ANCIENT ANATOLIA TOUR
Duration: 7 Nights 8 Days
Theme: Cultural in-depth, City sightseing, History
Start/End: Starts in Istanbul and ends in Istanbul
Destinations: Istanbul, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir Gaziantep, Urfa, Mardin, Istanbul
ITINERARY:
1st Day: Welcome to Turkey
- Welcoming at Istanbul International Airport
- Transfer to the hotel
- Dinner
- Resting at the hotel
- Overnight at 5 star Hotel
2nd Day: Istanbul
- Breakfast
- Hagia Sophia
- Sultanahmet Blue Mosque
- Topkapi Palace
- Basilica Cistern
- Suleymaniye Mosque
- Lunch
- Dolmabahçe Palace
- Grand Bazaar
- Rumeli Castle
- Taksim Square
- Galata Tower
- Dinner
- Transfer to Adiyaman/Malatya (By flight in the evening or early morning)
- Overnight at 4-5 star hotel Adiyaman/Malatya
3rd Day: Adiyaman
- Breakfast
- Mount Nemrut (World heritage Site)
- Arsemia (which was once the capital of the Commagene Kingdom)
- Severan Bridge (Roman Bridge of Cendere)
- Mausoleum of the King
- Transfer to Diyarbakir (3,5 hour)
- Dinner
- Overnight at 4-5 stars hotel in Diyarbakir
4th Day : Diyarbakir
- Breakfast
- Diyarbakir City Walls (Castle)
- Great Mosque
- Hasan Pasa Han
- Suluklu Han
- Old Bridge on Tigrits River
- Behrampasa Mosque
- Lunch
- St. Giragos Armenian Church
- Virgin Mary ancient Assyrian Church
- Mar Petyun Keldani Catholic Church
- Diyarbakir Archeology Museum
- Diyarbakir Local Market
- Zerzevan Castle
- Transfer to Mardin (1 hour)
- Dinner
- Overnight at 4-5 star hotel in Mardin
5th Day: Mardin
- Breakfast
- Deyrulzafaran Monastery
- Dara Mesopotamia Ruins
- Kasimiye Madrasha
- Great Mosque of Mardin
- Mardin Museum
- Zinciriye Medrasha
- Lunch
- Mardin castle
- Sananci City Museum
- Kirklar Church
- Saint Hirmiz Chaldean Church
- Latifiye Mosque
- Transfer to Sanliurfa
- Dinner
- Overnight at 4-5 stars hotel in Sanliurfa
6th Day : Sanliurfa
- Breakfast
- Gobeklitepe (The oldest temple of the world-World Heritage Site)
- Harran ruins
- Cave of Abraham (where the Prophet Abraham lived)
- Lunch
- Urfa Castle
- Sanliurfa Archeological and Mosaic Museum
- Balikligol
- Halil Ul Rahman Mosque
- Local Urfa Bazaar
- Transfer to Gaziantep (1,5 hour)
- Dinner
- Overnight at 4-5 stars hotel in Gaziantep
7th Day: Gaziantep
- Breakfast
- Zeugma Mosaic Museum
- Roman Castle
- Visit traditional spice merchants
- Visit old market
- Experience traditional local culture
- Gaziantep Castle
- Transfer to Istanbul (Flight from Gaziantep to Istanbul)
- Dinner
- Overnight at 5 stars hotel in Istanbul
8th Day: Enjoy Istanbul and Goodbye
- Breakfast
- Bosphorus Strait Sightseeing Cruise
- Lunch
- Grand Bazaar
- Shopping in local market
- Transfer to Istanbul International Airport
- Departure
WHAT’S INCLUDED
- 7 Breakfasts, 7 Lunches, and 6 Dinners
- Professional guide
- Secure transportation
- Health and Travel Insurance
- Entrance fees of museums
- 2 Domestic flight tickets (IST-ADIYAMAN and GAZIANTEP-ISTANBUL)
- National park fees
- Bosphorius boat trip
INFORMATION PACKAGE ABOUT TOUR