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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