7 Days Highlights of Turkey Tour: Istanbul, Cappadocia, Pamukkale, Ephesus

4.7
(17 reviews)

7 days (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English and 1 more

Book your amazing Turkey tour with TripAdvisor's one of the Top Rated travel agencies, Travel Tips Turkey. Including Istanbul, this 7 days Turkey tour package is a great chance to experience the unique opportunity to visit all major destinations: Istanbul, Cappadocia, Pamukkale and Ephesus. You only travel by bus for maximum cost saving. Start the trip with Istanbul, the colorfur land of old civilizations, then go ahead with Cappadocia, famous with its distinctive “fairy chimneys,” tall, cone-shaped rock formations. Move further with Pamukkale, in other words "Cotton Castle", is a hot spring with calcium-coated cliffs and pools in inland. Finally end in Ephesus, an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia.

What's Included

Tours with transportation, lunch and entrance fees
Lunch (Optional[5])
Lunch
All Fees and Taxes
Tours with professional tour guide, licensed by the Ministry of Tourism
Breakfast (Optional[4])
Breakfast
Domestic Bus Tickets
5 Nights Hotel Accommodation
Domestic Flight Tickets
Drinks with meals (except the drinks served with breakfast)
Any optional gratuities
Optional entrances to Ephesus Houses & Cleopatra Swimming Pool
Optional hot air balloon ride in Cappadocia

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

All travellers will be picked up from all airports in Istanbul upon their arrivals.

Itinerary

Duration: 7 days (approximately)
    Day 1

    Istanbul: Arrival to Istanbul

    1 stop
  • 1
    Sultanahmet District

    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.

  • Day 2

    Istanbul: Full Day Old City Tour

    1 stop
  • 2
    Sultanahmet Square

    Following your breakfast and check out from your hotel, your guide will pick you from your hotel for a full day Old City Tour in Sultanahmet. 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 at Güleç Hotel or smilar.

    7 hours Admission ticket included
  • Day 3

    Cappadocia:Flight from Istanbul to Cappadocia - Full Day North Cappadocia (Red) Tour

    1 stop
  • 3
    Goreme National Park

    Early in the morning , you will be transferred to airport from Hotel for a flight to Cappadocia. Upon your arrival to Cappadocia, we will welcome and transfer you to our Cappadocia office for a full day North Cappadocia Tour. Highlights you will visit: Zelve 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 Urgupand Avanosfamous for its red clay pottery. You will also have fun trying to make potteries after a small demonstration. In the end, you will be accompanied back to your hotel. You will spend the night in Cappadocia at Melek Cave hotel or smilar.

    7 hours Admission ticket included
  • Day 4

    Cappadocia: Full Day North Cappadocia (Red) Tour - Public Night Bus to Pamukkale

    1 stop
  • 4
    Goreme National Park

    Optional Hot Air Balloon Balloon Ride in Cappadocia is available this day at an additional cost. Following your breakfast and check-out from your hotel, your Full Day South Cappadocia Tourwill start. Highlights: Hiking in Red & Rose Valley, Cavusin Village, one of the oldest settlement in the region with its cave houses, Love Valley, Kaymaklı Underground City, Pigeon Valley and Uchisar Castle. In the end,you will be accompanied back to hotel, and there you’ll have around 3 hours free time. Late in the evening, you will be transferred to local bus terminal to catch 10 hours intercity 8 PM public bus to Denizli.

    7 hours Admission ticket included
  • Day 5

    Pamukkale: Full Day Pamukkale and Hierapolis Tour

    1 stop
  • 5
    Pamukkale Natural Park

    Upon your arrival to Pamukkale bus station, we will welcome and transfer you to your hotel for a refreshment around 4 hours before the starting of 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 your hotel in Kusadasi. You will spend the night in Kusadasi.

    6 hours Admission ticket included
  • Day 6

    Ephesus: Full Day Ephesus Ancient City Tour

    1 stop
  • 6
    Ancient City of Ephesus

    Right after your breakfast and check out from your hotel, 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, Celsus 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 airport for a flight to Istanbul. Upon your arrival to Istanbul you will be welcomed and transferred you to your hotel in İstanbul. Overnight in Istanbul at Güleç Hotel or smilar.

    7 hours Admission ticket included
  • Day 7

    Istanbul: Departure

    1 stop
  • 7
    Ist Airport Transportation

    After your breakfast and Check-out from your hotel ,you will be transferred to airport for your international flight. Your memorable journey will end up here.

Additional info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque is closed on Fridays due to the pray.
  • Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesdays and it's replaced with Bosphorus Strait and Pierre Loti Hill tour.
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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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