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 Day
1: Transfer from Istanbul airport
to Hotel and free time.
Day
2: 09:00am depart from the hotel.
You will be visiting the Topkapi Palace,
Hagia Sophia (St. Sophia), Sultan Ahmet
Camii (Blue Mosque), Hippodrome (Roman and
Byzantine era) and Grand Bazaar. Back to
hotel.
Day
3: 09:15am depart from the hotel.
The Spice Market, Beylerbeyi palace, camlica
hill and Bosphorus on the boat as well. Back
to hotel.
Day
4: Istanbul – Canakkale; 08:30
Depart for the hotel for Çanakkale. Arrive
in Eceabat Gallipoli Tour( Kabatepe Museum,
ANZAC Cove, Lone Pine Australian Memorial,
Johnston's Jolly, (Turkish and Allied
trenches and tunnels), The Nek,*Chunuk Bair
New Zealand Memorial. 18:30 Arrive Canakkale
and check in to Hotel.
19.30 4 Corners Documentary 'Fatal Shore'
Day
5: 08:45 depart to Troy. Visit
the famous archeological and mythological
site of Troy(Trojan Horseand Helen of Troy)
and drive to and Pergamon tours. Driver to
Kusadasi. Over night in Kusadasi.
Day
6: 09:00am depart and driver to
Ephesus.Take a tour in the UNESCO world
cultural heritage site, pacing through the
antique city after St. Paul, visit the
Library, Temple and Ampitheater, St John
Church and the Virgin Mary's House. Over
night in Kusadasi.
Day
7: 09:00am depart from the hotel.
Drive to Pamukkale and on the way visit
Afrodisias. In Pamukkale walk along the
Hierapolis ancient city ruins, see the huge
Necropolis, and feel the warmth of the
natural spring as you go barefoot on the
Travertens. Over night stay in Pamukkale.
Day
8: 09:00am depart from the hotel
drive to Cappadocia and on the way visit
Konya. Feel the mysticism of the whirling
dervishes as you visit the Mevlana Museum (the
poet and philosopher Sufi founder of the
Whirling Dervishes Sect) and Sultan hani
(13th century Seljukian caravansaray on the
silk road). Over night in Cappadocia.
Day
9: 09:15am depart from the hotel.
Visit Devrent imagination valley (a lunar
landscape), Zelve open air museum (houses
carved in rock, Seljukian mosque & remains
nearly from all the ancient civilizations),
Pasabaglari (Fairy chimneys), Avanos (pottery
demonstration with the Hittite tecnique),
Lunch in the Pigeon valley (in a cave
restaurant - open buffet), Uchisar rock-castle,
Esentepe (panoramic view of Goreme valley)
and Goreme open air museum (rock cut
churches, frescos, monastery). Over night in
Cappadocia.
Day
10: 09:15am depart from the hotel.
Visit Mustafapasa (old Greek village Sinasos),
Keslik monastery, Taskinpasa medresesi (an
Ottoman theological school), Soganli valley
(3 km walking in the traditional village,
churches and Lunch), Cemil (Greek-orthodox
church) and Kaymakli underground city. Fly
back to Istanbul.
Day
11: Free day in Istanbul(for
shopping).
Day
12: Transfer to airport and fly
back to home. |
