Project Description
Western Anatolia Passage
7 Days / 6 Nights – Tour Code: MDRTURWA7
PRICE AND DATE
Price valid from JULY2024-MARCH2025 (except peak season in Dec & Jan, fair supplement applies)
Program start: every Saturday (Minimum 2 pax for each departure)
Price: USD 1,575 per person (in share Twin/ Triple basis)
Single room supplement: USD 420 per person
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 the tour assistant. After that, today is your resting day. Overnight in 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, the 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 (MON): 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 (TUE): Cappadocia to Pamukkale (B, L, D)
Early departure for Pamukkale. On the way visit the 13th-century Seljukian Caravanserai “Sultanhan”. Lunch enroute, drive to Pamukkale.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch & Dinner
Hotel: COLOSSAE HOTEL OR SIMILAR
Day 5 (WED): Pamukkale to Kusadasi – Izmir –(domestic flight) – Istanbul (B, L)
Breakfast and 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 Meryemana and visit House of Virgin Mary. After lunch Continue to Ephesus, the Roman Capital of Asia Minor. Visit the ruins of Odeon, Hercules Gate, the Temple of Hadrian, the magnificent library, Agora and the fantastic greco-roman theatre.
Drive to Izmir airport for your domestic flight from Izmir to Istanbul.
After arrival in Istanbul; transfer to the hotel with English speaking assistant and 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
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; CHABER OF SACRED RELICS.
Transfer to the hotel & overnight in Istanbul.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Hotel: VICENZA HOTEL OR SIMILAR
Day 7 (FRI): Istanbul Departure Day (B)
After breakfast at the hotel, we will pick you up from the hotel and transfer to the airport.
Meals: Breakfast
Inclusion:
– 06 Nights’ accommodation
– Daily breakfast
– English-speaking professional tour guide throughout the tour
– Meals as per itinerary
– Transportation by A/C deluxe vehicle
– Seat-In-Coach Tour as per itinerary
– All entry fees to the sites & museums as per itinerary
– Local tax
Exclusion:
– Tips & gratuities
– Porterage
– All International and Domestic Air tickets
– Travel Insurance
– Personal Expenses
– Optional tour
– Visas
– Peak Season Surcharge
– Items not listed under inclusions