9 Days Highlights of Turkey
9 Days Highlights of Turkey Tour by Plane
Duration : 9 Days/ 8 Night
Including visit to: Istanbul, Antalya, Pamukkale, Ephesus, Cappadocia
DAY 1
Arrival
On your Arrival in Istanbul; Our Driver will meet you with a holding signed holding board with your name ,pick you up and transfer to your hotel. Overnight stay at4* Hotel in Istanbul.
DAY 2
Istanbul Old City Tour
Byzantine - Ottoman Relics Tour
Breakfast and Lunch Included
You will be picked up from your from your hotel at 08:30 am and depart for the tour 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, visitImperial Palace of Topkapi from which Ottoman Sultans ruled their grand empire for over 400 years and visit theSuleymaniye Mosque. Tour is finished around at 17:00 pm,and transfer back to hotel. Overnight stay at4* Hotel in Istanbul.
DAY 3
Bosphorus Cruise & Two Continents Tour- After tour Go to Antalya
Breakfast and Lunch Included
After breakfest and check out the hotel;you will be picked up from your Hotel at 08:30 am
Today we will 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 Beylerbeyi 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. Tour finishes around 17:00 pm, transfer back to hotel.
18:30 You will be Picked up from your hotel and transfer to istanbul airport
21:00 Departure flight from Istanbul to Antalya
22:00 Arrive in Antalya , Arrival meeting in the airport and transfer to hotel, Overnight stay at 4* hotel in Antalya.
DAY 4
Istanbul to Antalya
Breakfast and Lunch Included
Antalya-Aspendos -Perge Tour- After tour Go to Pamukkale
After breakfest and check out the hotel;you will be picked up from your hotel at 08:30 am
Today we will visitPergea ntique site in detail; Stadium, Roman Gate, Nymphaeum, Roman Bath, Hellenistic gate, Colonnaded Main Street and the Agora. Lunch on the Köprüpazari stream near theAspendosTheater after lunch visit Aspendos Theater and the Historical Aqueducts. Shopping Break where also the Turkish handcrafts are introduced. Introduction of Side and an hour and a half free time.
After tour bus to (Pamukkale) Pamukkale with non smoking, fully air-conditioned bus. The duration of the bus is 4 hours. Overnight stay at 4* hotel in Pamukkale.
DAY 5
Pamukkale - Hierapolis Tour – After Tour Drive to Kusadası- Overnight stay in Kusadası
Breakfast -Lunch Included
After breakfest and check out the hotel;you will be picked up from your Hotel at 09:30 am to visit First destination is Karahayit to see Red Spring Waters. After Karahayit we will drive to Pamukkale and visit Hierapolis. The highlights of Hierapolis are Necropolis, Roman Baths, Domitian Gate, Latrina,Oil Factory, Frontinious Street, Agora, Byzantium Gate, Triton Fountain, Cathedral, Apollon Temple,Plutonium, Theater and Antique Pool. Later we will take some photos from the nicest corners ofPamukkale. Free time to explore the natural beauties of Pamukkale, almost 60 minutes. Then meetwith the guide, start walking in the middle of travertines from up to down without shoes and socks. After the tour We will drive to Kusadasi (Duration 4 Hours). Arrive in Kusadasi ,check in hotel and overnight stay at4* hotel in Kusadasi.
DAY 6
Ephesus and Virgin Mary House Tour – Then Flight to Cappadocia from Izmir Airport.
Included meals:Breakfest-Lunch
After Breakfest and check out the hotel;You will be picked up from your hotel at 08,30 am and 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 the tour you will be transfered to the izmir airport
20:10 Fly from Izmir to Kayseri
21:35 Arrival in Kayseri,arrival meeting by our staff and transfer to Cappadocia, overnight stay at Cave hotel in Cappadocia.
DAY 7
Cappadocia Tour 1 - local sights
Included meals: Breakfest -Lunch
You will be picked up from your from your hotel at 09:30 am to join in the first day tour of Cappadocia
Cappadocia Tour (Nort of Cappadocia)
Today we will visit Devrent, Zelve, Monk Valley, Goreme openairmuseum, Pigeon Valley, Uchisar Castle. After the tour transfer to hotel and stay the night in Urgup or Goreme. After tour return back to hotel .overnight stay at Cave hotel in Cappadocia.
DAY 8
Cappadocia to Istanbul - Then Flight back to Istanbul Airport.
Included meals: Breakfest -Lunch
HotAirBalloon Ride
You will be picked up from your from your hotelearly in the morningat 06:30 amHot Air Balloon Ride ,after Balloon tour return back to hotel.
Cappadocia Tour (South of Cappadocia)
After breakfest and check out the hotel;You will be picked up from your from your hotel at 09:30 am and Depart to visitRed valley,and explore the famous rock- cut churches and hike 5 km through theGulludere valley (Rose valley).Then visitCavusinvillage.This village is famous for the houses and churches of the christian clegymen. Drive to the pigeon valley for lunch. In the afternoon visitKaymakli underground city. Where early christians lived in fear and faith. On the way back visit the natural castles atOrtahisar.
After thetourtransfer to Kayseri airport to get the fly back toIstanbul
19:30 Flightfrom Kayseri toIstanbul
21:10 ArrivalinIstanbul. Our Driver will be waiting for you with your name holding on the board at the airport, and transfer to your hotel .Overnight stay at4* Hotel in Istanbul.
DAY 9
Departure.
Breakfast Included
After Breakfast and check-out hotel You will picked up from your hotel two hours prior (Regarding to your flighttime)and transfered to Istanbul International Airport.
