Istanbul Trip Overview
Experience Turkey with one top the TOP RATED agencies on TripAdvisor. Book your 4 Days Turkey tour package to experience the unique opportunity to visit all major destinations after Istanbul. This tour includes Cappadocia, Ephesus and Pamukkale. You only travel by plane for maximum time saving and minimum hassle as well as tiredness to enjoy every part of your program. Starting the trip with Cappadocia, famous with its distinctive “fairy chimneys,” tall, cone-shaped rock formations. Moving further with Ephesus, an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia. Finally ending in Pamukkale, in other words “Cotton Castle”, is a hot spring with calcium-coated cliffs and pools in inland.
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Duration: 4 days
Starts: Istanbul, Turkey
Trip Category: Air, Helicopter & Balloon Tours >> Air Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Istanbul, Turkey, Turkey
Experience Turkey with one top the TOP RATED agencies on TripAdvisor. Book your 4 Days Turkey tour package to experience the unique opportunity to visit all major destinations after Istanbul. This tour includes Cappadocia, Ephesus and Pamukkale. You only travel by plane for maximum time saving and minimum hassle as well as tiredness to enjoy every part of your program. Starting the trip with Cappadocia, famous with its distinctive “fairy chimneys,” tall, cone-shaped rock formations. Moving further with Ephesus, an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia. Finally ending in Pamukkale, in other words “Cotton Castle”, is a hot spring with calcium-coated cliffs and pools in inland.
Itinerary
Day 1: Flight from Istanbul to Cappadocia – Full Day North Cappadocia (Red) Tour
Stop At: Meet Transfer, Istanbul 34275 Turkey
Early in the morning you will be transferred to airplane terminal from your hotel for a 60-min flight to Cappadocia.
Upon your arrival to Cappadocia, our Travel Tips agent will welcome and transfer you to our Cappadocia office for a full day North Cappadocia Tour.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Goreme Open-Air Museum, Merkez, Muze Cd., Goreme 50180 Turkey
Goreme Open Air Museum resembles a vast monastic complex composed of scores of refectory monasteries placed side-by-side, each with its own fantastic church. It is obviously the first sight to be visited by any traveler in Cappadocia.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Devrent Valley, Devrent Mevkii No:1 Urgup Yolu, 50500 Turkey
Devrent Valley, which is also known as Imaginary Valley and also as Pink Valley does not have cave churches like the other valleys of Cappadocia. There are no Roman castles or Roman tombs in Devrent Valley, either. Actually it was never inhabited. So what makes it so famous? The lunar landscape!
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Pasabag, Urgup Turkey
Pasabag in Cappadocia is located on the road to Zelve, Pasabag is the place where you will see animal and fairy-tale like rock formations.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Sultans Seramik, Alaaddin Mah. Cavusoglu Sok. No: 1, Avanos 50500 Turkey
Avanos is famous for its red clay pottery. You will have fun trying to make potteries after a small demonstration.
In the end, you will be accompanied back to your hotel.
You will spend the night in Goreme, Cappadocia.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Lunch: Complimentary lunch will be served during the tour.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Anatolian Houses (4*) or similar in Goreme, Cappadocia.
Day 2: Full Day South Cappadocia (Green) Tour – Flight From Cappadocia to Izmir
Stop At: Red Valley, Nevsehir Ortahisar, Nevsehir 50650 Turkey
Optional Hot Air Balloon Balloon Ride in Cappadocia is available this day.
Following your breakfast, your Full Day South Cappadocia Tour will start.
Red Valley is one of the most spectacular valleys of Cappadocia with its different kind of rock formations in variety colors. One of the nicest and most most beautiful places to go walking Red Valley in Cappadocia.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Fairy Chimneys, Goreme Turkey
Cavusin old Greek village in the Cappadocia region of Turkey is rarely featured in travel articles.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Love Valley, Goreme 50180 Turkey
Visit to Love Valley where giant penis shaped monuments were left by mother nature and are now a huge hit amongst travelers.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Kaymakli Underground City, Derinkuyu Turkey
Kaymakli Underground City consists of elaborate labyrinth of tunnels, caves and low, narrow passages. There are 36 underground cities in Cappadocia and the widest one is the Kaymakli Underground City.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Pigeon Valley, Uchisar KasabasI Nevşehir Kapadokya, Goreme 50240 Turkey
Pigeon Valley is is ideal for walking, as the trek is relatively easy. The name comes from the thousands of pigeon houses that have been carved into the soft tuff since ancient times.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Uchisar Castle, Uchisar Turkey
Uchisar Castle is located on the highest point of Cappadocia and provides a magnificent panorama of the surrounding area with Mount Erciyes in the distance.
In the end, you will be transferred to airplane terminal for an 80- min flight to Izmir.
Upon your arrival to Izmir, Our Travel Tips Turkey agent will welcome and transfer you to hotel in Kusadasi area.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast is included in your package.
• Lunch: Complimentary lunch will be served during the tour.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Ilayda Avantgarde Hotel (4*) or similar in Kusadasi.
Day 3: Full Day Ephesus Tour
Stop At: The Temple of Artemis, Ataturk, Park Ici Yolu No:12, Selcuk Turkey
Right after your breakfast and check out from your hotel, the full day Ephesus Tour will start.
We will visit Temple of Artemis, which was a Greek temple dedicated to an ancient, local form of the goddess Artemis and considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Bibliotheque de Celsus, Efes Selcuk Merkez, Selcuk, Selcuk Turkey
Library of Celsus, which is unique while most libraries serve only the function of archiving books and documents, this one served as the final resting place of Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, in whose honor the library was built
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Ancient City of Ephesus, Selcuk 35920 Turkey
Visit to Ephesus Ancient City with its marvelous highlights.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Meryemana (The Virgin Mary’s House), Sultaniye Mahallesi, Selcuk 35100 Turkey
House of Virgin Mary – is believed to be where she lived and died.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Ephesus Museum, Selcuk Turkey
Also, we will see old theatres, hammams, passing through harbour. In the end, we will transfer you to your hotel in Kusadasi.
You will spend the night in Kusadasi.
Duration: 1 minute
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast is included in your package.
• Lunch: Complimentary lunch will be served during the tour.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Ilayda Avantgarde Hotel (4*) or similar in Kusadasi.
Day 4: Full Day Pamukkale and Hierapolis Tour – Flight from Denizli to Istanbul
Stop At: Pamukkale Thermal Pools, Pamukkale Turkey
Following your breakfast around 8AM and check-out from your hotel, we will pick you up from your hotel to start your full day Pamukkale Hierapolis Tour.
Deriving from springs in a cliff almost 200 m high overlooking the plain, calcite-laden waters have created at Pamukkale (Cotton Palace) an unreal landscape, made up of mineral forests, petrified waterfalls and a series of terraced basins.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Hierapolis & Pamukkale, Pamukkale 20280 Turkey
We will also visit a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hierapolis which is one of the sacred sites of Turkey, dates back thousands of years and also admire the white limestone terraces, known as travertine’s of Pamukkale.
We will see Necropolis – a large burial site generally it was located outside the settlement including Sarcophagus of a general of Marcus Aurelius. You will a chance to swim in famous Cleopatra Swimming Pool.
In the end, we will transfer you to Izmir Airport for your 60-min. flight for Istanbul. Our Travel Tips Turkey agent will welcome and transfer you to your hotel, upon your arrival.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast is included in your package.
• Lunch: Complimentary lunch will be served during the tour.
No accommodation included on this day.
