Classics of Turkey
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- First Class hotels with private facilities
- Meals are indicated on itineraries by B breakfast, L lunch, D dinner
- Licensed guides throughout Turkey
- Private air-conditioned transportation
- Luggage handling
- Local taxes and service charges
- Arrival and departure transfers from and to Istanbul Airport (only on arrival and departure days)
- Topkapi Palace
- Grand Bazaar, world’s largest and oldest covered market
- Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara
- Saratli, a secret underground city
- Open Air Museum of Goreme, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Hiking through the fairy chimneys of Cappadocia
- Pamukkale the Cotton Castle
- Ephesus and House of Virgin Mary
- Ancient city of Troy
- Anzac Cove at Gallipoli
- Special dinners at restaurants
Itinerary
Upon arrival, you will be met and transferred to your hotel. A welcome briefing will be held.
Accommodation at the Renaissance Bosphorus, Istanbul, or similar
Enjoy a full-day tour including a visit to Topkapi Palace Museum, the residence of the Ottoman Sultans between 1453 and 1852 (Excluding Harem). Visit the Hippodrome, which was once the center of life where chariot racing and other public events took place. To...
This morning depart on an optional tour of a cruise along the Bosphorus cruise enjoying the strait that separates Asia and Europe. Its shores are lined with fine neighborhoods, Ottoman palaces, fortresses, old wooden villas, hotels, parks and gardens, restaur...
Visit the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, a historic caravanserai holding artifacts from up to 7500 years old including the most extensive and valuable collection of Hittite artifacts in the world. Visit the Mausoleum of Ataturk, the father of modern Turke...
Consider an optional early morning hot air balloon tour and experience floating through volcanic valleys, fairy chimneys, and caves at sunrise. After breakfast visit Goreme, a historical region of Turkey, located among the rock formations, which was first set...
Drive to Pamukkale. Dinner and overnight in Pamukkale. Meals: B, D
Accommodation at the Adempira Hotel, Pamukkale, or similar
Visit the unique cotton fortress of Pamukkale, with its white lime cascades formed by mineral springs, and the ruins of the Roman health spa of Hierapolis. Proceed to your hotel for dinner and overnight. Meals: B, D
Accommodation at the Park Inn by Radisson, Izmir, or similar
Tour the famous ruins of Ephesus, an important cultural center of the ancient world, and explore 2,000-year-old marble streets, a theater, the Library of Celsius, a gymnasium, and Hadrian’s Temple. Take a short drive to see St. Mary’s stone cottage where it i...
Visit the ancient Medical Center Asclepion in Pergamum and then continue to Troy with its famous wooden horse, best known for being the setting of the Trojan War and many cities built on top of each other. Continue to Canakkale overnight. Meals: B, D
Accommodation at the Double Tree by Hilton, Canakkale, or similar
In the morning depart for Gallipoli, the site of many battles WW1. Visit Anzac Cove, Lone Pine Cemetery, and Chunuk Bar, and then drive to Istanbul Visit to the Grand Bazaar. Enjoy a Farewell Dinner. Overnight in Istanbul. Meals: B, D
Accommodation at the Renaissance Bosphorus, Istanbul, or similar
Transfer to the airport for your return flight home. Meals: B
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