Highlights of Turkey - 9 days
Group Tour / Guaranteed departures
Accommodation in Superior First Class Hotels (4-5 star)
• Istanbul (2) • Canakkale (1) • Kusadasi (2) • Pamukkale (1)
• Antalya (2) • (For roundtrip option) Istanbul (1)
Category: Group Tour, Cultural Tour, One-way or Roundtrip, Scenic Land
Journey, option to end tour in Antalya or return Istanbul via
flight.
Day 1: Arrive Istanbul
Arrive at Ataturk airport in
Istanbul and transfer to our hotel. Overnight: Istanbul
Day 2: Istanbul City
Tour (B)
Breakfast at hotel and begin full
day sightseeing tour of Istanbul. We’ll visit
Topkapi
Palace (harem
section is optional), ancient Roman Hippodrome (center
of the chariot races) and proceed to the Hagia Sophia,
the Byzantine church which was converted to a mosque in
15th century. We will continue our Sultanahmet tour with
the Blue Mosque and finally we will stop at Grand
Covered Bazaar and will have free time to discover 4000
tiny shops in the passageways of the world’s largest
covered bazaar. Overnight: Istanbul
Day 3: Gallipoli -
Dardanelles
- Canakkale (B, D)
Breakfast at hotel and
departure for Canakkale. En route to Gallipoli, we will
visit World War I battlefields, Anzac Cove, Chunuk Bair,
Lone pine Cemetery and
Kabatepe
War
Museum.
Then we will take the ferry across the
Dardanelles
Strait
to Canakkale for overnight.
Overnight: Canakkale
Day 4: Troy
- Pergamum - Kusadasi (B, D)
After breakfast we will drive to
Troy, Homer’s legendary city in
Iliad and Odyssey. Then continue to Pergamum, the ancient city of learning, arts
and medicine. We’ll see the ruins of the magnificent
Acropolis, Altar of Zeus, Temple
of Dionysus and
the steepest amphitheater of the ancient world. After
our tour we will continue to Kusadasi for overnight.
Overnight: Kusadasi
Day 5:
Ephesus
& St. Mary’s House - Kusadasi (B, D)
After breakfast begin tour of
glorious Greco-Roman ruins of Ephesus, one of the best
preserved classical city of the Eastern Mediterranean
dated back to 2000 years. Later we will drive to the
hilltop where we visit the miraculously discovered
Virgin Mary’s House. Afternoon free or join optional
tours. Return hotel for dinner and overnight. Overnight:
Kusadasi
Day 6: Kusadasi - Pamukkale (B, D)
Today we will drive through the
valleys to Pamukkale, ancient spa center and the unique
natural site of white limestone terraces cascading down
the mountain slope. Then we will visit the ‘Sacred
City’
Hierapolis; it is a World
Heritage Site.
In
the evening you will have time to relax and experience
the thermal pool of our hotel. Overnight: Pamukkale
Day 7: Pamukkale -
Perge - Antalya (B, D)
After breakfast we will
drive to south to the Mediterranean coast, Antalya. We arrive at noon
and visit the ancient Perge, one of the chief cities of
Pamphylia "land of the tribes”, which is an important
archaeological site. We will have free time to enjoy the
sun and the sea of the famous Turkish Riviera.
Overnight: Antalya
Day 8:
Antalya (B, D)
Today is a free day with choices of
optional tours to Phaselis, a coastal ancient city or a
relaxing yacht cruise along the turquoise coast of the
Mediterranean.
Overnight:
Antalya
Day 9: Antalya
– End of Tour OR optional return Istanbul (B)
Check-out at noon and transfer to airport. Our services
end here.
OPTIONAL ROUNDTRIP
If you take the “Optional
Roundtrip” package, on Day 9 you’ll take a domestic
flight from Antalya to Istanbul and will be transferred to your hotel in Istanbul for a day at
leisure and overnight. Next day (Day 10) you’ll be
transferred to Istanbul airport.
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