Ortahisar Trip Overview
This 4 day tour, starts from Cappadocia, Turkey, and ends at Istanbul, Turkey. Highlights include :- Göbekli Tepe – Kahramanmaraş – Kahta – Karatay Caravansaray – Mt. Nemrut – Sanliurfa (Urfa)
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Duration: 4 days
Starts: Ortahisar, Turkey
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Ortahisar, Cappadocia, Turkey
This 4 day tour, starts from Cappadocia, Turkey, and ends at Istanbul, Turkey. Highlights include :- Göbekli Tepe – Kahramanmaraş – Kahta – Karatay Caravansaray – Mt. Nemrut – Sanliurfa (Urfa)
Itinerary
Day 1: Mt Nemrut, Karatay Caravansaray, Kahramanmaras
Stop At: Karatay, Karatay
Departure in the morning from Cappadocia, we we cross the Tekir plateau towards Adiyaman and Mt Nemrut. Along the way our first stop will be the Seljuk Karatay Caravansaray.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Kahramanmaras, Kahramanmaras, Kahramanmaras Province
The next stop will be Pinarbasi for a short tea break than onto Kahramanmaras which produces Turkey’s best ice cream!
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Arsemia Antik Kenti, Kahta Turkey
From here we pass through Adiyaman and visit Arsemia, once the capital of the Commagene Kingdom, before continuing to the ancient Severus (Cendere) Bridge and the Karakus Tumulus where members of the royal family were buried.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Mount Nemrut, Adiyaman 50100 Turkey
This evening we will go to Mt Nemrut, ascend the mountain, watch the magical sunrise over the plateau, and visit the massive ancient rock statues. After the sunset we return to Adiyaman.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Euphrat Hotel Nemrut in Adiyaman
Day 2: Gobekli Tepe, Sanliurfa, Harran
Stop At: Ataturk Dam, Firat Lake, Sanliurfa Turkey
Today we drive to Sanliurfa, visiting Ataturk Dam, Turkey’s largest, along.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Potbelly Hill, Orencik, Sanliurfa 63290 Turkey
After short break we drive to Gobekli Tepe, predating Stonehenge by some 6,000 years, some believe it is the site of the world’s oldest temple.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Harran, Harran, Sanliurfa Province
Lunch will be in Sanliurfa and after lunch we visit the Harran, a village of Mud-Brick “beehive” houses mentioned in the book of Genesis where Abraham spend last years of his life. we will visit the ruins of Harran including city walls, oldest Islamic university and the castle dated to eighteen century.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Halil Ul Rahman Mosque, Fish Lake Street, Sanliurfa 63000 Turkey
We then drive back to Sanliurfa where we will stay and you will have chance to see Mevlid-i Halil Mosque, where you can see the Prophet Abraham Cave and the Pools of the Holy Carp surrounding it, then wander around oriental covered bazaar.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Hotel Harran in Sanliurfa
Day 3: Gaziantep, Istanbul
Stop At: Zeugma Mosaic Museum, Mithatpasa Mahallesi Haci Sani Konukoglu Bulvari Sehitkamil, Gaziantep 27500 Turkey
Departure from Sanliurfa for Gaziantep where you can see the famous Mosaic Museum, the largest in the world and home to the famous ‘Gypsy Girl’ mosaic.This museum exhibits superb mosaics discovered at the roman site of Belkis – Zeugma before Birecik Dam flooded most of the site. After lunch, we catch a flight to Istanbul from Gaziantep airport.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight at Port Bosphorus Hotel in Istanbul
Day 4: Istanbul
Pass By: Istanbul, Istanbul
After breakfast our tour concludes and we say goodbye to our new friends
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
