About this trip

Boutique Turkey Tour

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrive Istanbul

Upon your arrival to Istanbul Ataturk Airport meeting with name sign, you will be escorted to your hotel. Stay overnight in Istanbul in a small boutique hotel.

Day 2: Full Day Istanbul Tour (B)

After breakfast pick up from hotel and Our journey begins in Istanbul, the only city in the world situated on two continents. Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul – its three names span more than 2600 years, nearly 1600 of them as the capital of two of the greatest empires the world has known, Byzantine and Ottoman. We visit the Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia, The Blue Mosque and Hippodrome, where chariot races and the Byzantine riots took place. Visit the Grand Bazaar for shopping. Overnight in Istanbul.

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 headphone, they can buy at the entrance at the cost of US$3.5. 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 . For more information https://ar.demx.org.tr can be visited on your smart phone.

Day 3: Full day Istanbul Tour (B)

08.30 a.m. After breakfast, pick up from hotel . 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 then Boat trip on the bosphorus A traditional excursion by boat along the waterway seperating Europe and Asia. The shore is lined with old wooden villas, palaces of marble, fortresses, and small fishing villages. Afternoon visit Underground cistern. Overnight in Istanbul.

Day 4: Istanbul – Cappadocia (B)

After breakfast transfer to Istanbul airport for flight to Cappadocia in the morning. After 1 hour flight arrive in Kayseri. Meet by your guide and transfer to your Cave Hotel Urgup Evi or Yunak Evleri or Gamirasu cave hotel. Afternoon tour of Uchisar Citadel. we drive to the Uchisar Rock Castle, which is the highest and the most dominant point, giving us a breathtaking panorama. We end the day visiting Esentepe Windy Hill for panaromic view and taking photos and Overnight in a cave hotel in Cappadocia.

Day 5: Full Day Cappadocia Tour (B)

Optional Hot Air Balloon Experience. First meeting with Cappadocia, visiting Three Sisters Fairy Chimneys in Urgup which are the most popular and seen on advertisements. 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. 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. After this, we drive to Mustafapasa through the unspoiled villages of Cappadocia, surrounded by the “table-top” mountains. On the way, we visit the Ayvali Village. We continue to Mustafapasa (Sinasos), an old Greek town with its spectacular old Greek houses; very fine examples of late Greek settlements and architecture. Overnight in a cave hotel.

Day 6: Full Day Cappadocia Tour (B)

After breakfast take our second day private Cappadocia tour. First drive to a local handicrafts center. Here you can see some of the traditional carpet weaving techniques used and enjoy viewing some splendid displays of beautiful carpets. Drive to Devrent Valley, take a walk through this lunar landscape where different rock formations can be seen.. Seeing the best examples of the fairy chimneys at Pasabag Fairy Chimneys Valley, we drive further to Avanos Town, which is famous with tile and pottery workshops. 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. Overnight in a cave hotel.

Day 7 : Cappadocia - Konya (B)

Departure for Konya. On the way visit to the 13th century Seljukian masterpiece Sultanhan Caravanserai and arrival in Konya. Lunch. After visiting the Mausoleum of Mevlana, the world-wide famous mystic, proceed to Karatay Theological School in which beautiful tiles are on display. Overnight in Konya.

Day 8 : Konya - Antalya (B, D)

Drive to Antalya. Private tour of the ruins of Perge, Aspendos, and Kursunlu waterfall. Overnight in Antalya.

Day 9: Antalya – St. Nicholas – Myra – Kekova – Kalkan- Fethiye (B, D)

Drive to south to Mediteranean untouched bays . Visit St. Nicholas and stop in Kekove to take a private boat to Sunken City and Simena. After delicious fish lunch in a village drive to Kalkan though famous Kas and Kaputas beach. Arrival to Fethiye. Overnight in Fethiye.

Day 10: Fethiye - Oludeniz (Dead Sea)- Pamukkale (B, D)

Morning drive to Oludeniz to swim and/or optional Paragliding Activity. Afternoon drive to Pamukkake for Overnight in Pamukkale.

Day 11: Pamukkale – Aphrodisias – Kusadasi (B)

Discovery of Travertine terraces and Hierapolis. 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, about 200 m overlooking the plain, calcite-laden waters have dripped down over a series of terraced levels and created a fairyland of bizarre solidified cascades and shell-shaped basins. It looks like creations from snow or like balls from cotton, which gave the scenery the Turkish name Pamukkale (cotton castle): “pamuk” for cotton and “kale” for castle. Moreover the water in the basins is changing its color according to how the light enters. Afternnon drive to Kusdasi , on the way, visit to Aphrodisias. Afternoon arrival to Kusadasi. Overnight in Kusadasi

Day 12: Ephesus (B)

After breakfast drive to Ephesus where we will spend several hours walking in the footsteps of Alexander the Great, Caesar, Cicero, Apostles Paul and John and many other familiar historical names. The recently opened Slope Houses where the wealthiest Romans lived are an excellent example of sensitive excavation and presentation. The mosaics and frescos are spectacular. Tradition has it that Virgin Mary was brought here by St John after the Crucifixion and lived her final years near the city of Ephesus on an isolated mountaintop. A lovely chapel is constructed on the site tended by Franciscans and open to visitors. It has been designated a pilgrimage site by the Pope, Basilica of St. John and Ephesus museum before drive back to Kusadasi

Day 13: Izmir- Istanbul (B)

After breakfast transfer to Izmir airport for flight to Istanbul. Arrival and transfer to our hotel. afternoon free in Grand Bazaar and Egyptian Bazaar or Take a Turkish bath in Cagaloglu Hamami or Cemberlitas Hamami (Turkish bath) on your own. Overnight in Istanbul.

Day 14: Istanbul - Departure (B)

Check-out at noon. Transfer to airport for your flight back home.

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