10 Days - Turkish Breeze

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Arrival Istanbul
1 stop
1
Istanbul Airport
Upon arrival at Istanbul Airport, greeted by your driver and drive to your hotel. Check-in. The rest of the day is yours.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 2
Treasures of Istanbul
5 stops
2
Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque
Hagia Sophia; was the largest building on earth barring the Egyptian Pyramids or the Great Wall of China. It was the religious center of the city during the Byzantine period.
1 hour • Admission ticket not included
3
TopkapI Palace
Topkapı Palace; As well as being the imperial residence of the Sultan, the palace was also the seat of government for the ottoman empire. It housed the Ottoman sultans for nearly 400 years.
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
4
Hippodrome
Hippodrome; Built by the Roman Emperor Septimus Severus in 203AD, during the Roman period hippodrome was the civil center for the people of the city where once 100,000 spectators could be held.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
5
Blue Mosque
Blue Mosque; Built by the Ottoman Sultan Ahmet I in the year 1616, the Blue mosque today is one of the most famous landmarks of the old city with its famous six minarets and magnificent dome.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
6
Grand Bazaar
Grand Bazaar; With 18 entrances and more than 4000 shops, it is one of the greatest bazaars in the World.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 3
Cruising on Bosphorus+Spice Market / Flight to Cappadocia
4 stops
7
Misir Carsisi (Spice Market)
Upon breakfast at the hotel check out. According your tour pick up a time meet with your guide at the lobby of your hotel and depart for your half-day tour. The first visiting place is; Spice Bazaar (Egyptian Bazaar): The air here is filled with the enticing aromas of cinnamon, caraway, saffron, mint, thyme, and every other conceivable herb and spice.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
8
Bosphorus Strait
Bosphorus Cruise: A traditional excursion by boat along the waterway separating Europe and Asia. The shore is lined with old wooden villas, palaces of marble, fortresses, and small fishing villages. During the excursion, you will pass the magnificent Dolmabahce Palace, Rustem Pasa Mosque, Rumeli Fortress and further along the parks and imperial pavillions of Yildiz Palace.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
9
Istanbul Airport
After tour drive to Airport for your flight to Kayseri.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
10
Kayseri Erkilet Airport (ASR)
Upon arrival at Kayseri Airport, drive to your hotel in Cappadocia. Check-in. Overnight in Cappadocia.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 4
Underground Cities of Cappadocia
5 stops
11
Rose Valley
Rose and Red Valley; is an incredibly unique area of Cappadocia with sharp ridges, tinted in pink especially during sunset!the minerals in the sandstone have a pink tinge. This pink becomes more and more evident throughout the day, peaking at sunset when the sun glows directly onto the Rose Valley giving it that fine shade of pink so many people come to see.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
12
Cavusin
Cavusin; is surrounded by a valley, which becomes gradually wider, called Red Valley. The houses of the village were cut into massive rock formations. The village is famous for its rock-churches
1 hour • Admission ticket free
13
Pigeon Valley
Pigeon Valley; earned its name from the countless man made dovecotes (Pigeon Houses) that have been carved into the soft volcanic tuff. Pigeon Valley is one of the best spots for walking in the marvelous Cappadocia region
1 hour • Admission ticket free
14
Kaymakli Underground City
Underground Cities; once a place of refuge for 15000 Christians. These settlements were of enormous value to the development of Christianity as they provided shelter and worship and were in use until the end of 7C AD. Witness the ancient bedrooms, church, meeting hall and food storage rooms in this eight-stores city connected by 30km of corridors and passageways.
1 hour • Admission ticket not included
15
Ortahisar
Ortahisar; famous for its friendly inhabitants, picturesque stone houses, narrow streets and lovely churches as well as the castle-like rock formation after which the town is named
1 hour • Admission ticket free
Day 5
Fair Chimneys of Cappadocia
6 stops
16
Goreme Open-Air Museum
Goreme Museum; consists of many rock-cut churches from the second half of 9C with beautiful colorful frescoes decorating the walls
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
17
Devrent Valley
Devrent Valley; famous for its quirky animal-shaped rocks. It looks like a sculpture zoo made by nature. There is even a rock pillar that looks like the Virgin Mary, holding Jesus Christ. Take in the unique lunar landscape of the valley and feel like you're in another World.
1 hour • Admission ticket not included
18
Pasabag
Pasabagi which means: the Pacha's vineyard. This site is also called Monks Valley. The hermitage of Simeon monks was here. A chapel dedicated to St. Simeon (Simon) and a hermit's shelter is built into one of the fairy chimneys with three heads. Pasabag valley contains some of the most striking fairy chimneys in Cappadocia with twin and even triple rock caps. This style is unique even for Cappadocia and these fairy chimneys are named mushroom-shaped fairy chimneys.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
19
Avanos
Avanos; where you will enjoy typical Turkish Lunch and experience make Potter with local experts
1 hour • Admission ticket free
20
Goreme Panorama
Goreme Panorama, which has one of the best panoramic views of the Fairy chimneys.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
21
Uchisar
Uchisar the Naturel highest Rock Castle provides a magnificent panorama of the surrounding area
1 hour • Admission ticket free
Day 6
Flight to Antalya
2 stops
22
Kayseri Erkilet Airport (ASR)
Accordıng to your pick up tıme meet your drıver and drıve to AP for your flıght to Antalya
1 hour • Admission ticket included
23
Antalya Airport
Upon arrival greeted and drıve to your hotel. Rest of the day ıs yours.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 7
Perge&Aspendos&Kursunlu Waterfall Tour
3 stops
24
Perge Antik Kenti
According to your tour pick-up time meet with your guide and start your full-day tour. The first visiting place is Perge, one of the largest and most popular ancient city in the Pamphylia region. Perge was the capital of Pamphylia then eventually came under Roman rule in 133B.C. and this is when it flourished most and indeed most of the ruins that are left today are from that area. You will see the Agora, Roman Baths, Colonnaded Street, Nympharium and also Grand amphitheater which could hold 15.000 people.
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
25
Aspendos Ruins
Our second visiting place is Aspendos Ancient Theatre. Probably an earlier ancient theatre was built 2nd century on the site. The Aspendos theatre can hold over 20,000 and is still being used for festivals and music concerts.
1 hour • Admission ticket not included
26
Kursunlu Waterfalls
After lunch at the local restaurant on a nearby river, we depart for Kursunlu Waterfall Enjoy the fresh pine scent, cool atmosphere, and spectacular waterfalls.
1 hour • Admission ticket not included
Day 8
Pamukkale Tour / Travel to Kusadasi
3 stops
27
Pamukkale Thermal Pools
Pamukkale; Pools of Heaven on Earth… Pamukkale has always been a very popular settlement where hot springs were believed to have healing powers so it is considered to be the earliest spa on earth where, in history, people traveled long distances in order to find a cure. The unique terraces were formed by running warm spring water at a temperature of 35 C, containing calcium bicarbonate. Today Pamukkale is declared a worlds heritage site by UNESCO
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
28
Hierapolis & Pamukkale
the ancient city of Hierapolis which has the biggest Necropolis with 1200 gravestones in Anatolia. Also, The Sacred Pool is one of the highlights of the site. Theır shallow thermal waters ripple over a wonderful scattering of ancient roman ruins that lie beneath.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
29
Kusadasi
After the tour travel to Kusadasi. Check-in.
3 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 9
Ancient Ephesus Tour
3 stops
30
Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House)
The House of Virgin Mary; a church was built from the 6C AD to the top of the foundations of a house from 1C AD and it is declared by the church to be the final house where Mary spent her last days.
1 hour • Admission ticket not included
31
Ancient City of Ephesus
Ancient Ephesus; The best-preserved classical city in the Eastern Mediterranean. During the 1C AD, Ephesus was the second-largest city on the planet after Rome with more than 250,000 citizens. Ephesus is also so well preserved that, walking on the ancient streets among the beautiful monuments such as the third largest library of the ancient world or the largest roman theatre on the Asia continent, gives you the feeling of a time traveler
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
32
The Temple of Artemis
Temple of Artemis or Artemision was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Its ancient cult dedicated to Artemis was very famous in antiquity and made Ephesus a much-visited pilgrimage place.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
Day 10
End of our servıce
1 stop
33
Kusadasi
Today is the last of our service. Please note, check out ıs at 12:00pm. End of our service. (Breakfast) (Breakfast)
1 hour • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Domestic flight tickets including 25kg baggage+8kg cabin luggage
• Free entry to hıstorical sites for childrens 8yr and below

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