Istanbul Trip Overview
This mini group (max. 10 pax) tour includes the most popular highlights of Turkey. Surround yourself in the world-famous attractions on an 12-day fully guided tour. Istanbul is the world’s most gorgeous and mysterious city Cappadocia is the land of Mysterious with amazing rock formations and underground cities. Ephesus, Walk through history along marble streets lined with wonderful public buildings,Sirince the pretty old Turkish-Orthodox village, Pamukkale, Discovery the Travertine terraces. Bodrum, visit Halicarnassos Mausoleum which used to be one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient World.
Perfect for travelers who are short on time or people who hate planning, all logistical details, including domestic flights, accommodation and most meals, are included and accounted for.
* Selected centrally Boutique and 4 star Hotels
* Small group ensures personal service with
* Informative, friendly and professional guiding
* Domestic flights included.
* Option: Private Tour for your family
Additional Info
Duration: 12 days
Starts: Istanbul, Turkey
Trip Category: Air, Helicopter & Balloon Tours >> Air Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Istanbul, Turkey, Turkey
This mini group (max. 10 pax) tour includes the most popular highlights of Turkey. Surround yourself in the world-famous attractions on an 12-day fully guided tour. Istanbul is the world’s most gorgeous and mysterious city Cappadocia is the land of Mysterious with amazing rock formations and underground cities. Ephesus, Walk through history along marble streets lined with wonderful public buildings,Sirince the pretty old Turkish-Orthodox village, Pamukkale, Discovery the Travertine terraces. Bodrum, visit Halicarnassos Mausoleum which used to be one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient World.
Perfect for travelers who are short on time or people who hate planning, all logistical details, including domestic flights, accommodation and most meals, are included and accounted for.
* Selected centrally Boutique and 4 star Hotels
* Small group ensures personal service with
* Informative, friendly and professional guiding
* Domestic flights included.
* Option: Private Tour for your family
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival to Istanbul
Stop At: Istanbul, Istanbul
Welcome to Turkey. Arrive in Istanbul Airport ( IST ) or to Sabiha Gokcen Airport ( SAW ) , Our representative will meet you at the airport with your name sign and private transfer to the hotel for overnight stay in Istanbul.
Duration: 1 hour
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Istanbul in a 4 star Boutique hotels located in Sultanahmet
Day 2: Full Day Istanbul Tour (Breakfast)
Stop At: Hippodrome, Binbirdirek, Sultan Ahmet ParkI No:2, Istanbul Turkey
Our tour starts with Hippodrome Square where used to take place for chariot races and the Byzantine riots during Roman and Byzantine period.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Hagia Sophia Mosque, Sultan Ahmet, Ayasofya MeydanI No:1, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
Only a short walk away, reaches Hagia Sophia built in 532 AD by Roman Emperor Justinian I.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Blue Mosque, Sultanahmet Mah At Meydani Cad No 7, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
Visit Blue Mosque, which has its fame from its beautiful blue Iznik tiles
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Topkapi Palace, Cankurtaran Mahallesi Gulhane Park, Near Sultanahmet Square, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
We will continue walking to Topkapi Palace, was not only the residence of the Ottoman sultans, but also the administrative and educational center of the state. It was constructed between 1460 and 1478 by Sultan Mehmed II, the conqueror of Constantinople. We will visit the Topkapi Palace including weapons section.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Grand Bazaar, Grand Bazaar, Istanbul
We will visit Grand Bazaar where is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with more than 58 covered streets and over 1,200 shops which attract between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily. Opened in 1461, it is well known for its jewelry, pottery, spice, and carpet shops.
Drive back to our hotel
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Istanbul in a 4 star Boutique hotels located in Sultanahmet
Day 3: Istanbul Tour with Bosphorus Cruise (Breakfast)
Stop At: Basilica Cistern, Alemdar Mahallesi, Yerebatan Caddesi, No:1/3, Istanbul 34410 Turkey
Our tour starts with the one of Istanbul’s splendid historical buildings is the Basilica Cistern located in the southwest of Hagia Sophia. This large underground cistern built by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (527-565) was named as Yerebatan Palace ere among the people due to the marble columns rising from the water and countless seemingly like. It is also known as Basilica Cistern since there is a Basilica in the place where the cistern is located.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Misir Carsisi (Spice Market), Rustem Pasa Mahallesi, Erzak Ambari Sok. No:92 Eminonu – Fatih, Istanbul 34116 Turkey
You will have time in Spice Bazaar. Than visit to the Spice Bazaar with its domed and vaulted shops selling spices and herbs, also known as Egyptian Bazaar.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
Then to the pier for a Bosporus cruise on a public ferry. Starting the trip from the Golden Horn and sailing through the waterway separating the two continents, Asia and Europe- with a possibility to take pictures of the marble palaces, old wooden villas of Ottoman architecture besides modern residentials. We get on land in Sariyer district which has the old and modern taste together. Visit Ortakoy where mostly locals go. Ortakoy, once literally “the village in the middle” (orta) the European Bosphorus Shore, is now among Istanbul ‘ s coolest, chic-est, most artsy neighborhoods, with trendy boutiques, atmospheric cafes and bistrots, and crowds of young, sophisticated residents and visitors.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Pass By: Istanbul, Istanbul
After the tour program drive to your hotel for overnight in Istanbul.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Istanbul in a 4 star Boutique hotels located in Sultanahmet
Day 4: Istanbul – Fly to Cappadocia & Tour (Breakfast)
Pass By: Istanbul, Istanbul
Early morning Pick up from hotel and transfer to Istanbul airport for your flight to Kayseri.
Pass By: Cappadocia, Cappadocia
Upon your arrival to Kayseri / Nevsehir airport, you will be welcomed and transfer to Cappadocia region.
Stop At: Fairy Chimneys, Goreme Turkey
First meeting with Cappadocia, visiting Three Sisters Fairy Chimneys in Urgup which are the most popular and seen on advertisements. That’s why people carved some pigeon houses to keep them in certain places. You will see that the houses for the pigeons are like the houses for the people.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Kaymakli Underground City, Derinkuyu Turkey
Then we descend into the center of the earth in the Kaymakli Underground City one of the largest and the deepest of 200 others in Cappadocia.
Duration: 1 hour
Pass By: Cappadocia, Cappadocia
End of the tour, drive to your hotel for overnight in Cappadocia.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in a selected Cave Hotel
Day 5: Cappadocia Tour (Breakfast)
Stop At: Devrent Valley, Devrent Mevkii No:1 Urgup Yolu, 50500 Turkey
In the morning, first meeting with the lunar landscape of Cappadocia: rock formations beyond belief in Devrent valley; a journey in the past with its troglodyte houses, visit to Pasabag “fairy chimneys” where the voice of wind mixes with the “songs of fairies” near Zelve.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Avanos, Avanos, Cappadocia
Lunch in Avanos, centre of terra cotta work of art since 3000 BC. and a demonstration in a traditional pottery workshop.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Goreme Open-Air Museum, Merkez, Muze Cd., Goreme 50180 Turkey
Afternoon, visit the famous Goreme Open Air Museum and see the best examples of Byzantine art in Cappadocia in rock-cut churches with frescoes and paintings (10th to 13th century).
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Uchisar Castle, Uchisar Turkey
Continue to Uchisar Rock-Castle to have a panoramic view of the valleys of Cappadocia. After the tour program transfer to your hotel. Stay overnight in Cappadocia.
Duration: 1 hour
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in a selected Cave Hotel
Day 6: Cappadocia – Fly to Izmir & Sirince Overnight (Breakfast)
Pass By: Cappadocia, Cappadocia
After breakfast check out from the hotel and drive to Kayseri / Nevsehir airport for your flight to Izmir.
Stop At: Izmir, Izmir, Izmir Province, Turkish Aegean Coast
Upon your arrival to Izmir Airport, our representative will welcome you with your name sign and transfer you to Sirince Villiage for overnight.
Duration: 1 hour
Pass By: Sirince Koyu, Sirince Turkey
Upon your arrival to Sirince, check in to your hotel for evernight.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in a boutique hotel in Sirince Villiage.
Day 7: Sirince – Ephesus (Breakfast)
Pass By: Sirince Koyu, Sirince Turkey
After breakfast, drive to Ephesus region around 20 minutes.
Stop At: Ancient City of Ephesus, Selcuk 35920 Turkey
Continue to Ephesus, walk through history along marble streets lined with wonderful public buildings, among them The State Agora, Odeon, Memnius Monument, the Temple of Domitian, Polio Fountain, Curetes Street, The Trajan Fountain, The Baths of Scholastica, Hadrian Temple, Latrina, Celcus Library, the gate of Mihridates and Mazues, Commercial Agora and The Grand Theater are two of the most impressive buildings in Ephesus. Grand theatre was built in 3rd century B.C and it was later expanded to 24.000 spectators by the Romans in the 1st century A.D.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Meryemana (The Virgin Mary’s House), Sultaniye Mahallesi, Selcuk 35100 Turkey
Then, we will visit the House of Virgin Mary. This house is located on the Aladag Mountains 5 miles from Ephesus. At the third Ecumenical Council of 431 in Ephesus, it was claimed that Mary came to Ephesus with St. John in 37 A.D. and lived there until her death in 48 A.D. After the discovery of the house, the Archbishop of Izmir declared it a place of pilgrimage in 1892. On July 26, 1967, Pope Paul VI visited this place and prayed here.
Duration: 50 minutes
Pass By: Sirince Koyu, Sirince Turkey
End of the tour, drive back to your hotel for overnight in Kusadasi.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in a boutique hotel in Sirince.
Day 8: Sirince – Pamukkale ( Breakfast – Dinner )
Pass By: Sirince Koyu, Sirince Turkey
After breakfast, check out from your hotel and drive to Pamukkale around 3 hours.
Stop At: Hierapolis & Pamukkale, Pamukkale 20280 Turkey
Discovery of Travertine terraces and Hierapolis. The travertine terraces at Pamukkale are one of the most spectacular natural wonders we ever have seen from various mineral springs in a vast white cliff side, about 200 m overlooking the plain, calcite-laden waters have dripped down over a series of terraced levels and created a fairyland of bizarre solidified cascades and shell-shaped basins. It looks like creations from snow or like balls from cotton, which gave the scenery the Turkish name Pamukkale (cotton castle): Moreover the water in the basins is changing its color according to how the light enters.
Duration: 2 hours
Pass By: Pamukkale, Pamukkale
After the tour, check in to your thermal hotel in Pamukkale. You can use the thermal pool until 22:00
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in a 5 star Thermal hotel in Pamukkale.
Day 9: Pamukkale – Bodrum ( Breakfast)
Pass By: Pamukkale, Pamukkale
After breakfast check out from your hotel and drive to Bodrum around 3,5 hours.
Pass By: Bodrum City, Bodrum City, Bodrum District, Mugla Province, Turkish Aegean Coast
Upon your arrival to Bodrum in the afternoon, you will check in to your hotel for overnight in Bodrum.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in a 4 star centrally located hotel in Bodrum.
Day 10: Bodrum Tour ( Breakfast )
Pass By: Bodrum City, Bodrum City, Bodrum District, Mugla Province, Turkish Aegean Coast
After breakfast your guide will pick you up from your hotel lobby for your Bodrum tour.
Stop At: Castle of St. Peter, Kale Cad., Bodrum City Turkey
We will start visiting St. Peter’s Castle, including underwater archeology museum. Castle was built by the Knights of St John in 1402 to dominate the harbour and it is one of the last and finest examples of Crusader architecture in the east.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, Tepecik, Bodrum City Turkey
hen we will visit Halicarnassos Mausoleum which used to be one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient World. Next stop will be the ancient theater of Halicarnassos, dated back to the 4th century BC with 5.000 capacity.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Pass By: Bodrum City, Bodrum City, Bodrum District, Mugla Province, Turkish Aegean Coast
End of your tour, drive back to your hotel for overnight in Bodrum.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in a 4 star centrally located hotel in Bodrum.
Day 11: Bodrum – Istanbul by flight (Breakfast)
Pass By: Bodrum City, Bodrum City, Bodrum District, Mugla Province, Turkish Aegean Coast
After breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel and transfer to Bodrum Airport for your flight back to Istanbul.
Pass By: Istanbul, Istanbul
Upon your arrival to Istanbul, our representative will welcome you with your name sign. Then transfer you to your hotel in Istanbul, for overnight.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Istanbul in a 4 star Boutique hotels located in Sultanahmet
Day 12: Home (Breakfast)
Pass By: Istanbul, Istanbul
Our driver will take you from your hotel upon your departure flight time, and transfer you to airport for your flight back home.
End of our services.
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
