Arnavutköy Trip Overview
Turkey is the country where the cradle of civilization has been for more than 10,000 years. If you want to discover history, nature, culture in one place in the world, you are in the right direction.
Your guide is with you every step of the way to ensure a personalized experience. Don’t waste a minute planning like accommodation, museum entrance fees, transportation, or anything else. Let us do it for you. Just sit back and enjoy the adventure. We are here for all time to give you what you want.
Additional Info
Duration: 10 days
Starts: Arnavutköy, Turkey
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Arnavutköy, İstanbul, Turkey
Turkey is the country where the cradle of civilization has been for more than 10,000 years. If you want to discover history, nature, culture in one place in the world, you are in the right direction.
Your guide is with you every step of the way to ensure a personalized experience. Don’t waste a minute planning like accommodation, museum entrance fees, transportation, or anything else. Let us do it for you. Just sit back and enjoy the adventure. We are here for all time to give you what you want.
Itinerary
Day 1: Istanbul
Pass By: Istanbul, Istanbul
Arrival in Istanbul, transfer to the hotel
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Accommodation in a 5 ***** hotel
Day 2: Istanbul
Stop At: Hagia Sophia Mosque, Ayasofya Square, Sultanahmet, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
The tour starts at 9:00. Hagia Sophia: it is one of the unmistakable symbols of the city of Istanbul. It was the seat of the Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople and the main stage for Byzantine imperial ceremonies, such as coronations. An icon surrounded, in turn, by a multitude of great monuments that tell us about the glorious past of this thousand-year-old city.
Duration: 35 minutes
Stop At: Hippodrome, Binbirdirek, Sultan Ahmet ParkI No:2, Istanbul Turkey
The Roman Hippodrome: it was built in 203 AD. and magnified by the founder of the city Constantine the Great.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: German Fountain, Hippodrome Square, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
The Roman Hippodrome: it was built in 203 AD. and magnified by the founder of the city Constantine the Great.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Blue Mosque, Sultanahmet Mah At Meydani Cad No 7, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
The Roman Hippodrome: it was built in 203 AD. and magnified by the founder of the city Constantine the Great.
Duration: 35 minutes
Stop At: Kapali Carsi, Kalpakcilar Cad. Sorguclu Han No: 22, Istanbul 34126 Turkey
Grand Bazaar, in 1461, Sultan Mehmet II had the first wood market built, occupying an area of approximately 200,000 m2. It contains around 4,000 shops that make up a gigantic maze of streets and passageways
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation in a 5 ***** hotel
Day 3: Istanbul – Canakkale
Stop At: Troy (Truva), Tevfikiye Koyu, Intepe, Canakkale Turkey
Troy, a famous ancient city that evokes by itself another poetic name: Homer’s Iliad. Visit of the Trojan horse that, according to legend, served to hide the warriors.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Accommodation in a 4 **** hotel
Day 4: Canakkale – Pergamo – Kusadası
Stop At: Bergama, Bergama, Izmir Province, Turkish Aegean Coast
Pergamon, one of the cultural, commercial and medical centers of the past. Visit the Temple of Asclepion.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Accommodation in a 4 **** hotel
Day 5: Kusadası – Ephesus – Pamukkale
Stop At: Ancient City of Ephesus, Selcuk 35920 Turkey
Ephesus, the best preserved ancient city in Asia Minor and which during the 1st and 2nd centuries had a population of 250,000, monopolized the wealth of the Middle East. We will visit the Temple of Hadrian, the Roman Baths, the Library, The Odeon, the Theater, etc.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Meryemana (The Virgin Mary’s House), Selcuk 35100 Turkey
The House of the Virgin Mary, supposedly the last resting place of the Mother of Jesus.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Hierapolis & Pamukkale, Pamukkale 20280 Turkey
Continuation to Pamukkale to visit the ancient Hierapolis and the Cotton Castle, a natural wonder of gigantic white waterfalls, stalactites and natural pools formed over the centuries by the passage of calcareous salts from hot springs.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Accommodation in a 5 ***** hotel
Day 6: Pamukkale – Konya – Cappadocia
Stop At: Mevlana Muzesi, Mevlana Cd. No:1, Konya 42030 Turkey
Departure to the Anatolian region to visit en route a “Kervansaray” an old caravan inn, the largest from the Seljucida period, a complex with bedrooms, stables etc. used by merchants. We will visit Mevlana Museum and Sultahan Caravansarai.
Duration: 30 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Accommodation in a 5 ***** hotel
Day 7: Cappadocia
Stop At: Goreme National Park, Goreme 50180 Turkey
Goreme Open Air Museum: it is a national park listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1985. In the museum, whose first settlements date back to the 3rd and 4th centuries, you can see the best preserved churches of Cappadocia with frescoes from the centuries XI and XII. The constructions were carved out of the rock in the form of artificial caves.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Uchisar, Uchisar, Cappadocia
Uchisar: it is a town of troglodyte settlements known for its fortress built in order to protect them from enemy attacks.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Pigeon Valley, Uchisar KasabasI Nevşehir Kapadokya, Goreme 50240 Turkey
The Valley of the Pigeons: in this valley the pigeons were trained to use them as messengers between the different settlements throughout Central Cappadocia, so they played an essential role in communication.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Ozkonak Underground City, Nevsehir Turkey
Ozkonak: 10-story underground city dug into the slope of Mount Idis, built as a refuge due to the constant attacks suffered by its inhabitants
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Cavusin, Cavusin, Cappadocia
Çavuşin: your visit takes us to another time. It is one of the oldest settlements in Cappadocia
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Avcilar, Avcilar, Turkish Aegean Coast
It is the perfect valley to enjoy the spectacular scenery of the ” Chimeneas de Hadas ”
Duration: 15 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Accommodation in a 5 ***** hotel
Day 8: Cappadocia – Ankara
Stop At: Anadolu Medeniyetleri Muzesi, Gozcu Sokak No: 2 Ulus, Ankara 06240 Turkey
We visit the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Anitkabir Command Anittepe, Ankara 06570 Turkey
We visit the Mausoleum of Ataturk, founder of the Republic.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Accommodation in a 4 **** hotel
Day 9: Ankara – Istanbul
Pass By: Istanbul, Istanbul
Arrives in Istanbul. Transfer to the hotel. Free day with the possibility of optional excursions
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation in a 5 ***** hotel
Day 10: Istanbul – Country of origin
Pass By: Istanbul, Istanbul
Transfer to Istanbul airport.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
