7-Day Turkey History Tour from Istanbul with Ephesus and Pamukkale

• Meet at the airport and transfer to the hotel. You will be given your room key, and the rest of the day is yours to explore Istanbul.

Overnight in Istanbul.

• Have breakfast and enjoy pick-up from the hotel between 08:00 am and 09:30 am. The final pick-up time will be given to you by your tour consultant one day before. Today, you will depart for the Istanbul City Tour.

• Visit Topkapı Palace, the grand palace of the Ottoman sultans from the 15th to the 19th centuries. The palace houses an exquisite collection of crystal, silver, and Chinese porcelain, as well as 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, visit the Sultanahmet Imperial Mosque. 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.

• Outside the Blue Mosque, you will find the Hippodrome. The Ancient Hippodrome was the scene of chariot races and entertainment, and it comprises three monuments: the Obelisk of Theodosius, the bronze Serpentine Column, and the Column of Constantine.

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

• Return to the hotel after the shopping tour.

Overnight in Istanbul.

Breakfast and lunch are included.

• Depart for Gallipoli to visit the battlefields at 06:00 or 06:30 am.

• Travel for two hours and stop for 20 minutes to relax at a restaurant.

• Arrive in Gallipoli around midday, have a lunch break, and relax.

• Depart for the battlefields.

• Visit the Gabatepe Museum.

• Start visiting the fields with Ariburnu Cemetery and Anzac Cove, as these are the places where the war started.

• Continue to Beach Cemetery, Shrapnel Valley, and Plugges Plateau.

• Drive to the hotel after the tour.

Overnight in Canakkale.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included.

• Depart at 08:30 and drive for 30 minutes to Troy.

• Visit Troy's famous archaeological and mythological site, home of the Trojan Horse and Helen of Troy.

• Finish the Troy tour and continue on a 3-hour drive to Pergamon.

• Take a lunch break around 13:00 pm. After lunch, depart for a tour of the magnificent acropolis of Pergamon. Its impressive temples and library made it a renowned cultural and political centre in its time. Pergamon is also famous for its jewellery, stones, and silver, so on the way, there is an opportunity to visit a jewellery centre for 30 minutes.

• Arrive in Kusadasi around 18:00 pm.

Overnight in Kusadasi.

Packed breakfast, lunch and dinner are included.

• Have breakfast and enjoy pick-up from the hotel between 08:00 am and 09:30 am. The final pick-up time will be given to you by your tour consultant one day before.

• Depart from the hotel for a fully guided tour of Ephesus, one of the best-preserved ancient sites in the world, en route visiting the Temple of Artemis, Curetes Street, the famous Roman baths, Celsus Library, and the Grand Theatre.

• Take a lunch break around 13:00 pm.

• Visit a place that continues to practise one of Turkey's oldest arts: a carpet weaving centre.

• Continue with a Turkish village tour in Sirince. Sirince's construction style today belongs to Anatolian Greeks, and the houses on the slope are all original with their white paint. Sirince Village also has a fantastic reputation for making some of the best wines in Turkey, especially fruit wines.

• Visit the vineyards, where it is time to learn how fruit wine is made with Turkish winemakers. You will be tested on your knowledge of making fruit wine in the evening.

• Visit one of the famous leather production centres of the region, where there is an opportunity to get good factory rates on the way. On this guided tour, you will avoid the constant nagging and sometimes bullying well known in the markets in Turkey, enabling you to enjoy the shopping experience while gaining knowledge of the ancient craftsmen.

Overnight in Kusadasi.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included.

• Have breakfast and enjoy pick-up from the hotel between 08:00 am and 09:30 am. The final pick-up time will be given to you by your tour consultant one day before.

• Depart for Pamukkale.

• Check in at the hotel around 12:00, and have a lunch break until 13:30.

• Visit the calcium terraces of Pamukkale (Cotton Castle) and the ruins of Hierapolis. Then walk around this natural phenomenon and have the option of lying in the waters of the natural springs.

Overnight in Pamukkale.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included.

• Depart for Denizli Airport for your domestic flight to Istanbul and then continue back home.

Breakfast included.