12 Days Maximum Turkey Package Tour

Itinerary

Day 1: Istanbul: Arrival

Pass By: Sultanahmet District, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
Upon your arrival to Istanbul, we will welcome and transfer you to your hotel.
You may spend the rest of your day freely to relax.
You will spend the night in Istanbul.

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star Hotel in Istanbul

Day 2: Istanbul: Full Day Sultanahmet Old City Walking Tour

Stop At: Sultanahmet Square, Istanbul Turkey
Following your breakfast, your guide will pick you from your hotel for a full day Old City Tour in Sultanahmet. This tour covers most the major/well-known attractions in Istanbul.
Highlights you will visit: Sultanahmet (Blue) Mosque, Hagia Sophia, The Hippodrome, The Obelisk of Theodosius, Serpent Column, German Fountain, Grand Bazaar, Topkapi Palace.
In the end, you will be accompanied back to your hotel.
You will spend the night in Istanbul.
Duration: 7 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star Hotel in Istanbul

Day 3: Canakkale: Full Day Gallipoli Tour

Stop At: Gallipoli Battlefield, Eceabat Turkey
Around 6:30 AM in the morning, you will be picked up from the hotel by your guide for about 5-hour bus ride to Gallipoli. We will stop to have breakfast on the way optionally.
As soon as you arrive, following your lunch in a traditional restaurant, the highlights will be: Brighton Beach, Beach Cemetery (John Simpson’s Grave), ANZAC Cove, Ari Burnu (First ANZAC landing place), Lone Pine Cemetery (Australian memorial), Johnston’s Jolly (walk in the ANZAC trenches), View of Shrapnel Valley, Turkish Memorial, The Nek and Walker´s Ridge, Chunuk Bair (main New Zealand memorial).
In the end of your day, you will be taken to the ferry for Canakkale where you will spend your night.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star Hotel in Canakkale

Day 4: Canakkale: Full Day Troy and Pergamum Tour

Stop At: Troy (Truva), Tevfikiye Koyu, Intepe, Canakkale Turkey
After your breakfast and check out from your hotel, around 8:30 in the morning, you will be picked up from the hotel by your guide to visit ancient Troy city.
You will be amazed with cheerfully influenced Trojan Horse and you to will find more than 10 antiquated urban areas constructed one on another, from 3500 BC, passing through Apollo Temple believed to be the place where Anthony met Cleopatra. We will visit Roman Theatre, Greco-Roman Senate building once hosted democracy deputies with its round shape.
Following Troy, we will drive to Pergamum where you will have your lunch. After that, we will visit Pergamum ancient city, a home for many important libraries in the old times.
In the end of the tour, we will drive to Kusadasi to transfer you to your hotel for check in.
You will spend the night in Kusadasi.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star Hotel in Kusadasi

Day 5: Ephesus: Full Day Ephesus Tour

Stop At: Ancient City of Ephesus, Selcuk 35920 Turkey
Right after your breakfast and check out from your hotel around 9AM, the full day Ephesus Tour will start.
Highlights we will visit: Temple of Artemis -considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Celcius Library – while most libraries serve only the function of archiving books and documents, this one served as the final resting place of Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, in whose honor the library was built. Ephesus Ancient City with its marvelous highlights. House of Virgin Mary – is believed to be where she lived and died.
Also, we will see old theatres, hammams, passing through harbour.
In the end, you will be transferred to your hotel in Kusadasi.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star Hotel in Kusadasi

Day 6: Pamukkale: Pamukkale and Hierapolis Tour - Bus to Antalya

Stop At: Pamukkale Natural Park, Pamukkale orenyeri kocacukur alani pamukkale kasabasi, Pamukkale Turkey
Following your breakfast around 7:30AM, we will pick you up from your hotel to start your full day Pamukkale Hierapolis Tour.
Deriving from springs in a cliff almost 200 m high overlooking the plain, calcite-laden waters have created at Pamukkale (Cotton Palace) an unreal landscape, made up of mineral forests, petrified waterfalls and a series of terraced basins. We will also visit a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hierapolis which is one of the sacred sites of Turkey, dates back thousands of years and also admire the white limestone terraces, known as travertine’s of Pamukkale.
We will see Necropolis – a large burial site generally it was located outside the settlement including Sarcophagus of a general of Marcus Aurelius. You will a chance to swim in famous Cleopatra Swimming Pool.
During your tour you will have lunch.
In the end we will transfer you to bus station for your approx. 4 hour bus to Antalya.
Upon your arrival, we will welcome and transfer you o your hotel in Antalya.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star Hotel in Antalya

Day 7: Antalya: Perge, Aspendos Amphitheatre and Manavgat Waterfall Tour

Stop At: Aspendos Ruins, Serik Turkey
Following your breakfast, your full day Perge, Aspendos Amphitheatre and Manavgat Waterfall Tour will start.
Perge was an important city in ancient Pamphylia where there are important monumental structures from the Hellenistic period. It is believed that Perge was founded after the Trojan War by Greek settlers led by the seers Calchas and Mopsus.
Then we will go to Aspendos, the theater here is one of the Roman Empire’s greatest remaining pieces of architecture. Later, we will visit one of the best Waterfalls in Antalya region.
In the end, you will be accompanied back to your hotel.
You will spend the night in Antalya.
Duration: 7 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star Hotel in Antalya

Day 8: Konya: Antalya to Cappadocia via Konya

Stop At: Mevlana Muzesi, Konya Turkey
Following your breakfast and your check-out from the hotel, we will depart for Cappadocia.
On our way we will visit Konya, which has been a home for the first Christian settlement and sanctuaries, also known as the embraced home of Rumi (Mevlana), the Sufic spiritualist who established the Whirling Dervish.
Besides, Konya was one of the most vital exchanging center on the Silk Road in the past. After your optional lunch, we will depart for Cappadocia by around 3-hour minibus drive.
You will be transferred to your hotel to spend the night in Cappadocia.
Overnight in Cappadocia.
Duration: 5 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star Hotel in Cappadocia

Day 9: Cappadocia: Full Day North Cappadocia (Red) Tour

Stop At: Goreme National Park, Goreme Turkey
Pre-sunrise you can enjoy the Hot Air Balloon Ride in Cappadocia today.
After your breakfast, we will pick you up for a full day North Cappadocia Tour.
Highlights you will visit: Goreme Open Air Museum consisting of five Byzantine Orthodox churches, Devrent Valley and Pasabag where you will see animal and fairy-tale like rock formations, the ancient towns of Urgup and Avanos famous for its red clay pottery. You will also have fun trying to make potteries after a small demonstration.
In the end, you will be transferred back to your hotel.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star Hotel in Cappadocia

Day 10: Cappadocia: Full Day South Cappadocia (Green) Tour – Flight from Cappadocia to Istanbul

Stop At: Goreme Tarihi Milli Parki, Goreme Turkey
After your breakfast and check out from your hotel, your Full Day South Cappadocia Tour will start with a pick-up.
Highlights: Hiking in Red & Rose Valley, Cavusin Village, one of the oldest settlements in the region with its cave houses, Love Valley, Kaymakli Underground City, Pigeon Valley and Uchisar Castle.
In the end, you will be transferred back to your hotel to wait for your pick-up to airplane terminal for your flight to Istanbul.
Upon your arrival to Istanbul, we will welcome and transfer you to hotel in Istanbul.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star Hotel in Istanbul

Day 11: Istanbul: Free Day

Pass By: Sultanahmet District, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
After having your breakfast, you will have a free day to explore the amazing city of Istanbul.
You may buy souvenirs for yourselves, your families, friends and/or you may experience a Turkish bath (hammam), join a half day tour on the Bosphorus. You may also ask for other recommendations.
Overnight in Istanbul.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star Hotel in Istanbul

Day 12: Istanbul: Departure

Pass By: Sultanahmet District, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
We will lead you to the airport depending on your flight time for checking in after your breakfast and check-out from your hotel.
Your memorable journey ends here.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.