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Istanbul Airport
8 Days – 7 Nights
Welcome to Istanbul, meet and greet with your guide at the airport.
Today, enjoy the Bosphorus cruise by the boat and experience the magnificent view between Asia and Europe. Transfer to Bursa.
Overnight Bursa (L,D)
The tour then begins with a visit to the Green Mosque and Green Tomb, continue by a visit to The Grand Mosque which is one of the most attractive examples of Ottoman architecture in the transition period.
The mosque, with an interior fountain and a beautiful wooden pulpit, is considered a classic.
Overnight Kusadasi (B,L,D)
Today, explore the Ancient City of Ephesus. A downhill walk with your guide will take you into the ruins of the Roman capital.
Your route then takes you past the Bouleuterion, Temple of Domitian, Hercules Gate, Temple of Hadrian, The Celsus Library, and finally The Great Theater.
Drive toward Pamukkale and explore the Antique City of Hierapolis, where Calcareous Thermal Springs descending over cliffs have created fascinating travertine’s in the form of white terrace and basins also known as the Cotton Castle.
After dinner, you may relax and enjoy soaking into an authentic thermal bath at the hotel.
Overnight Pamukkale (B,L,D)
After breakfast drive toward Konya. Arrive in Konya and visit the Mevlana Museum. Konya was the center of the Selcuk Empire as well as the city of Mevlana and famous for his Whirling Dervishes dance.
Next visit a 13th-century Sultanhani Caravanserai, a “hotel” for ancient traders and travelers. Drive to Capadoccia.
Overnight Cappadocia (B,L,D)
Today start with Love valley where you can discover the spectacular rock formations, magical fairy chimnies, and our guide tells you about the history of Cappadocia and the volcanic formation of fairy chimnies. After you will visit the Paşabağları ( known as a Fairy Chimney Valley ) and you have a chance to see many fairy chimnies with one body and multiple caps and then we drive to Avanos town famous for embarking on an educational tour to learn the art of pottery making and carpet weaving. We spend approximately one hour for the lunch. After lunch, we drive to Devrent valley where you can see various types of fairy chimnies like mushroom shape and animal shape, and then we through to Urgup and Ortahisar rock-cut castle to watch the view of the old Greek house which was built in the 1800s. After watching, the best view of Cappadocia we drive to Goreme Open Air Museum is a place where you can visit carved churches and chapels, and monasteries. The churches were painted with frescoes from between the 10th and 13th centuries.
Overnight Cappadocia (B,L,D)
Today, you can see a magnificent view of Uchisar Castle, after the fascinating view and salt lake on the way. We will visit the tomb of Ataturk in Ankara.
We then make a way to Bolu for a night.
Overnight Bolu (B,L,D)
Today, visit Hippodrome – once a stadium used traditionally for horse and chariot racing, Blue Mosque – the only mosque in Istanbul with six minarets and a treasury of some of Turkey’s greatest artworks and artifacts, Haghia Sophia – a church that has converted into a mosque and finally The Topkapi Palace – the seat of the Ottoman Empire after it shifted its capital from Bursa to Istanbul.
Overnight Istanbul (B,L,D)
Upon your flight time, you will be transferred to Istanbul Airport to take your international flight.
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