10-Day Turkey Tour with Ephesus, Pamukkale and Cappadocia

• Meet at the airport, transfer to your hotel and the rest of the day is yours for leisure.

Overnight in Istanbul

• After breakfast at 9 am, meet with your guide at the reception. Your first visit will be to Ancient Hippodrome. It was the scene of chariot races, with the three monuments; the Obelisk of Theodosius, the bronze Serpentine Column and the Column of Constantine. 
• Then visit Hagia Sophia Mosque. The Hagia Sophia Mosque, previously known as the Church of Divine Wisdom, is simply the best of its kind! Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque is the greatest surviving example of Byzantine Architecture. For 1000 years, it was once the largest church in the world, decorated with stunning 6th-century golden mosaics. 
• Today, it is a mosque - Sultanahmet Mosque. Our next visit will be to Sultanahmet Mosque across from the Hagia Sophia Mosque, 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.
• Lunch break at 1 pm.
• After lunch, we will take you to Grand Bazaar, which is unique. Here, you will find: Exotic Spices and Herbs, Turkish Baklava, Turkish Delights, Turkish Coffee, nuts and fruits, small souvenirs such as Ceramic Handicrafts, Evil Eyes totems, all-natural olive oil, soaps and many other goods in Souvenir Shops and stores. 
• This tour will end approximately at 5 pm, and you will be returned back to your hotel.
• At 7 pm, proceed to Bosphorus Dinner Cruise.

Overnight in Istanbul.

Please Note: Please do not forget to carry a scarf with you because of visiting Blue Mosque & Haghia Sophia Mosque.

(Breakfast included)

• After early breakfast, transfer to the airport for the Izmir flight. 
• Meet and assist at the airport and drive to Ephesus, one of the best preserved ancient sites in the world en-route, visiting the Temple of Artemis, Curetes street, famous Roman baths, Celsus Library and Grand theatre. 
• Lunch break around 13:00pm. 
• After lunch, we will visit a place which continues to perform one of Turkey's oldest arts: a carpet weaving centre. 
• After lunch, we will do a Turkish Village Tour. Sirince's construction style today belongs to Anatolian Greeks. 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. 
• We will visit the vineyards, and it is time to learn how to make fruit wine with Turkish wine makers. In the evening, you will be tested on your knowledge of making fruit wine. 
• On the way, we will visit one of the famous leather production centres of the region, where you will have the opportunity to get a good factory rate. 
• On this guided tour, you will avoid the constant nagging and sometimes bullying that is well-known in the markets of Turkey. 
• Enabling you to enjoy the shopping experience whilst gaining the knowledge of the ancient craftsmen. 
• This tour will end approximately at 6 pm and proceed to your hotel. Dinner and overnight in Kusadasi.

(Breakfast and Dinner included)

• At 8:30am, we depart for Pamukkale. 
• Upon arrival, we shall 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. 
• After the tour, transfer to your hotel and check in.

Dinner and overnight in Pamukkale

(Breakfast and Dinner included)

• After breakfast, at 10 am, we depart for Antalya. After arrival rest of the day is yours.

Dinner and overnight in Antalya.

(Breakfast and Dinner included)

• After breakfast, at 09.00 am, drive to Antalya's old City (Kaleiçi) Marina, Clock Tower, Hadrian's Gate, Broken Minaret, Hıdırlık Tower: Kaleici is a small historic part of Antalya's modern city, also known as the Old City of Antalya. In history, it was once the sprawling modern Roman town, then the Byzantine Empire, then the Seljuks, and finally the Ottoman Turkish town. The Hadrian's Gate (or Hadrianus Gate or The Three Gates is a triumphal arch which was built in the name of the Roman emperor Hadrian. Antalya's broken wonder is the Broken Minaret of the Korkut Mosque, which itself was built originally as a Roman temple in the 2nd century AD, and thus did not have a minaret at all. Hıdırlık Tower is a landmark tower of tawny stone in Antalya, Turkey, where Kaleiçi meets
• Karaalioglu Park. It is believed to be built in the Hellenistic era on a square plan and later turned into a circular tower in the 2nd century AD and was either used as a fortification or a lighthouse in the past. 
• After lunch, depart for Duden Waterfalls. All the streams of the region aim at finding their way into the Mediterranean, and they pour down the slopes of the Taurus, sometimes overland, sometimes underground and reach their destination, resulting in lovely waterfalls, of which there are more than twenty. Lunch at the Hotel. 
• After the tour, come back to the hotel, and the rest of the day is yours.

Dinner and overnight in Antalya.

(Breakfast and Dinner included)

• After early breakfast, check out from the hotel and drive to Konya. Driving along the ancient Silk Road, we stop at the Sultan Han, a 13th-century Seljuk Turkish caravanserai—the largest in Anatolia. 
• We stop at Seljuk for lunch, then visit the Mevlana Museum, the burial place of Jalaluddin Rumi, founder of the Whirling Dervishes.
• Then, continue to Cappadocia. 
• Arrive and check-in at the hotel.

Dinner and overnight in Cappadocia.

(Breakfast and Dinner included)

• Hot Air ballooning with the sunrise: Pickup time is very early morning, before sunrise. You will fly over the valleys of Cappadocia, full of rock formations, fairy chimneys, and natural beauty. The actual flight starts before sunrise, and an effective flight in the air is about 1 hour and 30 minutes. You will be back at the hotel around 8:30 am. You have a Champaign celebration at the end of the flight. (Optional per person EUR200)
• We will drive you to Ozkonak Underground City, one of the best-preserved Underground cities in Cappadocia. 
• Then visit Uchisar Castle, the highest point of Cappadocia. After Uchisar, you visit 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, which is an abandoned village with old cave Greek houses. After Cavusin you go to the restaurant in Avanos to have lunch. After lunch, you visit a pottery workshop to see how to make pottery. Then you 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. 
• After Love Valley, you visit another workshop to see Cappadocian handwoven carpets and kilims. 
• The next stop is Devrent Valley, which is also called Imagination Valley, where you can see natural rock formations looking like animals. 
• Then you head to a wine shop in Urgup for wine tasting. The last stop is Three Beauties, three beautiful fairy chimneys with hats, symbolising Cappadocia. 
• This tour will end approximately at 18.00, and you will be returned back to your hotel.

(Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner included)

Dinner and Overnight in Cappadocia

(Optional - per person EUR45)

Turkish Night Shows are traditions that have survived from the Ottoman Empire to the present day. You may have great fun in the real caves, with the rich Anatolian food menu, unlimited local alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, belly dance show, Turkish Folklore show, DJ Performance and warm service of Anatolian Hospitality.

• After early breakfast, transfer to the airport for the Istanbul flight. 
• Meet at the airport and drive to Dolmabahçe Palace, the elegant palace of the Bosphorus, which is one of the most magnificent symbolic structures of the Ottoman Empire's changing 19th-century identity, with 365 rooms and 22 saloons. Famous for its great collection of European antiquity, furniture and 4.5 tons chandelier. You will notice that Dolmabahçe Palace has a more European style than Topkapı Palace. When the Ottoman Empire ended, and the Turkish Republic was formed, the Palace was used as a State Residence for visiting dignitaries. Later, it became the Presidential Residence of Atatürk in Istanbul, and today it is a museum. 
• Then visit the Rustem Pasha Mosque, which has the most beautiful and delicate examples of classical Iznik tiles dating back to the 16th century. 
• Hidden gem of a mosque that some describe as a miniature Blue Mosque, without the crowds then walk to Spice Bazaar; the market was called Mısır Çarşısı (literally translated Egyptian Market) because the story goes that it was built with money paid as duty on Egyptian imports. The annual “Cairo Caravan” would bring along spices from Egypt, just like Istanbul, located on the trade route between the East and Europe.

Overnight in Istanbul

(Breakfast included)  

Please Note: Dolmabahce Palace is closed on Mondays and Thursdays.

• After breakfast, transfer to the airport.

(Breakfast included)