5-Day Istanbul and Cappadocia Sightseeing Tour with Bosphorus Cruise

• Meet your tour guide at the airport in Istanbul and transfer to your hotel. You will receive your room key, and the rest of the day is yours to explore Istanbul at your leisure.

Overnight in Istanbul.

• Have breakfast, and then you will be picked up by your guide from your hotel between 8:00 am and 9:30 am. The final timing will be confirmed a day before. Today, you will depart for the Istanbul City Tour.

• See Topkapı Palace, the great palace of the Ottoman sultans from the 15th to the 19th centuries. The palace houses an exquisite collection of crystal, silver, and Chinese porcelain. See the robes worn by the sultans and their families, the famous jewels of the Imperial Treasury, miniatures, and the Holy Mantle, enshrining relics of the Prophet Mohammed.

• Next on the list is the Sultanahmet Imperial Mosque, situated across from St. Sophia and built in the 16th century by the architect Mehmet. It is known as the Blue Mosque because of its magnificent interior decoration of blue Iznik tiles.

• Go outside the Blue Mosque and find the Hippodrome. The Ancient Hippodrome was the scene of chariot races and entertainment. The Hippodrome comprises three monuments: the Obelisk of Theodosius, the bronze Serpentine Column, and Constantine's Column.

• Take a short, enjoyable lunch break, and head to the Grand Spice Bazaar for shopping.

• Return to the hotel after the shopping tour.

Overnight in Istanbul.

Breakfast and lunch included.

• Have breakfast, and then you will be picked up by your guide from your hotel between 8:00 am and 9:30 am. Board a boat tour and enjoy the array of sites you can see from the boat, including the Grand Spice Bazaar.

• Travel on the Bosphorus by boat, a traditional excursion along the waterway separating Europe and Asia.

• Take a lunch break at a Turkish restaurant.

• Depart after lunch and go to Istanbul Airport to board a domestic flight to Cappadocia.

• Transfer from the airport and check in to your hotel in Cappadocia.

Dinner and overnight in Cappadocia.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner included.

• Have breakfast, and then you will be picked up by your guide from your hotel between 8:00 am and 9:30 am. Drive to Ozkonak Underground City, one of the best-preserved underground cities in Cappadocia.

• Visit Uchisar Castle, the highest point of Cappadocia.

• After Uchisar, go to Goreme Open Air Museum, the heart of Cappadocia. Goreme Open Air Museum is famous for frescoes dating to the 10th century describing the life of Jesus Christ and monks.

• The next stop is Cavusin, an abandoned village with old cave Greek houses.

• Go to a restaurant in Avanos to have lunch after Cavusin.

• Visit a pottery workshop after lunch to see how pottery is made.

• Go to Love Valley. Love Valley Cappadocia is a hidden valley with scenic formations, to say the least. Despite the resemblance to manhood, these amazing rock formations are far from man-made.

• Visit another workshop after Love Valley to see Cappadocian handwoven carpets and kilims.

• The next stop is Devrent Valley, also called Imagination Valley, where you can see natural rock formations that look like animals.

• Head to a wine shop in Urgup for wine tasting.

• Make the last stop at Three Beauties, three beautiful fairy chimneys with their hats, which are the symbol of Cappadocia.

• End this tour at approximately 06:00 pm and return to the hotel.

Overnight in Cappadocia.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner included.

• Savour breakfast and spend some free time in Cappadocia.

• Depart for Kayseri Airport for your domestic flight to Istanbul and then onward back home.

Breakfast included.