other concievable herb and spice.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Stop At: Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul 34122 Turkiye
After Spice Market, boat trip on the Bosphorus will start. It is a traditional excursion by boat along the waterway separating Europe and Asia. The shore is lined with old wooden villas, palaces of marble, fortresses, and small fishing villages.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Basilica Cistern, Alemdar Mahallesi, Yerebatan Caddesi, No:1/3, Istanbul 34410 Turkiye
One of Istanbul's splendid historical buildings is the Basilica Cistern located in the southwest of Hagia Sophia. This large underground cistern built by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (527-565) was named as Yerebatan Palace ere among the people due to the marble columns rising from the water and countless seemingly like. It is also known as Basilica Cistern since there is a Basilica in the place where the cistern is located.
Duration: 1 hour
Pass By: Istanbul, Istanbul
End of the tour, turn back to your hotel for overnight in Istanbul.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Istanbul in a 4 star Boutique hotels located in Sultanahmet
Day 4: Istanbul to Cappadocia by flight - Cappadocia Tour (Breakfast)
Stop At: Cappadocia, Cappadocia
Our driver will pick you up from your hotel and transfer you to airport for your flight to Cappadocia.
Upon your arrival to Kayseri or Nevsehir airport, your guide will meet with you with your name sign. After greetings, you will continue to the Cappadocia region aroun 50 minutes.
Duration: 50 minutes
Stop At: Fairy Chimneys, Goreme Turkiye
First meeting with Cappadocia, visiting Three Sisters Fairy Chimneys in Urgup which are the most popular and seen on advertisements.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Pigeon Valley, Uchisar KasabasI Nevşehir Kapadokya, Goreme 50240 Turkiye
Then we head on to Pigeons Valley, Pigeons have been always important for cappadocian people. That’s why people carved some pigeon houses to keep them in certain places. You will see that the houses for the pigeons are like the houses for the people.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Kaymakli Underground City, Derinkuyu Turkiye
Then we descend into the center of the earth in the Kaymakli Underground City one of the largest and the deepest of 200 others in Cappadocia.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Stop At: Cappadocia, Cappadocia
After the tour program drive to your hotel for overnight in Cappadocia.
Duration: 25 minutes
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in a Cave Hotel in Cappadocia.
Day 5: Cappadocia Tour & Fly to Izmir (Breakfast - Dinner )
Stop At: Devrent Valley, Devrent Mevkii No:1 Urgup Yolu, 50500 Turkiye
After breakfast take our second day Cappadocia tour. Drive to Devrent Valley, take a walk through this lunar landscape where different rock formations can be seen.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Stop At: Pasabag, Urgup Turkiye
Seeing the best examples of the fairy chimneys at Pasabag Fairy Chimneys Valley.
Pasabağ contains some of the most striking fairy chimneys in Cappadocia with twin and even triple rock caps - formations that are unique even for Cappadocia! Locals refer to them as the mushroom-shaped fairy chimneys.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Avanos, Avanos, Cappadocia
We drive further to Avanos Town, which is famous with tile and pottery workshops. We will have a lunch break here in Avanos.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Goreme Open-Air Museum, Merkez, Muze Cd., Goreme 50180 Turkiye
After lunch our next stop is Goreme Open Air Museum where you will enjoy the fantastic rock churches and beautiful frescos from various centuries decorating the walls of the churches.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Uchisar Castle, Uchisar Turkiye
Then we drive to the Uchisar Rock Castle, which is the highest and the most dominant point, giving us a breathtaking panorama.
Duration: 1 hour
Pass By: Cappadocia, Cappadocia
End of the tour, drive back to Kayseri or Nevsehir airport for your flight to Izmir.
Pass By: Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport, Dokuz Eylül, 35410 Gaziemir/İzmir, Türkiye
Upon your arrival to Izmir Airport, our representative will meet with you and transfer you to Kusadasi and check in your hotel for overnight.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Kusadasi in a Boutique class or 4 star hotel.
Day 6: Ephesus Tour - Pamukkale Overnight (Breakfast - Dinner)
Pass By: Kusadasi, Kusadasi, Turkish Aegean Coast
After breakfast check out from the hotel and drive to Ephesus region around 25 minutes.
Stop At: The Temple of Artemis, Ataturk, Park Ici Yolu No:12, Selcuk Turkiye
First visit Artemis Temple where is one of the seven wonders of the Ancient World.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Ancient City of Ephesus, Selcuk 35920 Turkiye
Continue to Ephesus, walk through history along marble streets lined with wonderful public buildings, among them The State Agora, Odeon, Memnius Monument, the Temple of Domitian, , Polio Fountain, Curetes Street, The Trajan Fountain, The Baths of Scholastica, Hadrian Temple, Latrina, Celcus Library, the gate of Mihridates and Mazues, Commercial Agora and The Grand Theater are two of the most impressive buildings in Ephesus. Grand theatre was built in 3rd century B.C and it was later expanded to 24.000 spectators by the Romans in the 1st century A.D.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House), Sultaniye Mahallesi, Selcuk 35100 Turkiye
Then, we will visit the House of Virgin Mary. This house is located on the Aladag Mountains 5 miles from Ephesus. At the third Ecumenical Council of 431 in Ephesus, it was claimed that Mary came to Ephesus with St. John in 37 A.D. and lived there until her death in 48 A.D. After the discovery of the house, the Archbishop of Izmir declared it a place of pilgrimage in 1892. On July 26, 1967, Pope Paul VI visited this place and prayed here.
Duration: 50 minutes
Stop At: Pamukkale, Pamukkale
After Ephesus, drive to Pamukkale ( 3 hours ) arrival and check into our thermal Hotel. Swim in Hotels Thermal Pools and overnight
Duration: 3 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Pamukkale in a 5 star Thermal Hotel
Day 7: Hierapolis Laodicea - Istanbul (Breakfast)
Stop At: Hierapolis & Pamukkale, Pamukkale 20280 Turkiye
We drive to the healing city of Hierapolis, Visit the ancient city of Hierapolis with the Theatre, Apollo Temple and magnificent Necropolis, the graveyard . We wil visit The travertine terraces at Pamukkale are one of the most spectacular natural wonders we ever have seen from various mineral springs in a vast white cliff side. It looks like creations from snow or like balls from cotton, which gave the scenery the Turkish name Pamukkale (cotton castle).
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Laodicea, Just off Denizli - Pamukkale, Denizli Turkiye
Continue to visit to Laodicia. The city established in the C3 BCE by the Seleucid Antiochus II, the city was named after his wife Laodicea. Built on the Lycus Tributary of the Meander River, it was surnamed Laodicea on Lycus, to distinguish it from other similarly named cities. Laodicia is the last of the seven churches. As a crossroad of two important roads, this city had an important commercial and logistical position.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Denizli Çardak Airport, Cumhuriyet Mah., Küme Evler Sok. No:1, 20350 Çardak/Denizli, Türkiye
Transfer to Denizli Airport for your 1 hour flight back to Istanbul
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Sabiha Gökçen Havalimanı, Sanayi, 34906 Pendik/İstanbul, Türkiye
Arrival to Sabiha Gokcen airport or to Istanbul airport. Our representative will meet you at the airport with your name sign and private transfer to your hotel.
Duration: 1 hour
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Istanbul in a 4 star Boutique hotels located in Sultanahmet
Day 8: Home ( Breakfast )
Stop At: İstanbul Havalimanı, Tayakadın, 34277 Arnavutköy/İstanbul, Türkiye
After breakfast check out from the hotel and private transfer to airport for your flight back home. The end of our services.
Duration: 1 hour
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.