HIGHLIGHTS OF TURKEY

(Departures Every Thursday from Istanbul)
USD RATE: $1,650 per person in double occupancy
$480 single room supplement
*Istanbul - Ankara flight excluded. Please add $110 per person 
For Groups & Fits 10 Nights / 11 Days

TOUR ITINERARY:

Day 01 Thursday Istanbul 
Arrive Istanbul airport. Our representative will meet you after the customs and baggage claim with a sign YOUR NAME on it. Meet and greet. Transfer to the hotel.

Day 02 Friday Istanbul 
Visit the famous Spice Market, transfer to the pier, take a cruise along the Bosphorus. Next, visit the Asian side of Istanbul, crossing the transcontinental Bosphorus Bridge, connecting Europe and Asia. Then visit the Camlica hill and Beylerbeyi Palace, Perhaps the most elegant of the late Ottoman palaces with six sumptuously furnished reception halls. Return to the hotel. (B)

Day 03 Saturday Istanbul 
Chance to visit and discover Byzantine and Ottoman treasures. Enjoy the wonders of the Hippodrome Square, Hagia Sophia Museum. the Blue Mosque, the Royal Topkapi Palace and the Suleyman the Magnificent Mosque. After the visit of historical Grand Bazaar return to the hotel. (B)

Day 04 Sunday Istanbul - Ankara - Cappadocia 
Transfer to Ataturk airport. Fly to Ankara. Visit the Anatolian Civilizations Museum. After lunch, continue to Cappadocia for dinner and overnight. (B,D)

Day 05 Monday Cappadocia 
Discover Cappadocia; unusual landscape, the fairy chimneys, troglodyte dwellings and underground cities built by Christians in the 7th century. Visit the Goreme Valley, Pasabag, pottery town Avanos, Uchisar and the underground city of Kaymakli. (B,D)

Day 06 Tuesday Cappadocia - Konya - Pamukkale
Drive to Pamukkale via Konya. Visit the Mevlana Museum. Overnight in Pamukkale. (B,D)

Day 07 Wednesday Pamukkale - Kusadasi
Morning visit to the ancient city of Hierapolis, and enjoy the warm mineral waters of Pamukkale, formed by tons of limestone deposits. Drive to Aphrodisias, one of the most beautiful ancient cities in Turkey. Drive to Kusadasi. (B,D)

Day 08 Thursday Kusadasi 
Visit the Ionian city of Ephesus from the 1st century BC. Continue to visit the Basilica of St. John and the House of the Virgin Mary, where she spent her final days. (B,D)

Day 09 Friday Kusadasi - Canakkale
Drive to Pergamum and visit the Greco Roman city built on four rising terraces and the Asclepion. Overnight in Canakkale. (B,D)

Day 10 Saturday Canakkale - Istanbul 
Drive to Troy, the legendary town in the Iliad of Homer, the site of the Trojan Wars. Cross the Dardanelles by ferry, overnight in Istanbul. (B)

Day 11 Sunday Istanbul - End
Transfer to the airport for departure. End of our services. (B)