Islamic Turkey Discovery Tour

Day 1 - Istanbul: Arrive in Istanbul airport, meet your driver and private car, will be ready to transfer you to the hotel.

A welcome package with your tour vouchers, a tourist map, and any other touristic information that you may find useful will be waiting for you upon your arrival at your hotel.

Day 2 - Istanbul: Breakfast - Ottoman Heritage Tour - Overnight in Istanbul 

Today you will have a full day tour of visiting: - Hagia Sophia Museum (the Ayasofya Mosque) - Sunken Palace or Sunken Cistern - the Blue Mosque - the world’s largest covered bazaar with 4000 shops, is known as Grand Bazaar - Lunch - Topkapi Palace Museum – Great Ottoman Sultans Palace. Breakfast, Lunch included

Day 3 - Breakfast - Drive to Bursa City The 1st Ottoman Capital - Travel by ferry to Yalova, Then Drive to Bursa, Cable Car to Mountain - Drive Back to Istanbul and Overnight

where we visit: - the early 15th century Green Mosque - the Green Tomb, where Sultan Mehmet I was buried in 1421 - the imperial Great Mosque, with its 20 domes and 12 massive pillars. Breakfast, Lunch included

Day 4 - Istanbul: Breakfast - Full Day Bosphorus Views & Cruise – Fly To Cappadocia - Overnight in Cappadocia 

In the morning a visit to: - the Spice Market, where locals still shop for herbs and spices coming from all over the world - Then, embark on a cruise by boat on Bosphorus, the unique winding strait separating two continents. You will take a direct one-hour flight from Istanbul to Cappadocia. Enjoy your stay in this authentic CAVE hotel Breakfast included

Day 5 - Breakfast - Full Day Cappadocia Tour - Overnight in Cappadocia 

Today you will take enjoyable visits to: - Devrent and Pasabagi valleys and Avanos - Goreme Open Air Museum and - Uchisar Castle. Breakfast, Lunch included

Day 6 - Breakfast - Drive to Konya - Full Day Konya - a place of Jalal ad-Din Rumi/Sufism Tour - Overnight in Konya 

After breakfast drive along the region, which will give you a chance to see untouched beauties of the country. Arrive at Konya to see: - the Mevlana Museum, which shelters the tomb of Rumî, known to his followers as Mevlana, a Muslim poet and mystic. Breakfast, Lunch included

Day 7 -Breakfast - Konya capital of Seljuk Turks Muslim State Tour - Overnight in Konya 

After breakfast visits to: - Karatay Tile Museum, This museum features tiles from the Seljuk Empire - Ince Minare , houses wooden and stone works of the Seljuk period - Alaaddin Hill and Mosque, Breakfast, Lunch included

Day 8 - Breakfast - Transfer to Konya Airport – Fly To Istanbul 

After breakfast, transfer to the airport with your private car and driver. Take a direct flight from Konya to Istanbul. Arrive in Istanbul airport. This is the end of the itinerary. Breakfast included