Highlights of Turkey&Blue Escape - 14 Days

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Arrival to Istanbul (Sunday)
1 stop
Istanbul (Pass by)
Upon arrival at Istanbul / SAW Airport, you will be greeted and transfer to your hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 2
Treasures of Istanbul (Monday)
5 stops
1
Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque
According to your tour pick-up time meet with your guide and start your full-day tour. Explore 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
2
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
The Walls of Istanbul (Pass by)
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
3
Blue Mosque
Built by the Ottoman Sultan Ahmet I in the year 1616, 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
4
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 / Flight to Kayseri (Tuesday)
4 stops
5
Misir Carsisi (Spice Market)
Upon breakfast at the hotel check out, leave your luggage at the lobby. According to your pick up time meet with your guide and start your half-day tour. Visit Spice Bazaar; It was called Egyptian Bazaar during the ottoman period because shopkeepers used to sell herbs and spices brought throughout Egypt and Asia
1 hour • Admission ticket free
6
Bosphorus Strait
where you will enjoy a magnificent view. A great history and beautiful nature. 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 with the parks and imperial pavillions of Yildiz Palace
2 hours • Admission ticket included
7
Sabiha Gökçen Havalimanı
After the tour drives you back to your hotel. Take your luggage and drive to Airport for your 1hour 30min domestic flight to Kayseri.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
8
Kayseri Erkilet Airport (ASR)
Upon arrival, you wıll be greeted by your driver and driven to your hotel. Check-in. Overnight in Cappadocia.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 4
Fairy Chimneys of Cappadocia (Wednesday)
6 stops
9
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
10
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 free
11
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 not included
12
Avanos
Avanos; where you will enjoy typical Turkish Lunch and experience make Potter with local experts.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
13
Goreme Panorama
Goreme Panorama, which has one of the best panoramic views of the fairy chimneys
1 hour • Admission ticket free
14
Uchisar Castle
Uchisar the Naturel highest Rock Castle provides a magnificent panorama of the surrounding area
1 hour • Admission ticket free
Day 5
Underground Cities of Cappadocia (Thursday)
5 stops
15
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
16
Cavusin
Cavusin; is surrounded by a valley, which becomes gradually wider, called as 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
17
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
18
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-story city connected by 30km of corridors and passageways
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
19
Ortahisar Kalesi
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 6
Flight to Antalya (Friday)
2 stops
20
Kayseri Erkilet Airport (ASR)
Accordıng to your pıck up tıme meet your drıver and drıve to Aırport for your flıght to Antalya
1 hour • Admission ticket free
21
Antalya Airport
Upon arrıval at Antalya Aırport meet your drıver and drıve to your hotel. Check ın. Overnight in Antalya (Breakfast)
1 hour • Admission ticket free
Day 7
Kas / Board on Boat (Saturday)
2 stops
22
Kas
(12:00) Upon your pick-up time from the hotel meet your driver and drive to Kas where you board your boat
3 hours • Admission ticket free
23
Once every guest completes boarding, the boat will depart from Kas. The boat will stop at the ‘’Hıdayet Cove’’ Dinner. Overnight on board. (Breakfast-Dinner)
10 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 8
Adalar Cove, Inonu Cove (Sunday)
2 stops
24
Kas
After breakfast, sail to ‘’Adalar’’ enjoy swim untıl tea break.
5 hours • Admission ticket free
25
After tea break, sait to Inonu Cove. Dınner. Overnight on board (Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner)
8 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 9
Yaglica Cove, Aquarium Cove, Kocakari Cove (Monday)
3 stops
26
Kas
After breakfast sail to ‘’yaglica cove’’, swim in crytstal clear water.
5 hours • Admission ticket free
27
Aquarium Bay
Then sail to Aquarium Cove. Lunch and tea break will be served here.
4 hours • Admission ticket included
28
Later sail to Kocakarı Cove. Dinner. overnight on Board. (Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner)
8 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 10
kalekoy, Ucagiz (Tuesday)
2 stops
29
Ucagiz
After breakfast, sail to Kalekoy. Swiming will be here. And also, you can visit kalekoy. After Lunch, sail to Ucagiz port.
8 hours • Admission ticket free
30
Antalya
Meet your driver there and drive to your hotel in Antalya. Check-in. Overnight in Antalya. (Breakfast)
3 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 11
Perge&Aspendos&Kursunlu Waterfall Tour (Wednesday)
3 stops
31
Perge Antik Kenti
(08:30 - 16:30) 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
32
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 ıs still being used for festivals and music concerts.
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
33
Kursunlu Waterfalls
After lunch at the local restaurant on a nearby river, we depart for Kursunlu Waterfall Enjoy fresh pine scent, cool atmosphere, and spectacular waterfalls. Overnight in Antalya (Breakfast-Lunch)
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
Day 12
Pamukkale Tour / Travel to Kusadasi (Thursday)
3 stops
34
Pamukkale Thermal Pools
(07:00 - 19:00) Upon early pick up from your hotel, drives to 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
3 hours • Admission ticket not included
35
Hierapolis & Pamukkale
Visit; 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 not included
36
Kusadasi
After tour travel to Kusadasi. Check-in. Overnight in Kusadasi. (Breakfast-Lunch)
3 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 13
Ancient Ephesus Tour (Friday)
3 stops
37
Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House)
According to your tour pick-up time, meet with your guide and start your full-day tour. Visit 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
38
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
39
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. Overnight in Kusadasi (Breakfast-Lunch)
1 hour • Admission ticket free
Day 14
End of our servıce (Saturday)
1 stop
Kusadasi (Pass by)
Today is the last of our service. Check out should be by 12:00pm. End of our service. (Breakfast)

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesdays
• Grand Bazaar is closed on Sundays
• Blue Mosque is closed on Fridays due to Friday prayer we will visit from the garden.
• Bagga allowence is 15kg+8kg hand luggage for domestic flights

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