Tour Style : Small Group Tour
Duration : 10 Days / 9 Nights
Departures : All year round – Guaranteed Departure

DAY 1 ARRIVAL

Arrival in Istanbul and transfer to your hotel. Overnight in hotel.

DAY 2 :ISTANBUL – SULTANAHMET (GROUP WALKING TOUR)
8:10 – 8:45 Departure from your hotel. Today we will visit the Saint Sophia (Haghia Sofia) This ancient basilica, built by Constantine the Great in the 4th century and reconstructed by Justinian in the 6th century, is one of the architectural wonders of all time. See beautiful mosaics of biblical scenes and the Byzantine emperors and empresses. We continue to the Blue Mosque, which was built in the 17th century and which takes its name from its magnificent interior decoration of blue Iznik tiles. We continue to the Hippodrome, a stadium and meeting place in Byzantine times, and the three monuments: the Obelisk of Theodosius, the bronze Serpentine Column and the Column of Constantine. Continue with the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum originally built as the Palace of Ibrahim Pasha in 1524 with fine examples of Islamic Calligraphy, tiles and carpets. Then we will explore the Topkapi Palace. It was the home of the Ottoman sultans from the 15th-19th century A.D. (Harem section is optional and due an extra entry fee). The tour ends in the Grand Bazaar, which has over 4000 shops full of treasures. Return to your hotel around 17:30.
STAY ISTANBUL

DAY 3 :Half Day Morning Bosphorus Cruise WITHOUT LUNCH
8:30 am – You will be picked-up from your hotel to visit the Spice Bazaar (or Egyptian Bazaar). Filled with spices, dried fruits, nuts and seeds, lokum (Turkish delight) and other edibles, Spice Bazaar has a smell of the fragrance of the exotic East. Then join a boat excursion on the Bosphorus on a shared tour. Enjoy viewing Ottoman palaces, Bosphorus bridge, citadels, centuries-old mansions and the European and Asian shorelines at the same time. At the end of the tour, you will be dropped back to your hotel at approximately 1:00 pm.
Evening Flight To Kayseri
Overnight in boutique cave hotel.

DAY 4 : Fairy Chimneys Tour at 09:30am
In this day you will be able to see:
DEVRENT VALLEY: Devrent is situated on the northern slopes of Aktepe, 1km from Pasabaglari (Monks’ Valley) and 5 km from Avanos. The ruins at Devrent are spread over three valleys, which also house several pointed fairy chimneys with large stems.
Pasabag, the Pasha’s Vineyard, is surrounded by incredible natural rock formations; a spectacular scene.
AVANOS: A center of terra cotta work of art since 3000 BC, it is a town where you will be invited to visit a traditional pottery workshop, which is possibly set deep into the hillsides. The clay, which comes from the Red River passing through the town, gives life both to the land and to the local economy.
UCHISAR: Uchisar is a troglodyte town situated right in the middle of Cappadocia. It is named after the enormous piece of rock in the center of the town, which was once used as a castle. This extraordinary rock is the highest peak of the area with the view of whole Cappadocia and Erciyes (Argeus) Mountain.
After the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel.
After the tour, you will be transferred to your hotel at around 17:30.

Overnight in Cappadocia.

DAY 5: ROSE VALLEY &  UNDGROUND CITY TOURS at 09:30am
Depart from your hotel to visit Red valley,and explore the famous rock- cut churches and hike 5 km through the Güllüdere valley. Then visit Çavuşin village.This village is famous for the houses and churches of the christian clergymen. After lunch Drive to the pigeon valley . In the afternoon visit  underground city. Where early Christians lived in fear and faith.
EVENING BUS TO KONYA
STAY KONYA

DAY 6: KONYA – PAMUKKALE
HALF DAY FREE IN KONYA . The next stop will be Konya with the Mevlana Museum (founder of the Mevlevi order of dervishes, commonly called the Whirling Dervishes).
AFTERNOON BUS TO PAMUKKALE AT 13:30PM
Arrive in Pamukkale and overnight in 4* thermal hotel.

DAY 7 – PAMUKKALE  at 09:45am – KUSADASI
In the morning visit the ancient site of Hierapolis, including theater, Apollo Temple and Necropolis, then the calcium terraces of Pamukkale. Continue to Kusadasi through the Meander Valley and overnight Kusadası

DAY 8: EPHESUS – HOUSE OF VIRGIN MARY  at 09:00am  – KUSADASI
Today we will visit the House of the Virgin Mary, then the Ancient City of Ephesus with the Library of Celsius, temple of Hadrian, agora and Greco-Roman theater

EVENING BUS TO CANAKKALE

STAY CANAKKALE

DAY 09:TROY & GALLIPOLI TOUR at 08:30am – CANAKKALE – ISTANBUL
After breakfast we will begin the drive to Istanbul. We will cross the Dardanelles by ferry and visit the WWI battlefields of Gallipoli. Finally we drive to Troy, the described by Homer, which has nine principal levels of occupation covering a period of 3000 years Return to Istanbul and overnight in 3* hotel. B.L

Day 10 :FREE DAY/DEPARTURE
Transfer to airport for departure.
End of our service.