7 Days Highlights of Turkey Tour: Istanbul, Cappadocia, Pamukkale, Ephesus

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 1Istanbul: Arrival to Istanbul⌄

   Upon your arrival to Istanbul, we will welcome and transfer you to your hotel. You may spend the rest of your day freely to relax. You will spend the night in Istanbul.

   Overnight: Overnight in Istanbul

2. 2Istanbul: Full Day City Tour⌄

   Following your breakfast, your guide will pick you from your hotel for a full day Istanbul City Tour. Highlights you will visit: Sultanahmet (Blue) Mosque, Hagia Sophia, The Hippodrome, Balat Colorful Houses, Iron Church and Bosphorus Boat tour. In the end, you will be accompanied back to your hotel. You will spend the night in Istanbul.

   Meals: Breakfast: Breakfast is included in your package. · Lunch: During the tour, you'll have complimentary lunch.

   Overnight: Overnight in Istanbul

3. 3Cappadocia:Flight from Istanbul to Cappadocia - Full Day North Cappadocia (Red) Tour⌄

   Early in the morning , you will be transferred to airport from Hotel for a flight to Cappadocia. Upon your arrival to Cappadocia, we will welcome and transfer you to our Cappadocia office for a full day North Cappadocia Tour. Highlights you will visit: Zelve Open Air Museum consisting of five Byzantine Orthodox churches, Devrent Valley and Pasabag where you will see animal and fairy-tale like rock formations, the ancient towns of Urgupand Avanosfamous for its red clay pottery. You will also have fun trying to make potteries after a small demonstration. In the end, you will be accompanied back to your hotel. You will spend the night in Cappadocia at Melek Cave hotel or smilar.

   Meals: Lunch: During the tour, you'll have complimentary lunch.

   Overnight: Overnight in Cappadocia

4. 4Cappadocia: Full Day North Cappadocia (Red) Tour - Public Night Bus to Pamukkale⌄

   Optional Hot Air Balloon Balloon Ride in Cappadocia is available this day at an additional cost. Following your breakfast and check-out from your hotel, your Full Day South Cappadocia Tourwill start. Highlights: Hiking in Red & Rose Valley, Cavusin Village, one of the oldest settlement in the region with its cave houses, Love Valley, Kaymaklı Underground City, Pigeon Valley and Uchisar Castle. In the end,you will be accompanied back to hotel, and there you’ll have around 3 hours free time. Late in the evening, you will be transferred to local bus terminal to catch 10 hours intercity 8 PM public bus to Denizli.

   Meals: Breakfast: Breakfast is included in your package. · Lunch: During the tour, you'll have complimentary lunch.

5. 5Pamukkale: Full Day Pamukkale and Hierapolis Tour⌄

   Upon your arrival to Pamukkale bus station, we will welcome and transfer you to your hotel for a refreshment around 4 hours before the starting of your full day Pamukkale Hierapolis Tour. Deriving from springs in a cliff almost 200 m high overlooking the plain, calcite-laden waters have created at Pamukkale (Cotton Palace) an unreal landscape, made up of mineral forests, petrified waterfalls and a series of terraced basins. We will also visit a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hierapolis which is one of the sacred sites of Turkey, dates back thousands of years and also admire the white limestone terraces, known as travertine's of Pamukkale. We will see Necropolis - a large burial site generally it was located outside the settlement including Sarcophagus of a general of Marcus Aurelius. You will a chance to swim in famous Cleopatra Swimming Pool. During your tour you will have lunch. In the end, we will transfer you to your hotel in Kusadasi. You will spend the night in Kusadasi.

   Meals: Breakfast: Breakfast is included in your package, you may have in your hotel upon arrival to Pamukkale. · Lunch: During the tour, you'll have complimentary lunch.

   Overnight: Overnight in Selcuk or Kusadasi

6. 6Ephesus: Full Day Ephesus Ancient City Tour⌄

   Right after your breakfast and check out from your hotel, the full day Ephesus Tour will start. Highlights we will visit: Temple of Artemis -considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Celsus Library - while most libraries serve only the function of archiving books and documents, this one served as the final resting place of Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, in whose honor the library was built. Ephesus Ancient City with its marvelous highlights. House of Virgin Mary - is believed to be where she lived and died. Also, we will see old theatres, hammams, passing through harbour. In the end , you will be transferred to airport for a flight to Istanbul. Upon your arrival to Istanbul you will be welcomed and transferred you to your hotel in İstanbul. Overnight in Istanbul at Güleç Hotel or smilar.

   Meals: Breakfast: Breakfast is included in your package. · Lunch: During the tour, you'll have complimentary lunch.

   Overnight: Overnight in Istanbul

7. 7Istanbul: Departure⌄

   After your breakfast and Check-out from your hotel ,you will be transferred to airport for your international flight. Your memorable journey will end up here.