Restaurants İstanbul

Day 1 Sat: Istanbul | Arrival and transfer to hotel. Welcome briefing will be held.


Day 2 Sun: Istanbul | Enjoy a full day tour including a visit to Topkapi Palace Museum, residence of the Ottoman Sultans between 1453–1852 (excluding Harem).
Visit the Hippodrome, which was once the center of life where chariot racing and other public events took place. Tour the Blue Mosque built between 1609 and 1616, famous for its blue ceramic tiles. Your last stop St Sophia, a church built in the 6th century Byzantine capital, converted to a mosque by the Ottomans, still inhibited as a mosque in the present day and one of the world's greatest architectural wonders. Join an optional dinner with belly dancing entertainment. B


Day 3 Mon: Istanbul – Ankara | This morning depart on an optional tour of cruise along Bosphorus cruise enjoying the strait that separates Asia and Europe. Its shores are lined with fine neighborhoods, Ottoman palaces, fortresses, old wooden villas, hotels, parks and gardens, restaurants and cafés. The tour will be ended in Asia side and drive for the capital city of Ankara for overnight. B D


Day 4 Tue: Ankara – Cappadocia | Morning departure to view Hittite artifacts at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations. Visit the Mausoleum of Ataturk, father of modern Turkey. Visit the underground city of Sarhatli. Drive to Cappadocia, touring a 13th century caravan inn en route. Enjoy dinner at a local restaurant and join an optional Whirling Dervishes performance. Overnight in Cappadocia. B D


Day 5 Wed: Cappadocia | Early Morning Optional: Hot Air Balloon Tour. Experience of floating through volcanic valleys, fairy chimneys and caves with the sunrise of Cappadocia. After breakfast, visit Goreme, Avanos, Pasabagi, Red Valley, and have a brief regional pottery workshop in a cave. Dinner and overnight in Cappadocia. Visit the underground city of Sarhatli. B D


Day 6 Thu: Cappadocia – Pamukkale | Drive to Pamukkale. Dinner and overnight in Pamukkale. B D


Day 7 Fri: Pamukkale – Izmir | Today is the day to pay an early morning visit to the unique Cotton Fortress, the white calcium cascades, and also pay a visit to one of the first modern spa centers of the ancient world, Hiearapolis. Then we drive to Kusadasi. Dinner and overnight in Kusadasi. B D


Day 8 Sat: Ephesus & St. Mary’s House – Izmir | Full day tour of the famous ruins of Ephesus and St. Mary’s Cottage. Dinner and overnight in Kusadasi. Afternoon Optional: tour of Sirince. B D


Day 9 Sun: Izmir | Return transfer to pier. B


Price Includes
- First Class hotels with private facilities
- Meals are indicated on itineraries by B breakfast, L lunch, D dinner
- Licensed guides throughout Turkey
- Private air-conditioned transportation
- Luggage handling
- Local taxes and service charges
- Arrival/departure transfers: only on arrival and departure days (arrivals and departure from/to Istanbul Airport). Pre or post stay transfers are not included


Price Excludes
- Personal expenses
- Optional tours
- Customary tips to guide and drivers

April 21
Sat: Arrival – Istanbul | Arrival transfer from
airport to hotel. Welcome cocktail and briefing.
April 22 Sun: Istanbul | Full day tour to include the Topkapi Palace (excluding harem)
St. Sophia, Blue Mosque, Hippodrome and the Grand Bazaar. Optional: dinner with
belly dancing entertainment. B
April 23 Mon: Istanbul – Canakkale | Visit Soliman the Magnificent Mosque then continue to
Gallipoli. Dinner on the way to Gallipoli Eceabat in a local restaurant, early
evening departure to Gallipoli for the Anzac ceremony. There is no hotel
accommadition. B D

April 24 Tue: Gallipoli
– Dardanelles – Canakkale | After the Anzac Ceremony cross the Dardanelles
then continue to hotel for overnight. Dinner will be served at your hotel. B
D (not a proper breakfast but breakfast
box will be served)

April 25 Wed: Gallipoli & Hellespont | This morning departure to Gallipoli and visit Anzac Cove,
Lone Pine Cemetery and Chunuk Bair, then drive to Hellespont with the largest
memorial of the peninsula. Overnight in Canakkale. B D
April 26 Thu: Kusadasi via Pergamum | This morning visit Troy then proceed to Ancient Medical
Center in Asclepion and drive to Kusadasi, the picturescue port of Aegean Sea. Overnight
in Kusadasi. Dinner in the hotel. B D
April 27 Fri: Kusadasi | Today tour the ruins of Ephesus, Virgin Mary’s cottage, the 2,000
year old marble streets, a theater, the library of Celsius and Hadrian’s
Temple. Visit a regional carpet production center. Afternoon optional: Sardis
or Old Greek Village Sirince. B D
April 28
Sat: Kusadasi – Aphrodisias – Pamukkale | Drive
though fertile valleys to Aphrodisias city of Aphrodite, then continue to
Pamukkale (white lime cascades) and visit Hierapolis. B D
April 29
Sun: Pamukkale – Cappadocia | After
breakfast depart for Cappadocia for overnight. B D
April 30
Mon: Cappadocia | Optional early morning hot
air balloon tour and experience. Visit Goreme, Avanos, Pasabagi, Red Valley,
Saratli underground city. Overnight in Cappadocia. B D
May 1 Tue:
Cappadocia – Ankara | Morning departure to Ankara.
On the way visit 13th century Agzikarahan caravanserai, afternoon tour of the
Ataturk Mausoleum and Anatolian Civilizations Museum. B D
May 2 Wed:
Ankara – Istanbul | After breakfast, depart on a
scenic drive to Istanbul. In the afternoon join an optional half-day Bosphorus
cruise enjoying the strait that separates Asia and Europe. Its shores are lined
with fine neighborhoods, Ottoman palaces, fortresses, old wooden villas,
hotels, parks and gardens, restaurants and cafés. Tonight enjoy a farewell
dinner. B D

May 3 Thu:

Return | Transfer to the airport for your return
flight home. B


Price Includes:
• First Class hotels with private
facilities
• Meals are indicated on itineraries by B breakfast, L lunch, D dinner
• Licensed guides throughout Turkey
• Private air-conditioned transportation
• Luggage handling
• Local taxes and service charges
• Arrival/departure transfers: only on
arrival and departure days. Pre or post stay transfers are not included

Price Excludes:
• Personal expenses
• Optional tours

Customary tips to guide and drivers

Day 1 Thu: Istanbul | Upon arrival you will be met and transferred to your hotel. Welcome briefing will be held.
Day 2 Fri: Istanbul | Enjoy a full day tour including a visit to Topkapi Palace Museum, residence of the Ottoman Sultans between 1453–1852 (excluding harem). Visit the Hippodrome, which was once the center of life where chariot racing and other public events took place. Tour the Blue Mosque built between 1609 and 1616, famous for its blue ceramic tiles. Next see St.
Sophia, a church built in the 6th century Byzantine capital, converted to a mosque by the Ottomans, and now a museum and one of the world’s greatest architectural wonders. Your last stop will be the famous Grand Bazaar, the world’s largest and oldest covered market with over 60 streets. Join an optional dinner with belly dancing entertainment. B
Day 3 Sat: Gallipoli – Dardanelles – Canakkale | In the morning, depart for Gallipoli, the site of many battles during WWI. Visit Anzac Cove, Lone Pine Cemetery and Chunuk Bair, then cross the Dardanelles to Canakkale for overnight. B D
Day 4 Sun: Troy – Pergamum – Izmir | Visit Troy with its famous wooden horse, best known for being the setting of the Trojan War and many cities built on top of each other. Before arriving into Asclepion, enjoy lunch with locals in a traditional local village. Then continue to Pergamum to visit the ancient Medical Center in Asclepion and continue to Izmir for overnight. B
LD
Day 5 Mon: Ephesus & St. Mary’s House – Izmir | Tour the famous ruins of Ephesus, an important cultural center of the ancient world, and explore 2,000 year-old marble streets, a theater, the Library of Celsius, a gymnasium and Hadrian’s Temple. Take a short drive to see St. Mary’s stone cottage where it is believed Virgin Mary spent her last years accompanied by St. John. Continue to a regional rug production center to have a firsthand experience of this unique art form. B
Optional :Dinner at local restaurant.
Day 6 Tue: Izmir – Pamukkale | Drive through lush valleys to Pamukkale, the Cotton Fortress, with white lime cascades formed by hot mineral springs. Visit ruins of the Roman health spa of Hierapolis and enjoy a swim in your hotel’s thermal pool. B D
Day 7 Wed: Pamukkale – Bodrum | After breakfast drive to Bodrum to visit the Castle of St.Peter and the renowned Underwater Museum that was awarded the best Underwater Museum of the World in 2000s. Overnight in Bodrum. B
Day 8 Thu: Bodrum – Cappadocia| After breakfast, late morning departure to the airport for flight to Cappadocia. Dinner and overnight at Cappadocia. B D
Day 9 Fri: Cappadocia | Early Morning Optional: Hot Air Balloon Tour. Experience floating through volcanic valleys, fairy chimneys and caves at sunrise. After breakfast visit Goreme, a historical region of Turkey, located among the rock formations, which was first settled back in the Roman period. Many rock churches can still be seen today, as Christianity was then the prevailing religion in that region. Continue to the town of Avanos renowned for its high quality earthenware. Also visit Pasabagi, Devrent Valley and attend a brief regional pottery workshop. Dinner at a special local restaurant. B D Join an optional Whirling Dervishes performance. B D
Day 10 Sat: Cappadocia – Istanbul | After breakfast depart to the airport for flight to Istanbul. In the afternoon, join an optional half-day Bosphorus cruise enjoying the strait that separates Asia and Europe. Its shores are lined with fine neighborhoods, Ottoman palaces, fortresses, old wooden villas, hotels, parks and gardens, restaurants and cafés. Finish your last minute shopping at the Spice Market filled with the fragrance of the exotic east. B
Day 11 Sun: Istanbul | Transfer to the airport for your return flight home. B


Price Includes:
• Boutique Class hotels
• Meals are indicated on itineraries by B breakfast, L lunch, D dinner
• Licensed guides throughout Turkey
• Private air-conditioned transportation
• Luggage handling
• Flight ticket from Bodrum to Cappadocia and Cappadocia to Istanbul
• Local taxes and service charges
• Arrival/departure transfers: only on arrival and departure days. Pre or post stay transfers are not included

Price Excludes:
• Personal expenses
• Optional tours
• Customary tips to guide and drivers

Day 1 Thu: Istanbul | Upon arrival you will be met and transferred to your hotel.
Welcome briefing will be held.
Day 2 Fri: Istanbul | Enjoy a full day tour including a visit to Topkapi Palace
Museum, residence of the Ottoman Sultans between 1453–1852 (excluding harem).
Visit the Hippodrome, which was once the center of life where chariot racing
and other public events took place. Tour the Blue Mosque built between 1609 and
1616, famous for its blue ceramic tiles. Next see St. Sophia, a church built in
the 6th century Byzantine capital, converted to a mosque by the Ottomans, and
now a museum and one of the world’s greatest architectural wonders. Your last
stop will be the famous Grand Bazaar, the world’s largest and oldest covered
market with over 60 streets. Join an optional dinner with belly dancing
entertainment. B
Day 3 Sat: Gallipoli – Dardanelles –
Canakkale | In the morning, depart for Gallipoli,
the site of many battles during WWI. Visit Anzac Cove, Lone Pine Cemetery and
Chunuk Bair, then cross the Dardanelles to Canakkale for overnight. B D
Day 4 Sun: Troy – Pergamum – Izmir | Visit Troy with its famous wooden horse, best known for being
the setting of the Trojan War and many cities built on top of each other.
Before arriving into Asclepion, enjoy lunch with locals in a traditional local
village. Then continue to Pergamum to visit the ancient Medical Center in
Asclepion and continue to Izmir for overnight. B L D
Day 5 Mon: Ephesus & St. Mary’s House –
Izmir | Tour the famous ruins of Ephesus, an
important cultural center of the ancient world, and explore 2,000 year-old
marble streets, a theater, the Library of Celsius, a gymnasium and Hadrian’s
Temple. Take a short drive to see St. Mary’s stone cottage where it is believed
Virgin Mary spent her last years accompanied by St. John. Continue to a
regional rug production center to have a firsthand experience of this unique
art form. B
Optional :Dinner at local restaurant.
Day 6 Tue: Izmir – Pamukkale | Drive through lush valleys to Pamukkale, the Cotton Fortress, with white lime cascades
formed by hot mineral springs. Visit ruins of the Roman health spa of Hierapolis and enjoy a swim
in your hotel’s thermal pool. B D
Day 7 Wed: Pamukkale – Bodrum | After breakfast drive to Bodrum to visit the Castle of
St.Peter and the renowned Underwater Museum that was awarded the best
Underwater Museum of the World in 2000s. Overnight in Bodrum. B
Day 8 Thu: Bodrum – Fethiye | After breakfast, late morning departure to foundations of the
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, which is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient
World. Afterwards, depart to Fethiye. Rest of the day at leisure. Dinner and
overnight in Fethiye. B D
Day 9 Fri: Fethiye | After the breakfast, day at leisure for optional activities.
B
Day 10 Sat: Fethiye – Cruise | Depart early for Fethiye pier to board a gulet at 09:30am.
Spend the afternoon visiting beautiful islands and finally hoist near Göcek
Island. Following lunch and a swimming break, cruise to Yassica Island to spend
the night and cherish the wonderfulscenery. B L D
Day 11 Sun: Bedri Rahmi Bay – Domuz Island
– Aga Limani | After breakfast, cruise to
Bedri Rahmi Bay named after the famous Turkish artist who set voyage on one of
the first ‘blue cruises’ in Turkey. Continue to Domuz Island for a swim and
anchor in Aga Limani for dinner and overnight. B L D
Day 12 Mon: Kumlubük – Cennet Island –
Marmaris | Depart early and enjoy breakfast in
Kumlubük Bay. Anchor at Cennet Island for our last swimming break and lunch.
Proceed to Marmaris Harbor by 4:00pm. Overnight stay in Marmaris. Guests
wishing to see more of Marmaris are recommended to go to the city center and
experience the lively nightlife. B L
D
Day 13
Tue: Marmaris - Cappadocia | Leave
the boat and transfer to the Dalaman Airport
for flight to Cappadocia. Dinner and overnight in Cappadocia. B D
Day 14
Wed: Cappadocia | Early Morning Optional: Hot Air
Balloon Tour. Experience floating through volcanic valleys, fairy
chimneys and caves at sunrise. After breakfast visit
Goreme, a historical region of Turkey, located among the rock formations, which was first settled back in the Roman period. Many rock
churches can still be seen today, as Christianity was then the prevailing
religion in that region. Continue to the town of Avanos renowned for its high
quality earthenware. Also visit Pasabagi, Devrent Valley and
attend a brief regional pottery workshop. Dinner at a special local restaurant.
B D Join an optional Whirling Dervishes performance.
B D
Day 15 Thu:
Cappadocia – Istanbul | | After breakfast depart to
the airport for flight to Istanbul. In the afternoon, join an optional half-day
Bosphorus cruise enjoying the strait that separates Asia and Europe. Its shores
are lined with fine neighborhoods, Ottoman palaces, fortresses, old wooden
villas, hotels, parks and gardens, restaurants and cafés. Finish your last
minute shopping at the Spice Market filled with the fragrance of the exotic
east. Tonight enjoy a farewell dinner. B D


Day 16
Fri: Istanbul | Transfer to the airport for
your return flight home. B


Price Includes:
• Boutique Class hotels
• Meals are indicated on itineraries by B breakfast, L lunch, D dinner
• Licensed guides throughout Turkey
• Private air-conditioned transportation
• Luggage handling
• Flight ticket from Bodrum to Cappadocia and Cappadocia to Istanbul
• Local taxes and service charges
• Arrival/departure transfers: only on arrival and departure
days. Pre or post stay transfers are not included

Price Excludes:
• Personal expenses
• Optional tours


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Customary tips to guide and drivers