Turkish Delight
Tours (8 Days/7 Nights) Cultural Tours
Turkey
TOUR DETAILS:
DAY 1-
Depart for Istanbul
Arrive Istanbul, transfer to your hotel.
Depending on your flight: dinner and
overnight at the hotel or in the
afternoon visit the Old City Walls of
Istanbul. Return to the hotel for dinner
and overnight.
DAY 2-
Istanbul Sightseeing
After breakfast at the hotel, visit
Suleymaniye Mosque, and the Blue Mosque.
Later visit Hagia Sophia, originally a
church and now a mosque, and the
Byzantine Hippodrome and Topkapi Palace,
the great palace of the Ottoman Sultans.
Also see the Egyptian Spice Market - an
old traditional market.
DAY 3-
Istanbul to Canakkale
Drive along the sea of Marmara to the
Gallipoli Peninsula, where so many
Australians, New Zealanders and Allied
Troops lost their lives in World War I.
See Anzac Cove and visit Lone Pine
Cemetery. Then cross the Dardanelles
waterway by ferryboat to Canakkale.
DAY 4-
Canakkale to Kusadasi
Visit the ruins of Troy and continue for
the visit of ancient Pergamum, once a
powerful city and the ruler of Asia
Minor, continue to Kusadasi. Dinner and
overnight in Kusadasi.
DAY 5-
Kusadasi to Pamukkale
After breakfast, depart for St. Mary's
House. Then drive to Ephesus, one of the
best preserved ancient cities in the
world, continue onto Pamukkale for
overnight stay. Enjoy a leisurely bath
in the hotel’s mineral spa bath.
DAY 6-
Pamukkale to Antalya
Start the day by visiting Pamukkale, the
‘cotton castle’. This amazing landscape
was formed by the limestone laden water
of the thermal springs. Later, visit the
ruins of the ancient city, Hierapolis –
a Roman health spa before continuing
onto Antalya.
DAY 7-
Antalya
Start the full day excursion to Perge,
Side and Aspendos.
DAY 8-
Antalya to Cappadocia
Through the Taurus Mountains, reach
Konya - and visit the Convent of the
Whirling Dervishes - before heading for
Cappadocia.
DAY 9-
Cappadocia Sightseeing
After breakfast at the hotel, start the
sightseeing of Cappadocia. Visit Goreme,
with its rock chapels and Byzantine
frescoes, and the underground city of
Kaymakli. Dinner and overnight in
Cappadocia.
DAY 10-
Cappadocia to Ankara
After breakfast, depart for Ankara, the
capital of the Turkish Republic. On
route, visit the 13th century Seljuk
Caravanserai of Agzikarahan. Upon
arrival in Ankara, visit the Mausoleum
of Ataturk, the father of modern Turkey.
Then continue to Museum of Anatolian
Civilizations before driving for the
hotel.
DAY 11-
Ankara to Istanbul
Depart for Istanbul and arrive early
afternoon. Visit the Grand Bazaar and to
shop in this ancient market place. In
the evening join the Turkish night.
DAY 12-
Depart Istanbul
Transfer to airport for the flight home.
(includes dinner, unlimited drinks,
animation, Turkish night shows).
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