Day 1 : Istanbul - Arrival Day
Meet at the airport Transfer to your hotel. You will be given your room key and
the rest of the day is yours to explore Istanbul. Overnight in Istanbul.
There are two airports in Istanbul. Istanbul Atatuk Airport is 20 km away from city
center and Sabiha Gokcen airport is 55 km away from city center. Transfer from Ataturk
airport to your hotel is included, if you arrive to Sabiha Gokcen airport please
contact us for transfer rates.
Day 2 : Istanbul City Tour
(Breakfast included)
Pick up at 08:30am from your hotel for the a day tour of old Istanbul city.
Visit to ST. SOPHIA This ancient basilica, built by Constantine the Great in the
4th century and reconstructed by Justinian in the 6th century, is one of the architectural
marvels of all time. TOPKAPI PALACE The great palace of the Ottoman sultans from
the 15th to the 19th centuries housing an exquisite collection of cyrstal, silver,
and Chinese porcelain, robes worn by the sultans and their families, the famous
jewels of the Imperial Treasury, miniatures, the Holy Mantle; enshrining relics
of the Prophet Mohammed. SULTANAHMET IMPERIAL MOSQUE Across from St. Sophia built
in the 16th century by the architect Mehmet, is known as the BLUE MOSQUE because
of its magnificent interior decoration of blue Iznik tiles. HIPPODROME Ancient Hippodrome,
the scene of chariot races, with the three monuments; the Obelisk of Theodosius,
the bronze Serpentine Column and the Column of Constantine. Lunch break at 13:00pm
after the lunch Murtis Tour will then take you to the GRAND COVERED BAZAAR In this
labyrinth of streets and passages are more then 4,000 shops with each trade having
its own area: the goldsmiths' street, the carpet sellers, Turkish arts and crafts,
such as handpainted ceramic plates, hand-honed copperware, brassware and trays,
water ewers, onyx-ware and meerschaum pipes. After the tour, transfer back to your
hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.
Please Note: Hagia Sophia is closed on mondays, Topkapi Palace closed on tuesdays,
Grand Bazaar closed on sundays. If your tour is on one of these days we would offer
you to visit Underground Cistern instead of Hagia Sophia and Topkapi palace museum,
instead of Grand Baazar you will visit Spice Bazaar.
Day 3 : Gallipoli Tour
(Breakfast included)
07:30am we depart for Gallipoli to visit the battle fields. Two hours later we will
give you 20 minutes for relax in a restaurant area. We arrive Gallipoli around 12:00am
and we have lunch break, relax a little bit and then depart for the battle fields.
Visit Gabatepe Museum. Start visiting the fields with Ariburnu Cemetery and Anzac
Cove because these are the places where the war had started. Then Beach Cemetery,
Shrapnel Valley and Plugges Plateau. After the tour drive to your hotel. Overnight
in Canakkale.
Day 4 : Troy Tour - Pergamon - Kusadasi
(Breakfast included)
We depart at 08:30 and driving 30 minutes for to Troy. Visit the famous archeological
and mythological site of Troy, home of the Trojan Horse and Helen of Troy. After
Troy tour, 3 hour drive to Pergamon. Lunch break around 13:00pm and after the lunch
depart for tour of the magnificent acropolis of Pergamon. Its impressive temples
and library made it a renowned cultural and political centre at that times. Bergamon
is a famous city for its jewellery, stones and silver. So on the way, we will visit
a jewellery center for 30 minutes. Arrival to Kusadasi around 18:00pm. Overnight
in Kusadasi.
Day 5 : Kusadasi - Ephesus Tour - Turkish Village Sirince
(Breakfast included)
08:30 Departure from hotel fully guided tour of Ephesus, one of the best preserved
ancient sites in the world en-route, visiting the Temple of Artemis, Curetes street,
famous Roman baths, Celsus Library, Grand theatre and House of the Virgin Mary.
Lunch break around 13:00pm. After the lunch, we will visit a place which continues
to perform one of the oldest arts of Turkey; a carpet weaving centre. After Lunch
we will do a Turkish Village Tour. Sirince's construction style today belongs to
Anatolian Greeks. The houses on the slope are all Orginal with their white paints.
Sirince Village also has a fantastic reputation for making some of the best wines
in Turkey - especially fruit wines. We will visit the vineyards and it is time to
learn how to make fruit wine with Turkish wine makers. In the evening you will be
tested about your knowledge of making fruit wine. On the way we will visit one of
the famous leather production centers of the region, where you will have the opportunity
to get a good factory rate. On this guided tour, you will avoid the constant nagging
and sometimes bullying that is well known in the markets of Turkey. Enabling you
to enjoy the shopping experience whilst gaining the knowledge of the ancient craftsmen
Overnight in Kusadasi.
Day 6 : Kusadasi - Pamukkale Tour
(Breakfast included)
At 08:30 we depart for Pamukkale. We will check at the hotel around 12.00 and we
have a lunch break until 13.30. Afterwards we shall visit the calcium terraces of
Pamukkale (cotton castle) and the ruins of Hierapolis, then walk around this natural
phenomenon and have the option of lying in the waters of the natural springs. Overnight
in Pamukkale
Day 7 : Pamukkale - Denizli to Nevsehir / Kayseri Airport & Cappadocia
(Breakfast included)
After breakfast, we depart for Denizli Airport for our domestic flight to Cappadocia.
Transfer from Kayseri airport to your Cave hotel. The rest of the day is yours to
explore Cappadocia. Overnight in Cave Hotel in Cappadocia
Day 8 : Cappadocia Tour
(Breakfast included)
Today we will get to know the Cappadocia region, a volcanic area in which the geological
formation started 10 million years ago. As a result of these formations phallic
like pillars have come to life. The beautiful horse country Katpatuka, (as the Persians
called her) is an unbelievable strip of land, enchanting and mysterious. Cappadocia
region is also famous for its arts, including ceramic and carpets. You will be picked
up approximatley 09:30 from your hotel to join our regular tour. Tour starts with
Uchisar Castle, the highest point of Cappadocia. After Uchisar, you visit Goreme
Open Air Museum, the Heart of Cappadocia. Goreme Open Air Museum is famous for frescoes
dating to 10th century describing the life of Jesus Christ and monks. Next stop
is Cavusin, which is an abandoned village with old cave Greek houses. After Cavusin
you go to the restaurant in Avanos to have lunch. After lunch, you visit a pottery
work shop, to see how to make potteries. Then you go Pasabagi where you can see
three-headed fairy chimneys. After Pasabagi you visit another workshop to see Cappadocian
handwoven carpets and kilims. Next stop is Devrent Valley, which is also called
Imagination Valley, where you can see natural rock formations looking like animals.
Then you head to a wineshop in Urgup for wine tasting. Last stop is Three Beauties,
three beautiful fairy chimneys with their hats, which is the symbol of Cappadocia.
This tour will end approximately 18:00 and you will be returned back to your hotel.
Overnight in Cappadocia.
Day 9 : Cappadocia to Istanbul - End of Tour
(Breakfast included)
After breakfast you will have free time shopping in Cappadocia. Today we depart
for Kayseri Airport for our domestic flight to Istanbul and then back to home.
9 Days Turkey Treasure Tour Includes:
- Arrival airport transfer from Istanbul Ataturk Airport
- Airport transfer to Denizli Airport
- Return airport transfer from Nevsehir / Kayseri Airport
- Domestic flight ticket from Denizli to Istanbul
- Domestic flight from Nevsehir / Kayseri to Istanbul
- 2 nights hotel in Istanbul
- 1 night hotel in Canakkale
- 2 nights hotel in Kusadasi
- 1 night in hotel in Pamukkale
- 2 nights hotel in Cappadocia
- 8 breakfasts
- Guided Istanbul City Tour
- Guided Gallipoli tour
- Guided Troy tour
- Guided Acropolis of Pergamon tour
- Guided Ephesus tour
- Guided Sirince village tour & wine tasting
- Guided Pamukkale tour
- Guided Cappadocia Tour
- All entrance fees mentioned in the itinerary
- Transportation in a fully air-conditioned, non-smoking coach
- Professional English-speaking tour guides