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This Private land tour includes the most popular highlights of Turkey. Surround yourself in the world-famous attractions on an 11-day fully guided tour.
Istanbul is the world’s most gorgeous and mysterious city located in 2 continents Europe and Asia.
Cappadocia is the land of Mysterious with amazing rock formations, underground cisties, valleys and the best place for Hot Air Ballooning.
Ephesus Walk through history along marble streets Baths of Scholastica, the Library of Celsus and more.
Pamukkale Discovery the Travertine terraces and Hierapolis ancient city.
Perfect for travelers who are short on time or people who hate planning, all logistical details, including domestic flights, accommodation, and most meals, are included and accounted for.
Selected centrally Located Boutique, Cave and 4 star Hotels
Private ensures personal service with
Informative, friendly and professional guide
Domestic flights included.
Private Tour for your family
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Private pick up and transfer from Istanbul Airport ( IST ) and Sabiha Gokcen ( SAW ) This mini group ( max. 10 pax ) land tour includes the most popular highlights of Turkey. Surround yourself in the world-famous attractions on an 11-day fully guided tour. Istanbul is the world’s most gorgeous and mysterious city located in 2 continents Europe and Asia. Cappadocia is the land of Mysterious with amazing rock formations, underground cisties, valleys and the best place for Hot Air Ballooning. Ephesus Walk through history along marble streets Baths of Scholastica, the Library of Celsus and more. Pamukkale Discovery the Travertine terraces and Hierapolis ancient city. Perfect for travelers who are short on time or people who hate planning, all logistical details, including domestic flights, accommodation, and most meals, are included and accounted for. Selected centrally Located Boutique, Cave and 4 star Hotels Small group ensures personal service with Informative, friendly and professional guide Domestic flights included. Option with Private Tour for your family
Itinerary
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1Istanbul
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.
1 hour • Admission ticket free -
2Hippodrome
Our tour starts with Hippodrome Square where used to take place for chariot races and the Byzantine riots during Roman and Byzantine period.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque
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 .
1 hour • Admission ticket free -
4Blue Mosque
Visit Blue Mosque, which has its fame from its beautiful blue Iznik tiles
45 minutes • Admission ticket free -
5TopkapI Palace
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.
2 hours • Admission ticket included -
6Grand Bazaar
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
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket free -
7Misir Carsisi (Spice Market)
Your guide will meet you at your hotel lobby at 09:00. You will 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.
1 hour 15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
8Bosphorus Strait
After Spice Market visit, you will have 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.
3 days • Admission ticket included -
9Basilica Cistern
In the afternoon, you will visit one of Istanbul's splendid historical buildings; the Basilica Cistern. It is 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.
1 hour • Admission ticket included -
10Istanbul
After the tour, you will be back at your hotel for overnight in Istanbul.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free -
11Istanbul
Our driver will pick you up from your hotel in the morning, and transfer you to airport for your flight to Izmir.
1 hour 15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
12Izmir
Upon your arrival, your guide will meet with you at Izmir Airport and after greetings, you will continue to Ephesus region. This drive will take around 50 minutes.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket free -
13Ancient City of Ephesus
You will start your tour with visiting Ephesus, one of the 12 cities of Ionia (an ancient Greek district on the western coast of Asia Minor) is located near Izmir. As a port city at the mouth of the Cayster (modern Küçükmenderes) River, it was a major departure point for trade routes into Asia Minor. Known in antiquity for its sacred shrines, notably a famous temple (one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) to the goddess Artemis, or Diana, the city was also an important center of early Christianity.
2 hours • Admission ticket included -
14Selcuk
After Ephesus visit, lunch will be served in the garden of a local handicrafts center. After the lunch, here you can see some of the traditional carpet weaving techniques used and enjoy viewing some splendid displays of beautiful carpets.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket free -
15Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House)
After Lunch visit 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.
50 minutes • Admission ticket included -
16Kusadasi
End of the tour, you will continue to Kusadasi where is around 25 minutes away from Virgin Mary's House. Upon your arrival to Kusadasi, check in to your hotel for overnight.
Admission ticket free -
17Kusadasi
After breakfast check out from your hotel and drive to Pamukkale around 3 hours.
3 hours • Admission ticket free -
18Hierapolis & Pamukkale
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).
4 hours • Admission ticket included -
19Pamukkale
End of the tour, check in to your thermal hotel for overnight. You will have a chance to swim in thermal pools until 22.30.
50 minutes • Admission ticket free -
20Pamukkale
After breakfast check out from the hotel and drive to Konya around 4,5 hours.
2 hours • Admission ticket free -
21Mevlana Muzesi
First visit to Mevlana Sufi temple. Mevlana is the founder of Sufism and whirling Dervishes. visiting the Mausoleum of Mevlana, the world-wide famous mystic, proceed to Karatay Theological School in which beautiful tiles are on display.
4 hours • Admission ticket included -
22Konya
After the tour, check in to your hotel in Konya for overnight.
Admission ticket free -
23Konya
After breakfast, drive to Cappadocia region around 4 hours.
Admission ticket free -
24Sultanhani Kervansarayi
On the way to Cappadocia, visit to Sultanhani Caravanseria, roadside inn where travellers could rest and recover from the day’s journey. Caravanserais supported the flow of commerce, information and people across a network of trade routes of Asia, North Africa and South-Eastern Europe on the legendary Silk Road and the Spice road.
1 hour • Admission ticket included -
25Cappadocia
Continue to Cappadocia after the visit. Upon your arrival to Cappadocia, check in to your hotel for overnight.
2 hours • Admission ticket free -
26Cappadocia
After breakfast, your first tour day in Cappadocia will start.
Admission ticket free -
27Kaymakli Underground City
Tour to Kaymaklı Underground City, one of the most interesting underground settlements in Cappadocia.
1 hour • Admission ticket included -
28Soganli Valley
Soğanlı Valley, an Open Air Museum in a wild natural setting near a typical Cappadocian village with its different style Rock-Cut churches and frescoes. Villages in the valleys, surrounded by the “table top” mountains, are spectacular.
1 hour • Admission ticket included -
29Keslik Monastery
Lunch and Visit to Sahinefendi newly discovered (01 May 2002) mosaic houses & Archaeological excavation site Continue with Keslik Monastery near Cemil, that hides its frescoes behind a very thin smoke layer which we can only see by torch light.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included -
30Mustafapaşa
Our tour finishes with a visit to Mustafapaşa (Sinasos), an old Greek town with its spectacular old Greek houses; very fine examples of late Greek settlements and architecture.
45 minutes • Admission ticket free -
31Cappadocia
At the end of the tour, drive back to your hotel for overnight.
Admission ticket free -
32Devrent Valley
After breakfast, first meeting with the lunar landscape of Cappadocia: rock formations beyond belief in Devrent valley; a journey in the past with its troglodyte houses, visit to Pasabag “fairy chimneys” where the voice of wind mixes with the “songs of fairies” near Zelve.
2 hours • Admission ticket included -
33Avanos
Lunch in Avanos, centre of terra cotta work of art since 3000 BC. and a demonstration in a traditional pottery workshop.
1 hour • Admission ticket free -
34Goreme Open-Air Museum
Afternoon, visit the famous Goreme Open Air Museum and see the best examples of Byzantine art in Cappadocia in rock-cut churches with frescoes and paintings (10th to 13th century).
3 hours • Admission ticket included -
35Uchisar Castle
Continue to Uchisar Rock-Castle to have a panoramic view of the valleys of Cappadocia. Overnight Cappadocia.
1 hour • Admission ticket included -
36Cappadocia
After breakfast check out from the hotel and private transfer to Kayseri / Nevsehir Airport for your flight back to Istanbul.
Admission ticket free -
37Istanbul
Upon your arrival to Istanbul, our representative will meet with you at the airport with your name sign. You will be transferred to your hotel in Istanbul for overnight.
Admission ticket free -
38Istanbul
After breakfast check out from the hotel and private transfer to Istanbul Airport for your flight back home or Istanbul cruise port to your ship. The end of our services.
Admission ticket free
Arrival to Istanbul
Full Day Istanbul Tour (Breakfast)
Istanbul Tour (Breakfast)
Istanbul - Fly to Izmir & Ephesus Tour (Breakfast, Dinner)
Kusadasi – Pamukkale (Breakfast, Dinner )
Pamukkale - Konya (Breakfast)
Konya – Cappadocia Tour (Breakfast)
Cappadocia Tour( Breakfast)
Cappadocia Tour (Breakfast)
Capapdocia - Fly to Istanbul ( Breakfast )
Home (Breakfast)
Additional info
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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Cancellation Policy
If you cancel at least 6 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel between 2 and 6 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.
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Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 6 full days before the experience’s start time.
- For a 50% refund, you must cancel 2–6 full days before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 2 full days before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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