Arnavutköy Trip Overview
This tour includes most of the famous Muslim heritage to see all around Turkey. By doing this tour, you will not miss any important place. You will have a Sahabe tour and see Eyup Sultan. In this short period, you will get to see the two continents of Europe and Asia. Many cultural and ancient monuments will be seen over the Aegean region. No long bus journeys, including domestic flight tickets as covering many destinations that will dazzle you. Book this tour for an unforgettable experience!
Additional Info
Duration: 8 days
Starts: Arnavutköy, Turkey
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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This tour includes most of the famous Muslim heritage to see all around Turkey. By doing this tour, you will not miss any important place. You will have a Sahabe tour and see Eyup Sultan. In this short period, you will get to see the two continents of Europe and Asia. Many cultural and ancient monuments will be seen over the Aegean region. No long bus journeys, including domestic flight tickets as covering many destinations that will dazzle you. Book this tour for an unforgettable experience!
Itinerary
Day 1: Istanbul – Arrival Day
Pass By: Istanbul, Istanbul
Upon our arrival at Istanbul International Airport, your guide will meet, assist and transfer you to the hotel. Istanbul’s original name is Byzantium then Constantinople. It is a most fascinating city, which actually crosses two continents Europe and Asia. It is a city of amalgamation of bazaars, minarets, mosques, churches, palaces, and restaurants catering to every one’s taste, museums, customs and twelve million people. Overnight in Istanbul.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Ramada Golden Horn Hotel
Day 2: Istanbul Islamic and Sahabe Tour
Stop At: Istanbul, Istanbul
After breakfast at 08:30, we have Istanbul Islamic and Sahabe Tour. Istanbul is the center of religion for centuries. After the ottoman period Islamic Religion separated throughout the city. The first mosque in Istanbul was built in Kadikoy on the Asian side of the city, which was conquered by the Ottoman Turks in 1353. The first mosque on the European side of Istanbul was built inside the Rumeli Castle in 1452. The first grand mosque which was built in the city proper is the Eyup Sultan Mosque (1458). Next to Eyup Sultan Mosque we will visit the tombs of the Sahabe, which is very famous in Turkey by being the first generation of Muslims, who had come as far as Istanbul and besieged the city. The small Sahabe Cemetery just outside Egrikapi Gate may seem like a standard Muslim cemetery.
Duration: 7 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Ramada Golden Horn Hotel
Day 3: Istanbul – Bursa Tour
Stop At: Bursa, Bursa
After breakfast at 07:30 am, we depart from the hotel and drive to Bursa for a daily guided tour in Bursa. Today we will visit Bursa with all famous and Islamic heritage places. We will visit to Ulucamii (Great Mosque), Cumalikizik Village, Green Mosque, Green Tomb, Ozdilek Factory. After Bursa City tour, we depart back for Istanbul. Overnight in Istanbul.
Duration: 7 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Ramada Golden Horn Hotel
Day 4: Istanbul City Tour
Stop At: Istanbul, Istanbul
Pick up at 08:30 am from your hotel for the daily tour of old Istanbul city.
Visit TOPKAPI PALACE The great palace of the Ottoman sultans from the 15th to the 19th centuries housing an exquisite collection of crystal, 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. After the lunch, Murtis Tour will take you to the Grand Spice Bazaar which is a unique atmosphere with reasonable prices for your shopping.
Duration: 7 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Ramada Golden Horn Hotel
Day 5: Gallipoli Tour
Stop At: Canakkale, Canakkale, Canakkale Province, Turkish Aegean Coast
07:30 am, 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, we drive to your hotel. Overnight in Canakkale.
Duration: 7 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Troia Tusan Hotel
Day 6: Troy Tour – Pergamon – Kusadasi
Stop At: Kusadasi, Kusadasi, Turkish Aegean Coast
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 center at that times. Pergamon is a famous city for its jewelry, stones and silver. So on the way, we will visit a jewelry center for 30 minutes. Arrival to Kusadasi around 18:00pm. Overnight in Kusadasi.
Duration: 7 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Comfort Ada Class Hotel
Day 7: Kusadasi – Ephesus Tour – Turkish Village Sirince
Stop At: Kusadasi, Kusadasi, Turkish Aegean Coast
08:30 Departure from hotel for our 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 and Grand theatre. Lunch break around 13:00 pm. After the lunch, we will visit a place which continues to perform one of the oldest arts of Turkey; a carpet weaving center. 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 original with their white paints. Sirince Village also has a fantastic reputation for making some of the best wines nonalcoholic in Turkey – especially fruit wines. 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.
Duration: 7 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Comfort Ada Class Hotel
Day 8: Kusadasi – Izmir to Istanbul – End of Tour
Pass By: Istanbul, Istanbul
Today, we depart for Izmir Airport for our domestic flight to Istanbul and then back to home. We hope your tour was a memorable one and we would like to see you in the future in one of our tours again. Have a nice trip back home and thanks for choosing uus.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
