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Day 1
Arrival in Istanbul and transfer to your hotel. Overnight in
Istanbul
Day 2 - Byzantine & Ottoman
Relics Tour
Breakfast and Lunch Included
08:30 pick up from your hotel to visit the
Hagia Sophia a 5th
century church, once the greatest in all the world. The next
stop is at the Blue Mosque
renowned for its striking blue Iznik tiled interior. Afterwards,
visit the ancient Roman
Hippodrome.
Following a lunch break in the old town, visit
Imperial Palace of Topkapi
from which Ottoman Sultans ruled their grand empire for over
400 years and visit the
Suleymaniye Mosque.
Tour finishes around 17:00, transfer back to hotel.
Overnight in Istanbul
Day 3 - Bosphorus Cruise & Two
Continents Tour
Breakfast and Lunch Included
08:30 pick up from your hotel to visit
Spice Market and followed by a boat cruise through
the Bosphorus, the
strait dividing the European and
Asian continents,
Following lunch break in the afternoon, visit the luxuriously
opulent Dolmabahce Palace,
the last residence of the sultans. A drive to the Asian part
of Istanbul crossing the Intercontinental Bosphorus bridge to
visit Camlica Hill The
highest point where you can overlook Istanbul and take nice
pictures.
17:00 - Return back to Hotel. Overnight in Istanbul
Day 4 - Cappadocia Tour 1
Breakfast and Lunch Included
Transfer to airport flight to Kayseri early morning. Upon
your arrival in Kayseri you will be met at the airport and
transfer to Cappadocia to hotel.
Depart from your hotel to visit
Devrent Valley to see the unigue fairy-chimneys.
Drive to Pasabasag (Monk's
Valley) to see the most interesting mushroom-shaped
pinnacles. Drive to the city of
Avanos for lunch.In the afternoon visit another
beautiful open air museum at
Goreme where the remains of rock-cut churches and
Christian settlements date back hundreds of years. Lastly,
before returning to your hotel, visit the natural castles at
Uchisar.
Overnight in Cappadocia
Day 11 - Cappadocia Tour 2
Breakfast
and Lunch Included
Depart from
your hotel to visit
Red valley,and explore the famous rock- cut churches and hike 5 km
through the
Gulludere valley (Rose valley).
Then visit
Çavusin
village.This village is famous for the houses and
churches of the christian clegymen. Drive to the pigeon valley
for lunch. In the afternoon visit
Kaymakli underground city.
Where early christians lived in fear and faith. On the way back
visit the natural castles at
Ortahisar.
After tour transfer to Kayseri airport. Flight to Izmir then
transfer to your Hotel in Kusadasi (Ephesus). Stay overnight
Day 6 - Ephesus Tour
Breakfast and Lunch Included
The tour begins by visiting the remains of the
Artemis Temple,
one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Afterwards, it
proceeds to the spectacular main site of
Ephesus, undoubtedly the
most superbly preserved Greco-Roman city. Unmistakable
highlights surviving among the ruins are the Celsius Library,
Agora, Theater, Odeon, Trajan Fountain, Domitianus Temple and
Roman Latrines. Following a lunch break, visit the
House of Virgin Mary;
reputed to be where she spent her final days.
After tour transfer to Izmir airport then flight to Istanbul.
Upon your arrival in Istanbul we will meet you at the airport
and transfer to hotel. Overnight in Istanbul
Day 7 - End of Tour
Breakfast Included
After breakfast check out from hotel (before 12:00), transfer to
Istanbul Ataturk Airport regarding your flight details. End of
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