GRAND TURKEY TOUR
Duration: 15 Nights 16 Days
Theme: Cultural in-depth, Sightseing, History
Start/End: Starts in Istanbul and ends in Istanbul
Destinations: Istanbul, Mardin, Şanlıurfa, Adiyaman, Gaziantep, Kapadokya, Konya, Antalya, Kaş, Fethiye, Pamukkale, Efes, Kusadasi, Pergamon, Troy, Gallipoli, Bursa, Istanbul

ITINERARY:
1st Day: Welcome to Turkey
- Welcoming at airport
- Transfer to the hotel
- Dinner
- Resting at the hotel
- Overnight at 5 star Hotel in Istanbul
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 Mardin (By flight in the evening or early morning)
- Overnight at 4-5 star hotel in Mardin or Istanbul
3rd Day: Mardin

- Breakfast
- Deyrulzafaran Monastery
- Dara Mesopotamia Ruins
- Kasimiye Madrasah
- Great Mosque of Mardin
- Mardin Museum
- Zinciriye Medrasha
- Lunch
- Mardin castle
- Sabanci City Museum
- Kirklar Church
- Saint Hirmiz Chaldean Church
- Latifiye Mosque
- Transfer to Sanliurfa (2,5 hour)
- Dinner
- Overnight at 4-5 stars hotel in Sanliurfa
4th Day: Sanliurfa -Adiyaman

- Breakfast
- Gobeklitepe (The oldest temple of the world-World Heritage Site)
- Harran ruins
- Cave of Abraham (where the Prophet Abraham lived)
- Sanliurfa Archeological and Mosaic Museum
- Balikligol
- Local Urfa Bazaar
- Lunch
- Transfer to Adiyaman Mount nemrut (2,5 hour)
- 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 Gaziantep (3,5 hour)
- Dinner
- Overnight at 4-5 stars hotel in Gaziantep
5th Day: Gaziantep

- Breakfast
- Zeugma Mosaic Museum
- Roman Castle
- Visit traditional spice merchants
- Visit old market
- Gaziantep city tour
- Local markets
- Experience traditional local culture
- Lunch
- Transfer to Cappadocia (5 hours)
- Dinner
- Overnight at 5 stars hotel in Cappadocia
6th Day: Cappadocia

- Breakfast
- Paşabağ- Devrent Valley (Fairy Chimneys)
- Goreme Open Air Museum
- Cavusin Village
- Uçhisar Castle
- Pigeon Valley
- Urgup
- Theodora Church
- Lunch
- Ancient Derinkuyu Underground City
- Ancient Kaymakli Underground City
- Ihlara Valley
- Selime Monastery
- Transfer to Konya (2,5 hour)
- Dinner
- Overnight at 4-5 stars hotel in Konya
7th Day: Konya

- Breakfast
- Mausoleum of Mevlana
- Ince Minare Museum
- Karatay Medersseh
- Konya Ethnographic Museum,
- Lunch
- Nasrettin Hoca Ethnography & Archaeology Museum
- Konya Archaeological Museum
- Alaaddin Hill
- Transfer to Antalya (3 hours)
- Dinner
- Overnight in Antalya at 5 stars hotel
8th Day: Antalya

- Breakfast
- Antic Perge City (Hellenistic Gate, Roman Gate)
- Visit Antic Aspendos (Antic Theater)
- Antalya City Tour
- Lunch
- Visit Duden Waterfall
- Transfer to Kas (3 hours)
- Dinner
- Overnight at 5 star hotel in Kas
9th Day: Kas-Fethiye

- Breakfast
- Hellenistic Theatre
- Kas Beaches
- Sunken City of Kekova
- Lunch
- Transfer to Fethiye (2 hours)
- Oludeniz
- Saklikent National Park
- Tlos: an ancient Lycian city
- Transfer to Pamukkale (3 hours)
- Dinner
- Overnight at 5 star hotel
10th Day: Pamukkale

- Breakfast
- Thermal pools
- Cotton Castle-Pamukkale Water Terrace
- Ancient city of Hierapolis- Necropolis
- Lunch
- Cleopatra Polls
- Amphitheatre
- Transfer to Bodrum (3.30 hours)
- Dinner
- Overnight at 4-5 star hotel
11th Day: Bodrum
- Breakfast
- Castle of St. Peter
- Bitez Beach
- Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology
- Lunch
- Bodrum Amphitheater
- Pedasa Antique City
- Mausoleums of Halicarnassus
- Transfer to Kusadasi (2 hours)
- Dinner
- Overnight at 5 star hotel in Kusadasi
12th Day: Kusadasi, Ephesus

- Breakfast
- Kusadasi Castle
- Temple of Hadrian
- Celsus Library
- Great Theatre
- Public Latrines
- Roman Baths
- Arcadian Avenue
- Agora
- Temple of Artemis
- Lunch
- Sirince village
- The House of Virgin Mary
- Transfer to Pergamon (2.5 hour)
- Dinner
- Overnight at 4-5 star hotel in Pergamon (Bergama)
13th Day: Bergama-Troy

- Breakfast
- Pergamon Ancient City
- Pergamon Theatre
- Pergamon Parchment
- Transfer to Canakkale (3 hours)
- Lunch
- Troy (Site of heroic siege and home of the Trojan Horse)
- Dinner
- Overnight at 4-5 star hotel in Canakale
14th Day: Gallipoli, Canakkale

- Breakfast
- Gallipoli Battlefield (where First World War took place)
- Gallipoli Batttle Museum
- Anzac Cove
- Conkbayiri Memorials
- Canakkale Archaeological Museum
- Lunch
- Transfer to Bursa (3.5 hours)
- Dinner
- Overnight at 5 star hotel in Bursa
15th Day: Bursa

- Breakfast
- The Great Mosque (Ulu Camii)
- Green Mosque (Yeşil Camii)
- Tombs of Osman and Orhan, Bursa
- Bursa Silk Market (Kapalı Çarşı) – Koza Han
- Lunch
- Cumalikizik Willage
- Transfer to Istanbul
- Voyage through Princess Islands
- Dinner
- Overnight at 5 star hotel in Istanbul
16th Day: Goodby

- Breakfast
- Bosphorus Strait Sightseeing Cruise
- Lunch
- Grand Bazaar
- Shopping in local market
- Transfer to Istanbul International Airport
- Departure
WHAT’S INCLUDED
- 15 Breakfasts, 15 Lunches, and 14 Dinners
- One way domestic flight ticket (From ISTANBUL to MARDIN)
- Professional guide
- Secure transportation
- Health and Travel Insurance
- Entrance fees of museums
- National park fees
- Bosphorius boat trip
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