Project Description
Unforgettable Türkiye
9 Days / 8 Nights – Tour code: MDRTURWA9
PRICE AND DATE
Price: USD 1,655.00 per person (in share Twin basis)
Single room supplement: USD 475 per person
Price valid from JULY2024-MARCH2025 (except peak season in Dec & Jan, fair supplement applies)
Program start: every Saturday (Minimum 2 pax for each departure)
Tips:
– USD 3 per person per day for guide
– USD 2 per person per day for driver
DAY BY DAY ITINERARY
Day 1 (MUST ARRIVE ON SATURDAY): ARRIVE ISTANBUL
Arrive In Istanbul Airport (IST) and transfer to the hotel with a tour Assistant. After that, today is your resting day. Overnight in Istanbul
Istanbul hotel: VICENZA HOTEL or similar
Day 2 (Sunday): Istanbul –(domestic flight)– Ankara- Cappadocia (B, L, D)
Hotel check-out.
A breakfast box will be prepared for you and transfer you with the tour assistant for your domestic flight from Istanbul to Ankara.
After arrival, Ankara tour starts in the morning from the airport. Visit the Hittite Museum and Mausoleum of Atatürk. After lunch drive to Cappadocia. Dinner & overnight Cappadocia.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch & Dinner
HOTEL: PERİSSİA HOTEL OR SIMILAR (2 nights)
Day 3 (Monday): Cappadocia (B, L, D)
Breakfast at the hotel, morning visit to the underground city of Ozkonak & Citadel of Uchisar.
After lunch continue with the valley of “Goreme” & Openair Museum. The last sites will be Paşabag valley and Avanos. Return to hotel for dinner and overnight Cappadocia.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch & Dinner
HOTEL: PERİSSİA HOTEL OR SIMILAR
Day 4 (TUES): Cappadocia – Konya – Pamukkale (B, L, D)
Early departure for Pamukkale. On the way visit the 13 th century Seljukian Caravanserai “Sultanhan”.
Lunch enroute, drive to Pamukkale. Visit the ancient city of Hierapolis. The ruins of the biggest Necropolis Graveyard of the ancient world, Roman Baths, Basilica and calcium cliffs drive to Pamukkale Hotel.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch & Dinner
Hotel: COLOSSAE HOTEL OR SIMILAR
Day 5 (WED): Pamukkale to Izmir (B, L, D)
Breakfast and Drive to Meryemana and visit House of Virgin Mary. After lunch Continue to Ephesus, the Romen Capital of Asia Minor. Visit the ruins of Odeon, Hercules Gate, the Temple of Hadrian, the magnificient library, Agora and fantastic greco-roman theatre.
Dinner and overnight in İzmir
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch & Dinner
Hotel: KAYA PRESTIGE OR SIMILAR
Early departure for Çanakkale. Before lunch visits of Asklepion. Continue for Troy. The legendary town in the iliad of Homeros, visit the Athena temple.
Drive to Çanakkale, dinner and overnight.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch & Dinner
Hotel: MD BARBAROS HOTEL or similar
Day 7 (FRI): CANAKKALE – BURSA – ISTANBUL (B, L)
After breakfast in the morning and drive to İstanbul via Bursa, which is the first capital city of the Ottoman Empire. Bursa is known by its mosques, thermal Turkish Baths and its production of silk. Visit Green Mosque of Bursa and museum. Visit silk bazaar and continue with lunch. After lunch drive to İstanbul arrive to your hotel in afternoon.
Overnight in Istanbul.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
HOTEL: VICENZA HOTEL OR SIMILAR (2 nights)
Picking you up from the hotel and begin the tour.
HIPPODROME, The center of sport activities with its four monuments; The GERMAN FOUNTAIN OF WILHELM II, Egyptian Obelisk, SERPENTINE COLUMN and the WALLED OBELISK.
BLUE MOSQUE The most famous mosque of Istanbul which is known as the BLUE MOSQUE as well because of its beautiful blue Iznik tiles.
HAGIA SOPHIA GRAND MOSQUE This ancient basilica, built by Constantine the Great, in the 4th century and reconstructed by Justinian in the 6th century, is one of the architectural marvels of all time.
GRAND COVERED BAZAAR In this labyrinth of streets and passages are more than 4000 shops with each trade having its own area: the goldsmiths’ street, the carpet sellers, Turkish arts and crafts, such as handpainted ceramic plates, hand-honed copperware, brasware and trays, water ewers, onyxware and meerschaum pipers.
LUNCH (Drinks are extra)
HAGIA IRENE CHURCH Built during the same period (4th century) as its neighbour the Hagia Sophia. The name Hagia Irene Church means ‘’Godly’’ or ‘’Holy Wisdom’’ in Greek. After the conquest of Istanbul, it was incorporated into the grounds of Topkapı Palace and like many other churches was converted into a mosque. However, there were no major changes made to the building’s structure.
TOPKAPI PALACE The great palace of the Ottoman Sultans from the 15th to the 19th centuries, housing an exquisite collection of precious gems, jewellery thrones of sultans, costumes worn by the sultans and their families; miniatures, the Holy Mantle; CHAMBER OF SACRED RELICS.
Transfer to the hotel & overnight in Istanbul.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
HOTEL: VICENZA HOTEL OR SIMILAR
Day 9 (SUN): ISTANBUL / DEPARTUE DAY (B)
After breakfast at the hotel, we will transfer you to the airport for your international flight.
Meals: Breakfast
Inclusion:
– 08 Nights’ accommodation
– Hotel Accommodation at the above-suggested hotels or similar
o ISTANBUL / VICENZA HOTEL OR SIMILAR
o CAPPADOCIA / PERİSSİA HOTEL OR SIMILAR
o PAMUKKALE / COLOSSAE HOTEL OR SIMILAR
o İZMİR / KAYA PRESTIGE OR SIMILAR
o ÇANAKKALE / MD BARBAROS HOTEL OR SIMILAR
– Daily Breakfast
– English-speaking professional tour guide throughout the tour
– Meals as per itinerary
– Transportation by A/C deluxe vehicle
– All entry fees to the sites & museums as per itinerary
– Local tax
– Seat-In-Coach tour as per itinerary
Exclusion:
– Tips & gratuities
– Porterage
– Travel Insurance
– Personal Expenses
– Optional tours
– All International and Domestic Air tickets
– Visas
– Peak Season Surcharge
– Items not listed under inclusions