Istanbul Trip Overview
This mini group ( max. 10 pax ) fully guided land tour includes the most popular highlights of Turkey. Surround yourself in the world-famous attractions of Istanbul, Troy, Gallipoli, Pergamum, Ephesus, Pamukkale, Konya, Cappadocia, Ankara on an 13-day fully guided tour. The non-stop adventure gives you a thorough overview of the country’s most popular destinations, without making you feel rushed. 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 Located Boutique and 4 star Hotels
* Cave Hotel in Cappadocia
* Small group ensures personal service
* Informative, friendly and professional guide
* Small-group tour by minibus
* Option with Private Tour for your family
Additional Info
Duration: 13 days
Starts: Istanbul, Turkey
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What to Expect When Visiting Istanbul, Turkey, Turkey
This mini group ( max. 10 pax ) fully guided land tour includes the most popular highlights of Turkey. Surround yourself in the world-famous attractions of Istanbul, Troy, Gallipoli, Pergamum, Ephesus, Pamukkale, Konya, Cappadocia, Ankara on an 13-day fully guided tour. The non-stop adventure gives you a thorough overview of the country’s most popular destinations, without making you feel rushed. 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 Located Boutique and 4 star Hotels
* Cave Hotel in Cappadocia
* Small group ensures personal service
* Informative, friendly and professional guide
* Small-group tour by minibus
* Option with 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 Selected Boutique Class Hotels 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: Misir Carsisi (Spice Market), Rustem Pasa Mahallesi, Erzak Ambari Sok. No:92 Eminonu – Fatih, Istanbul 34116 Turkey
We will visit Spice Bazaar (Egyptian Bazaar): The air here is filled with the enticing aromas of cinnamon, caraway, saffron, mint, thyme and every other concievable herb and spice.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Istanbul in Selected Boutique Class Hotels in Sultanahmet
Day 3: Istanbul – Gallipoli – Canakkale (Breakfast, Dinner)
Pass By: Istanbul, Istanbul
You will have a morning departure for Gallipoli which takes around 4 hours.
Stop At: Gallipoli National Park, Kabatepe Mevki Eceabat Merkez, Eceabat, Gallipoli 17900 Turkey
You will visit Anzac Cove ,Chunuk Bair, Lone pine cemetery and Gabate War Museum in the national park and then, you will have a ferry for crossing the Dardanelles to Canakkale.
Duration: 4 hours
Pass By: Canakkale, Canakkale, Canakkale Province, Turkish Aegean Coast
After the tour program drive to your hotel for overnight in Canakkale.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in a 4 star hotel in Canakkale
Day 4: Canakkale – Troy – Pergamum -Kusadasi (Breakfast, Dinner)
Pass By: Canakkale, Canakkale, Canakkale Province, Turkish Aegean Coast
After breakfast, check out from your hotel and drive to Troy around 30 minutes.
Stop At: Troy (Truva), Tevfikiye Koyu, Intepe, Canakkale Turkey
We will visit the famous archaeological and mythological site of Troy, home of the “Trojan Horse” and “Helen of Troy”.
Then, departure for Pergamon.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: The Acropolis, Bergama Turkey
After a 3 hour drive, we will reach to Pergamum, called Bergama nowadays.
We will visit The city of Pergamon in the north of the Aegean of West Anatolia with the frontiers to ancient Mysia, forms a significant part of the Aegean and Asia Minor history with Acropolis, one of the centres of Helenistic and Roman ages.
Duration: 3 hours
Pass By: Kusadasi, Kusadasi, Turkish Aegean Coast
End of the tour, drive to Kusadasi for around 2,5 hours and check in to your hotel for overnight in Kusadasi.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in 4 star or boutique class hotel.
Day 5: Kusadasi – Ephesus Tour – Kusadasi (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Stop At: The Temple of Artemis, Ataturk, Park Ici Yolu No:12, Selcuk Turkey
Your guide will meet you at your hotel lobby after breakfast, and you will depart for Ephesus region and arriva there in 25 minutes.
First, visit the Artemission Temple where is one of the seven wonders of the Ancient World.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Ancient City of Ephesus, Selcuk 35920 Turkey
Continue to Ephesus.visit Ephesus, one of the 12 cities of Ionia (an ancient Greek district on the western coast of Asia Minor) is located near Izmir. As a port city at the mouth of the Cayster (modern Küçükmenderes) River, it was a major departure point for trade routes into Asia Minor. Known in antiquity for its sacred shrines, notably a famous temple (one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) to the goddess Artemis, or Diana, the city was also an important center of early Christianity.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Selcuk, Selcuk, Izmir Province, Turkish Aegean Coast
After Ephesus, lunch will be served in the garden of a local handicrafts center. Here you can see some of the traditional carpet weaving techniques used and enjoy viewing some splendid displays of beautiful carpets.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Meryemana (The Virgin Mary’s House), Sultaniye Mahallesi, Selcuk 35100 Turkey
After Lunch visit 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: 1 hour
Pass By: Kusadasi, Kusadasi, Turkish Aegean Coast
End of the tour, drive back to your hotel in Kusasdasi, for overnight.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in a 4 star or boutique class hotel in Kusadasi.
Day 6: Kusadasi – Pamukkale Tour (Breakfast, Dinner)
Pass By: Kusadasi, Kusadasi, Turkish Aegean Coast
After breakfast check out from the hotel and drive to Pamukkale for around 3 hours.
Stop At: Hierapolis & Pamukkale, Pamukkale 20280 Turkey
Upon your arrival to Pamukkale; 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: 4 hours
Stop At: Pamukkale, Pamukkale
End of the tour, drive to your hotel for check in and overnight.
You can use the thermal pools until 22:00.
Duration: 10 minutes
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in a 5 star thermal hotel in Pamukkale.
Day 7: Pamukkale – Konya (Breakfast)
Pass By: Pamukkale, Pamukkale
After breakfast, drive to Konya for around 4,5 hours.
Stop At: Mevlana Muzesi, Mevlana Cd. No:1, Konya 42030 Turkey
Upon your arrival to Konya, visit to Mevlana Sufi temple. Mevlana is the founder of Sufism and whirling Dervishes. visiting the Mausoleum of Mevlana, the world-wide famous mystic, proceed to Karatay Theological School in which beautiful tiles are on display.
Duration: 3 hours
Pass By: Konya, Konya
End of the tour, check in to your hotel for overnight in Konya.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in a 4 star hotel in Konya.
Day 8: Konya – Cappadocia (Breakfast)
Pass By: Konya, Konya
After breakfast, check out from your hotel and drive to Cappadocia region for around 3 hours.
Stop At: Sultanhani Kervansarayi, SultanhanI Zafer Mahallesi Sehit Murat Caddesi No 3, Sultanhani 68190 Turkey
On the way to Cappadocia, visit to Sultanhani Caravanseria where is around 1 hour drive from Konya. It is a roadside inn where travellers could rest and recover from the day’s journey. Caravanserais supported the flow of commerce, information and people across a network of trade routes of Asia, North Africa and South-Eastern Europe on the legendary Silk Road and the Spice road.
Duration: 1 hour
Pass By: Cappadocia, Cappadocia
Upon your arrival to Cappadocia region, check in to your hotel for overnight.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in a Cave Hotel ( Not to be missed )
Day 9: Cappadocia Tour (Breakfast)
Stop At: Kaymakli Underground City, Derinkuyu Turkey
After breakfast you will first visit the Kaymaklı Underground City, one of the most interesting underground settlements in Cappadocia.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Soganli Valley, 40Km Southeast of Urgup, and 25Km to the East of Derinkuyu, Kayseri 38800 Turkey
Then, continue with Soğanlı Valley, an Open Air Museum in a wild natural setting near a typical Cappadocian village with its different style Rock-Cut churches and frescoes. Villages in the valleys, surrounded by the “table top” mountains, are spectacular.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Keslik Monastery, Urgup Turkey
After, visit the Keslik Monastery near Cemil, that hides its frescoes behind a very thin smoke layer which we can only see by torch light.
Duration: 50 minutes
Stop At: Mustafapaşa, Ürgüp/Nevşehir, Turkey
Our tour finishes with a visit to Mustafapaşa (Sinasos), an old Greek town with its spectacular old Greek houses; very fine examples of late Greek settlements and architecture.
Duration: 45 minutes
Pass By: Cappadocia, Cappadocia
Drive back to your hotel for overnight in Cappadocia.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in a Cave Hotel ( Not to be missed )
Day 10: Cappadocia Tour (Breakfast, Lunch)
Stop At: Devrent Valley, Devrent Mevkii No:1 Urgup Yolu, 50500 Turkey
After breakfast your guide will pick you up from your hotel lobby.
First meeting with the lunar landscape of Cappadocia: rock formations beyond belief in Devrent valley; a journey in the past with its troglodyte houses.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Pasabag, Urgup Turkey
We will continue with Pasabag “fairy chimneys” where the voice of wind mixes with the “songs of fairies” near Zelve.
Duration: 1 hour
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 30 minutes
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: 2 hours
Stop At: Uchisar Castle, Uchisar Turkey
Before driving back to your hotel, our last visit will be to Uchisar Rock-Castle to have a panoramic view of the valleys of Cappadocia.
Duration: 1 hour
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in a Cave Hotel ( Not to be missed )
Day 11: Cappadocia – Ankara (Breakfast)
Pass By: Ankara, Ankara
After breakfast, check out from your hotel and drive to Ankara for around 3 hours. Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and it is the second largest city with over 5,5 million population.
Stop At: Anitkabir Command Anittepe, Ankara 06570 Turkey
You will first, visit the Anıtkabir.
Anıtkabir, the eternal resting place of the Great Leader Atatürk, founder of the Republic of Turkey, is located in the heart of Ankara.
The themes of reliefs and statues prepared for Anıtkabir are chosen from the history, the history of the Turkish War of Independence and the Republic, and Atatürk’s life.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Stop At: Anadolu Medeniyetleri Muzesi, Gozcu Sokak No: 2 Ulus, Ankara 06240 Turkey
The history of Ankara’s first museum dates back to 1921. With Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s idea of establishing an Hittite Museum in the center of the country, Hittite art works were collected from all over the country. Mr. Mubarek Galip, Cultural Director at the time, took the first step by converting the Ankara Castle’s Akkale Bastion, Augustus Temple and the Roman Bath into a museum.
When the limited area of Akkale was not enough, the restoration of idle Mahmutpasa Covered Bazaar and Kursunlu Inn, which were in the vicinity of Ankara Castle started. The restoration started in 1938 and was completed in 1968. While the restoration was going on, the central area of the closed bazaar was completed in 1943 and was opened to visitors.
Duration: 1 hour
Pass By: Ankara, Ankara
End of the tour, check in to your hotel and overnight in Ankara.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in a 4 star hotel in Ankara.
Day 12: Ankara – Istanbul (Breakfast)
Pass By: Ankara, Ankara
After breakfast drive to Istanbul through Bolu, for around 4,5 hours.
Stop At: Grand Bazaar, Grand Bazaar, Istanbul
Afternoon you will have free time in Grand Bazaar for shopping.
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.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Stop At: Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
After Grand Bazaar visit, you will have a boat trip on the bosphorus A traditional excursion by boat along the waterway seperating Europe and Asia. The shore is lined with old wooden villas, palaces of marble, fortresses, and small fishing villages.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Pass By: Istanbul, Istanbul
End of the tour, check in to your hotel for overnight in Istanbul.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in a 4 star or boutique class hotel in Sultanahmet area, in Istanbul.
Day 13: Istanbul – 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.
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