Wonders of Turkey
Overview
Highlights
- Istanbul: Visit the Blue Mosque and St. Sophia museum. With a Local Expert gain an insight into the lives of the Ottoman Sultans at the fabulous Topkapi Palace. Enjoy a relaxing cruise past Ottoman palaces, old mansions and fortresses.
- Gallipoli: Pay your respects at Anzac Cove & Lone Pine Cemetery.
- Pergamon: Visit Asklepion, one of the most famous shrines and therapeutic centres of the ancient world.
- Ephesus: Tour one of the world's finest ancient sites, visit the House of the Virgin Mary and Archaeological Museum.
- Pamukkale: See the cascading ‘Cotton Castle' of milky white travertine pools.
- Konya: Visit the beautiful Mevlana museum for an insight into the mystic Whirling Dervishes.
- Göreme: Explore underground cities, rock-cut churches and fairytale chimneys and the Pasabag Valley.
- Göreme: Explore underground cities, rock-cut churches and fairytale chimneys and the Pasabag Valley.
- Ankara: Discover the mysterious Hittite civilisation and visit the Mausoleum of Atatürk.
What's this trip about?
Details
Travel Themes
Destinations
Attractions
Activities
Trip includes
- An expert Insight Tour Director, at the pinnacle of their career, will guide you on your journey. Serving as your 'travelling concierge', this skilled guide will act as consummate organiser and be your 'friend in a foreign land'.
- Enjoy the unique comfort of Insight's luxury air-conditioned 40 seat coach with extended leg room and on-board restroom. It's business class comfort.
- A personal radio headset gives you the freedom to wander during visits to famous highlights, without missing any of your Local Expert's fascinating insights and commentaries.
- Baggage handling everywhere, with seamless and prompt delivery to your door at every hotel.
- Hotel and restaurant tips included - you'll never have to worry about how much to give, nor search for foreign currency. Plus we include all taxes and porterage charges at hotels.
- Stay connected with friends and family with our complimentary coach and hotel Wi-Fi.
- Insight Flourishes - from time to time, your Tour Director will enchant you with local tidbits, each representing authentic food or beverages unique to the destination.
- Included airport transfers at scheduled times on arrival and departure days.
Popular Trips
Itinerary
Accommodation: Renaissance Istanbul Bosphorus/Wyndham Grand Istanbul Levent
Welcome to a land rich in archaeological sites, historic monuments and an enormous variety of spectacular scenery. On arrival at Istanbul Airport, you will be met and transferred to you...
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Renaissance Istanbul Bosphorus/Wyndham Grand Istanbul Levent
Visit the Blue Mosque with its beautiful tiles and the Hippodrome where Roman chariot races were held. Then visit Hagia Sophia, now a magnificent museum before c...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Accommodation: Kolin, Çanakkale
Drive along the shores of the Sea of Marmara to the Peninsula of Gelibolu, better known in the west as Gallipoli. Here are the battlefields where, for nine disastrous months during the Great War...
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Accommodation: Renaissance, Izmir
Drive to Homer's legendary city of Troy, where archaeological excavations have established nine levels of habitation, including the great city captured in 1200BC by means of the renowned Trojan H...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Accommodation: Charisma, Kusadasi
(Relaxed Start) Visit the Archaeological museum at Selçuk where many of the excavated artefacts of Ephesus are displayed. Explore Ephesus itself, one of the world's finest archaeological sites...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Accommodation: Doğa Thermal Health & Spa, Pamukkale
(Relaxed Start) Follow the Maeander River Valley, (so full of twists and turns it gives us the word ‘meander') to Pamukkale, famous for its dazzling chalk-white array of ...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Accommodation: Alfina Cave Accommodation, Cappadocia
Head to Konya, the old capital of the Anatolian Seljuk Empire and home to the mystic Whirling Dervish sect. Visit the Mevlana Tekke, a museum and national monument, with its...
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Alfina Cave Accommodation, Cappadocia
In the morning, enjoy an experience to Göreme, a region of volcanic landscapes and rock-hewn churches decorated with ancient wall paintings, some of which you can see in the open-air m...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Accommodation: Hilton SA, Ankara
Learn about pottery making in Avanos and drive to Ankara to visit the Hittite Museum and Anit Kabir, the Mausoleum of Atatürk, Turkey's greatest modern leader.
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Accommodation: Renaissance Istanbul Bosphorus/Wyndham Grand Istanbul Levent
Take a scenic drive through the countryside to Istanbul. In the evening, join a farewell Celebration Dinner at a colourful local restaurant! Guests jo...
Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast, transfer to the airport.
Want a tailor-made trip instead?
Your trip, your way, planned by an expert:
- You choose budget, destinations, activities, transport & lodging type
- Expert designs the itinerary for you, and once approved, takes care of logistics
Dates & Availability
Check Current Availability, prices, specials with Insight Vacations.
The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.
Prices may vary due to local taxes and trip seasonality. Click "Request Info" to inquire directly with the tour operator for the final trip price.
Insight Vacations Reviews & Ratings
Other Insight Vacations Reviews
Heather Mccallum
Apr 2024
A must see for avid travellers
Abul Simbel is a must see add on
Trusted Customer
Apr 2024
Country Roads of Belgium Luxembourg Netherlands
Our Insight tour was one of the delightful travels, our family has encountered and experience our tour director Brendan was always pleasing and courteous to us. The...
Travelers also viewed
Tour Operator
As the global leader in premium tours, Insight Vacations delivers all the sights and insights of destinations up close and personal. Each tour is crafted in true comfort and style with premium 5 and 4 star hotels, small groups and customized coaches with extra leg room. The brand’s category leading dining options including the unique dine-around and dine-at-home experiences means that guests enjoy a culinary journey through the places they visit. An extensive Vegetarian option across all tour series further compliments the elevated dining offering. With a Make Travel Matter Experience®, that creates a positive impact for both the visitor and visited, plus also supports the United Nations sustainable Development Goals, included on each and every trip, Insight Vacations leads the way in immersive responsible travel.
Insight Vacations is part of the family-owned and run The Travel Corporation (TTC), driven by service for over one hundred years.
Associations
About Travelstride
Find your perfect trip
Save time
Save money
Travel confidently
Logistics
Accommodation
Travel arrangements for any member of the party may be cancelled at any time by written notice by the person who made the booking. Please note the following:
If notice of cancellation is received by Insight more than 45 days prior to the tour departure date, (80 days for La Serenissima) deposit will be retained along with the Travel Protection payment.
If full payment is not received 45 days prior to departure date (80 days for La Serenissima) , Insight has the right to cancel your reservation. Insight will not be responsible for lost reservations.
If a person in a party cancels and there is a room change caused by this cancellation (such as loss of Friendly Five discount -Twin to Single, or Triple to Twin), charges for the upgrade will be the responsibility of the remaining party.
The following charges will apply when notice of cancellation is given after the booking is confirmed:
No. of days prior to Tour departure date and the related Cancellation Fee as % of total price
- Over 45 days - Loss of Deposit
- 45-22 days - 25%
- 21-8 days - 30%
- 7-1 days - 50%
- Day of departure/no show - 100%
10 Breakfasts and 8 Dinners
Optional experiences
Most Insight tours already include a host of bonus highlights and comprehensive sightseeing. There may also be an exciting array of Optional Experiences which will turn an already amazing experience into the trip of a lifetime! These are entirely optional and can be booked through your Tour Director/Local Representative at the commencement of your tour. Please note, many Optional Experiences are operated by independent third party suppliers, not Insight Vacations. The Optionals and pricing listed here are a guideline only and subject to change.
Performance Of Whirling Dervishes In Cappadocia
A spectacular performance of "Sema" ceremony byu the followers of Mevlana Celaleddin-i-Rumi, founder of the Sufi sect of Islam.
Adult Price: EUR 25
Code: CAP0001
Become a member
- Save up to $700 per person
- Access members-only specials
- Personalize trip recommendations
