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A Sweet Piece of Turkey 10 Days Tour
offered by supplier M15437 (view this supplier profile)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 10
day(s)
Group Size: 2
- 14
people
Destination(s):
Turkey
Specialty Categories:
Cultural Journey
Archeology/History
Season: January - December
Airfare Included: Yes
Tour Customizable: Yes
Minimum Per Person Price: 845 Euro (EUR)
Maximum Per Person Price: 1200 Euro (EUR)
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Istanbul: The bustling streets and sprawling bazaars of Istanbul are punctuated only by the calm of the colonnaded courtyards and flowing fountains of the stone mosques.
Cappadocia: Deep in the heart of Anatolia lies a world of powerful and strange, slightly unreal, beauty: a land of "fairy chimneys" and rock formations. It is one of the world’s most surreal and picturesque landscapes all formed from a very soft, volcanic stone. The region is transformed as the sun moves across the sky and casts moving shadows on the dramatic sculptural forms.
Tour Itinerary
Day 1: Istanbul. Welcome to Istanbul. We meet you at Ataturk Airport and transfer you to Hotel Ada in Sultanahmet. Check in the hotel and we will visit (St.Chora Church) famous for Byzantine mosaics and frescoes. Overnight Ada Hotel.
Day 2: Istanbul. We will visit the Ayasofya Museum, 6th century St.Sophia‘s (Hagia Sophia) built by the emperor Justinian, to be the grandest church of Christianity, is one of the most beautiful structure of Istanbul.
After this section we will walk to Islamic and Turkish Art Museum and we will discover beauty of Blue Mosque, Sultanahmet Camii, where Pope Benedict the 16th prayed with Turkish Imam. But we do most interest in great Ottoman tiles. Walk to Grand Bazaar. Overnight Ada Hotel.
Day 3: Istanbul-Ankara - Cappadocia. We will take at morning flight from Istanbul to Ankara. Our driver for the rest of our trip will meet us at the airport. We will continue our journey in a comfortable car. We will visit old Anatolian Civilization Museum, than we will drive to Cappadocia it is about 3 hours driving. Gamirasu Cave Hotel.
Day 4: Cappadocia. Drive into the valleys of Cappadocia which look like another planet. First stop will be Devrent Valley known as imagination valley because of different rock formation. Our guide informs you about formation of landscape of Cappadocia then we will go to Pasabagi. And drive to underground city of Kaymakli. Gamirasu Cave Hotel.
Day 5: Cappadocia-Denizli (Pamukkale by flight). Visit the Goreme Open Air Museum and discover the rest of the lunar landscape of Cappadocia. Take afternoon flight from Kayseri to Denizli via Istanbul. Meeting at the airport and transfer to Pamukkale. Overnight Richmond Hotel in Pamukkale.
Day 6: Pamukkale - Aphrodisias Kusadas. Discovery of Travertine terraces and Hierapolis. The travertine terraces at Pamukkale are one of the most spectacular natural wonders we ever have seen from various mineral springs in a vast white cliff side, about 200 m overlooking the plain, calcite-laden waters have dripped down over a series of terraced levels and created a fairyland of bizarre solidified cascades and shell-shaped basins.
It looks like creations from snow or like balls from cotton, which gave the scenery the Turkish name Pamukkale (Cotton Castle): “pamuk” for cotton and “kale” for castle. Moreover the water in the basins is changing its color according to how the light enters.
Drive to Ephesus, on the way, visit to Aphrodisias. Aphrodisias was primarily known as a center for the arts, specifically sculpture. The Aphrodisias School of Sculpture had a distinctive style and was very well circulated throughout the Greek and Roman world. Overnight Korumar Hotel in Kusadasi.
Day 7: Ephesus. We drive to Ephesus - Enter through the Magnesia Gate and begin a slow, downhill walk with your guide into the ruins of this Roman provincial capital. Your route takes you past the Odeon, the Celsus Library, the Temple of Hadrian, the Fountain of Trajan and the Great Theater. The theater had seating for 24,000, which was the site where it is believed St.Paul preached to the Ephesians, and is used today for a local spring festival.
- Basilica of St. John - Built by the Emperor Justinian over the tomb of St. John the Apostle, the Basilica, now in ruins, once rivaled St. Sophia in size. See the remaining graceful columns and mosaics of the Basilica as you take in the panorama of the rural Selcuk countryside and the ruins of the Temple of Artemis.
- House of the Virgin Mary - The Vatican has recognized this small house in the Solmissos Mountains as the final resting place of the Virgin Mary. A small shrine dedicated to St. Mary was found when the ruins of the house were first discovered.
- Ephesus Museum - This small museum in Selcuk boasts an incredible collection of Hellenistic and Roman statues, carved reliefs and artifacts unearthed from the ruins of Ephesus. The famous statue of Artemis (goddess of fertility) is housed there. Overnight Korumar Hotel in Kusadasi.
Day 8: Pergamum-Assos. Visit to Pergamum Acropolis to see the steepest theater of the ancient world, the Temple of Trajan, then visit the Asklepion, the ancient hospital. Drive to Ayvalik. Here is a nice and cute town situated on the coastline of Aegean Sea. Overnight in Assos.
Day 9: Troy - Gallipoli - Istanbul. Drive to Homer’s legendary Troy, famous for its wooden horse. Archaeological digs have proved that there had been nine separate periods of settlement in Troy. Drive to Istanbul from Dardanelles. Overnight Ada Hotel in Istanbul.
Day 10: Istanbul. In the morning visit the Topkapi Palace, it was a center of Ottoman Empire for about 400 years. Now it is museum and we will spend almost all our half day visiting the sections of Topkapi Palace. Afternoon free time. Overnight Ada Hotel in Istanbul.
Member discount:
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Notes:
Airfare is included in the tour price.
Price Includes:
- 9 nights accommodation (H/B) 4-5 stars or S class hotel
- Luxury transportation
No ekstra cost
- Experienced guiding
- Entrance fees
- Insurance
- All taxes
Price Does Not Include:
- International airfare
- Drinks and meals which are not listed in the itinerary
- All personal expenses
- Turkish visa fee
- All kind of tips
Price notes:
- 2 persons $1900 USD
- 4 persons $1700 USD
- 6 persons $1540 USD
- 8 persons & up $1385 USD
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