Turkish Express-Premium Group Departure(9days/8nights)
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Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey is home to numerous architectural wonders, shimmering markets and exotic Turkish cuisines. One of the many reasons that make this place incredible is the Bosphorus strait that connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara.
Tour Plan
- Arrive Istanbul airport, Transfer to hotel. Day free at leisure.
- Overnight at the hotel.
Enjoy a full day tour including a visit to Topkapi Palace Museum, residence of the Ottoman Sultans between 1453–1852 (excluding Harem). Visit the Hippodrome, which was once the center of life where chariot racing and other public events took place. Tour the Blue Mosque built between1609 and 1616, famous for its blue ceramic tiles.
This morning depart on an optional tour of cruise along Bosphorus cruise enjoying the strait that separates Asia and Europe. Its shores are lined with fine neighborhoods, Ottoman palaces, fortresses, old wooden villas, hotels, parks and gardens, restaurants and cafés. The tour will be ended in Asia side and drive for the capital city of Ankara for overnight.
Morning departure to view Hittite artifacts at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations. Visit the Mausoleum of Ataturk, father of modern Turkey. Visit the underground city of Sarhatli.
Early Morning Optional: Hot Air Balloon Tour. Experience of floating through volcanic valleys, fairy
After breakfast visit Goreme, a historical region of Turkey, located among the rock formations, which was first settled back in the Roman period. Many rock churches can still be seen today, as Christianity was then the prevailing religion in that region. Continue to the town of Avanos renowned for its high quality earthenware. also visit Pasabagi, Red Valley and attend a brief regional pottery workshop in a cave.
- Drive to Pamukkale.
- Dinner and overnight in Pamukkale
Today is the day to pay an early morning visit to the unique Cotton Fortress, the white calcium cascades, and also pay a visit to one of the first modern spa centers of the ancient world, Hiearapolis. Then we drive to Kusadasi.
Visit the unique cotton fortress of Pamukkale, with its white lime cascades formed by mineral springs, and the ruins of the Roman health spa of Hierapolis.
- Full day tour of the famous ruins of Ephesus and St. Mary’s Cottage.
- Dinner and overnight in Kusadasi. Afternoon Optional: Tour of Sirince
Full Day Ephesus & St. Marys House
Tour the famous ruins of Ephesus, an important cultural center of the ancient world, and explore 2,000 year-old marble streets, a theater, the Library of Celsius, a gymnasium and Hadrians Temple. Take a short drive to see St. Marys stone cottage where it is believed Virgin Mary spent her last years accompanied by St. John. Continue to a regional rug production center to have a firsthand experience of this unique art form
Breakfast at hotel, Return transfer to pier/Airport and enjoy the flight to way back.
Today we depart for Izmir airport for our domestic flight to Istanbul and then back to home. We hope your tour was a memorable one and we would like to see you in the future in one of our tours again. Have a nice trip back home and thanks for choosing us.
- Izmir to Istanbul Flight (15Kg Baggage) - Flight can be Pegasus Airlines or Turkish Airways or any other Carrier as per the availability
- Kusadasi Hotel to Izmir Airport Coach Transfer
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- PCR test (if applicable)
- Portage
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- All other services not mentioned above
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