Glories of Turkey
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Destinations
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Trip includes
- 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 and St. Sophia Basilica
- Grand Bazaar, world’s largest and oldest covered market
- Anzac Cove at Gallipoli
- Ancient city of Troy
- Ephesus and House of Virgin Mary
- Pamukkale the Cotton Castle
- Aspendos and its 1800-year-old theater
- Open Air Museum of Goreme, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Saratli, a secret underground city
- Hiking through the fairy chimneys of Cappadocia
- Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara
- Lunch with locals
- Special dinners at restaurants
- Wine tasting at a vineyard
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Itinerary
Upon arrival, you will be met and transferred to your hotel. A welcome briefing will be held.
Accommodation at the Wyndham Grand Levent, Istanbul, or similar
Enjoy a full-day tour including a visit to the Topkapi Palace Museum, the residence of the Ottoman Sultans between 1453 and 1852 (excluding the harem). Visit the Hippodrome, which was once the center of life where chariot racing and other public events took p...
In the morning, drive to Tekirdağ city and visit Barbare Vineyard. We’ll be informed about winemaking, tour the vineyard, and taste some wines. Then depart for Gallipoli, the site of many battles during WWI. Visit Anzac Cove, Lone Pine Cemetery, and Chunuk Bair, then overnight near Gallipoli. Meals: B
Accommodation at the Hotel Kolin, Canakkale, or similar
Cross the Dardanelles to Canakkale and visit 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. Before arriving in Asclepion, enjoy lunch with locals in a traditional local village...
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...
After breakfast drive to Bodrum to visit the castle of St.Peter and the renowned Underwater Museum that was awarded the best Underwater Museum in the World in the 2000s. Overnight in Bodrum. Meals: B
Accommodation at Ramada Resort, Bodrum, or similar
After breakfast, free time for personal activities. Optional tour to Kos Island. Overnight in Bodrum. Meals: B
Accommodation at Ramada Resort, Bodrum, or similar
After breakfast, drive through lush valleys to Pamukkale, the Cotton Fortress, with white lime cascades formed by hot mineral springs. Visit the ruins of the Roman health spa of Hierapolis and enjoy a swim in your hotel’s thermal pool. Meals: B, D
Accommodation at the Adempira, Pamukkale, or similar
After breakfast depart for Antalya, dinner, and overnight. Meals: B, D
Accommodation at the Double Tree, Antalya, or similar
This morning's visit to Perge and Aspendos afternoon is free for personal activities. Dinner at the hotel. Meals: B, D
Accommodation at the Double Tree, Antalya, or similar
Early morning departure to Cappadocia on the way visit 13th-century Caravansaray and later visit the underground city of Saratli. Dinner and overnight in Cappadocia. Meals: B, D
Accommodation at the Utopia, Cappadocia, or similar
Early Morning Optional: Hot Air Balloon Tour. 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 were first settled back in ...
Early morning departure to the capital city of Ankara through the Salt Lake area, Enjoy an afternoon tour Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, a historic caravanserai, holding artifacts from up to 7500 years old, including the most extensive and valuable collec...
After breakfast depart for Istanbul. In the afternoon, join an optional half-day 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 a...
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your return flight home. Meals: B
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