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 meet up to go for Hamdi Restaurant with the view of Golden Horn. You are going to taste great Turkish food. |
Day 2 - 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 we will have our lunch in Empire Garden.Afternoon we will visit (St. Chora Church) famous for Byzantine mosaics and frescoes. |
Day 3 - 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. |
Day 4 - Ankara
In the morning we will visit Grand Bazaar We will take at noon 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 van or bus, depending on the size of our group.We will visit old anatolian civilization museum, than we will check in the hotel for resting. |
Day 5 - Ankara - Bogazkale - Yazilikaya - Cappadocia
Check out from the hotel.Morning departure for the center of the Hittite era. Visit Bogazkale (Hattusas) which is known as the city of temples. See the Kings Gate, the Lions Gate,
the tunnel, great citadel, grand temple and the museum. Also see the ancient site of Yazilikaya (inscribed rock), close to Bogazkale. This is the most famous of the Hittite rock monuments.There is also an open air pantheon. Reliefs of Hittite gods and goddesses adorn the walls.
These are carved into the native rock and date back to the 13th century BC.
Drive to Cappadocia.
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Day 6 - 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. |
Day 7 - Cappadocia
Visit the Goreme Openair Museum and discover the rest of the lunar landscape of Cappadocia. |
Day 8 - Cappadocia - Izmir
Flight to Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport and drive to Kusadasi and check in hotel.Afternoon we visit the House of Virgin Mary and Basilica of Saint John and The Temple of Artemis.Dinner and overnight at the hotel. |
Day 9 - Izmir
Full day Ephesus tour.State Agora,Domition temple,relief of Hermes and Nike,Curretes Street, terrace houses, Celsus Library, theatre and the other highlights of Ephesus. |
Day 10 - Pamukkale - Aphrodisias
Drive to Aphrodisias, the recently excavated Roman city dedicated to the Goddess of Love, Aphrodite. The site is being excavated by the archaeology department of New York University. The excavations are still going on as in many other ancient sites. See the Hadrian Baths, the well preserved stadium, the theater, the agora and the beautiful Archaeological Museum containing the best Aphrodite Statues in Anatolia.
Continue to Pamukkale for dinner and overnight. |
Day 11 - Pamukkale - Hierapolis
In the morning we are going to visit the terraces in Pamukkale and ancient city of Hierapolis. Laodicea will be next stop for our day than we will drive to Sardes the capital of ancient Lydia. Visit the Temple of Cybele and Diana (Artemis) which became one of the Seven Churches of the
Revelation later on. See the golden river, Pactalos, and the Royal Road. Then visit the reconstructed Synagogue,Stay in Pergamon. |
Day 12 - Pergamum
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. |
Day 13 - 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. |
Day 14 - Istanbul
Visit the Archaeological Museum containing the greatest treasures of Greek and Roman antiquities discovered in Turkey, and the underground cistern. We take an afternoon boat tour which take us along both the European and Asiatic shores of the Bosphorus. Tonight a farewell dinner at a famous outdoor restaurant. |
Day 15 - Istanbul
Leisure day. You have a day free to rest or to plan the next trip to TURKEY.
Transfer to Istanbul airport. |
