Terrific Turkey

After breakfast at your hotel, we’ll depart around 08:30AM for your tour of the Istanbul Old City. We will visit the Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, the Hippodrome, the Obelisk of Theodosius, the Serpentine Column, the German Fountain of Wilhelm II. After lunch we will explore Topkapi Palace and the Grand Bazaar. End of the tour, transfer to airport for flight to Kayseri. Our representative will meet you at the airport and transfer you to your hotel in Cappadocia. Overnight in Cappadocia.

After breakfast, meet your driver and guide in the hotel lobby. We’ll depart for your Cappadocia Underground City tour. First, we will visit Red valley to explore its famous rock – cut churches and Hike 5 km through the Gulludere valley. We’ll visit Cavusin village, famous for its houses and churches of Christian clergymen. After lunch we’ll drive to Pigeon Valley and we’ll visit the Kaymakli underground city where early Christians lived in fear of invaders. Over-night in Cappadocia.

After breakfast at your hotel, we’ll depart to visit the sights and unique geographical landscape of Cappadocia, including the Devrent Valley and its fairy-chimneys; Pasabag (Monk’s Valley) and its mushroom-shaped pinna-cles; Avanos, a center of terra-cotta art, for a pottery demonstration and lunch. After lunch, we will visit the Goreme Open Air Museum with its rock-cut churches that date back hundreds of years, many filled with excellent examples of Byzantine art. Our last stop is a visit to the Uchisar rock castle for a panoramic view of the valleys of Cappadocia. Return to your hotel. Overnight in Cappadocia.

Meet your driver in the hotel lobby at …. Transfer to airport for flight to Izmir (Ephesus). Our representative will meet you at the airport and transfer you to your hotel in Kusadasi. Your day is free. Overnight in Kusadasi.

After breakfast at your hotel, you will depart for Pamukkale with your driver and guide. Pamukkale or the “Cotton Castle” is famous for its healing thermal mineral waters, and beautiful snow-white petrified waterfalls. After lunch in Pamukkale, you’ll visit Hierapolis, the ancient city known for its magnificently preserved Necropolis. You will see the Main Street and Gates, the Thermal Baths, the Devil’s Hole, and the Theatre. Optional: Swimming in Cleopatra’s Pool. At the end of the tour, transfer to your hotel in Kusadasi. Overnight in Kusadasi.

Meet your driver and guide in the hotel lobby at 9:00 AM and depart for your tour of Ephesus, an important city of the ancient world. You’ll visit the Temple of Artemis (Diana), one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the House of Virgin Mary, where many believe she spent the final years of her life and Isa Bey Mosque, an impres-sive mosque from the XIV century AD in Selcuk. End of the tour, drive back to your hotel. Overnight in Kusadasi.

Meet your driver in the hotel lobby and transfer to airport, according to the time of your international flight. Fly to Istanbul and connect with your international flight.