GALLERY
Start
ISTANBUL
Destinations
13
End
Antalya
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Itinerary
Day 1: Istanbul.-
Welcome to Turkey! Upon arrival, transfer to your hotel and accommodation.
Day 2: Istanbul.-
A sightseeing tour of the city. On our tour, we will include a cable car ride up to the Pierre Loti viewpoint and we will enter the Mosque of Suleyman the Magnificent (the largest in Istanbul). We will see the walls, the Golden Horn, the fishing district, and we will admire the exterior of Hagia Sofia. After the visit, we will offer tickets and a visit to the Topkapi Palace (entrance included), which was the administrative centre of the Ottoman Empire, with its magnificent courtyards and its pavilions. Free afternoon in a city built on two continents.
At the end of the afternoon we will provide you a transfer to the Taksim neighbourhood, the most commercialised and lively area of the city. Free time for dinner in one of its many restaurants. You can also take the old tram that crosses the area or go to see the nearby Galata Tower.
Note: The order of visited places during your stay in Istambul may be modified.
At the end of the afternoon we will provide you a transfer to the Taksim neighbourhood, the most commercialised and lively area of the city. Free time for dinner in one of its many restaurants. You can also take the old tram that crosses the area or go to see the nearby Galata Tower.
Note: The order of visited places during your stay in Istambul may be modified.
Day 3: Istanbul.-
Today we include a boat trip on the Bosphorus that will last about two hours. The Bosphorus is a strait that connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara, which separates Istanbul into two parts: the European part and the Asian one. We will enjoy seeing the liveliness of the strait with its multitude of boats. We will pass under the two bridges that unite Europe and Asia and we will admire the sultans´palace, the typical wooden houses and the Ottoman villas. Free time.
Day 4: Istanbul- Ankara- Capadocia.-
Today we travel by train: from the station in the Asia district, we take the most modern and the fastest train in Turkey, a pleasant 4-hour trip through the Anatolian landscapes, perhaps having a coffee in the train cafe, we will arrive to the capital or Turkey.
Arrival in ANKARA. After a time to have lunch in the area of the station, travelling by van, we will take you to discover the Mausoleum of Ataturk.
After that, we will continue to Cappadocia. We will pass through the SALT LAKE, with its incredible landscapes. Arrival in AVANOS (CAPPADOCIA), dinner included.
Arrival in ANKARA. After a time to have lunch in the area of the station, travelling by van, we will take you to discover the Mausoleum of Ataturk.
After that, we will continue to Cappadocia. We will pass through the SALT LAKE, with its incredible landscapes. Arrival in AVANOS (CAPPADOCIA), dinner included.
Day 5: Cappadocia.-
Full day in the fantastic region of CAPPADOCIA, with its lunar landscapes, its churches and troglodyte villages. We will discover the GOREME Valley with its outdoors museum and its churches carved into the rocks, entry tickets included. We will visit UCHISAR, a natural fortress. In KAIMAKLI we will visit the underground city that could house 30,000 people. Returning to Avanos we stop at PASABAG, the valley of the fairies, we will walk in this spectacular natural area. Free time and dinner included.
Day 6: Capadocia- Ihlara- Konya.-
At the far end of Cappadocia, we will visit the IHLARA Valley; known for the freshness of its waters, its churches and villages excavated in the rock. Then we continue our route, with a stop in an old CARAVANSERAI from the 13th Century before arriving in KONYA where we visit the Mausoleum of Mevlana. Here we will learn about the sect of the Dervishes (entrance included). Dinner included. At night, we suggest you to attend the whirling dervishes dance performance in the cultural centre.
Day 7: Konya- Egridir-Pamukkale.-
We take a scenic road between the lakes, and get to know EGRIDIR, a beautiful town next to a large lake, with its walls and mosques. There’s time to have lunch. We then continue to PAMUKKALE-Hierapolis, whose calcareous waters have created the Cotton Castle (entrance included). Dinner included.
Day 8: Pamukkale- Ephesus- Kusadasi.-
We leave for EPHESUS, the best preserved ancient city of Asia Minor; 2000 years ago it had a quarter of a million inhabitants. We see the house of the Virgin Mary, the Basilica of Saint John and the impressive ruins of Ephesus (entrance included). We then go on to KUSADASI, a popular commercial and lively coastal town coastal town with a small castle. Dinner included.
Day 9: Kusadasi- Bodrum- Marmaris.-
We leave for BODRUM, a very beautiful fortified city of Greek origin. You can visit its castle, stroll through its cozy streets full of life and tourism or go around its marina. After lunch, we go on our way to MARMARIS, another very beautiful coastal tourist enclave with its castle, its marina and its fountains. Dinner and accommodation.
Day 10: Antalya- Aspendos- Side- Karaman- Nigde.-
We leave Antalya for ASPENDOS, we visit the Roman theatre which many believe to be the best preserved in the world. After this in SIDE we can admire the Greek temple of Apollo by the sea. Time to stroll around the port and through its streets full of life. Amidst impressive countryside we cross the Taurus Mountains, their peaks of over 3,500 metres in height are snow- covered for a large part of the year. A stop in KARAMAN where we visit TARTAN EVI, an ancient Ottoman mansion. Continuation to the edge of the Cappadocia region, NIGDE. Dinner included.
Note: Sometimes the Tartan Evi may be closed, in which case the visit would be replaced by another to a mansion of similar characteristics in Cappadocia.
Note: Sometimes the Tartan Evi may be closed, in which case the visit would be replaced by another to a mansion of similar characteristics in Cappadocia.
Day 11:
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Included
- Europamundo General Services: Tour by private vehicle led by your guide. Selection of hotels based on the selected route with breakfast included. Basic travel insurance.
- Due to the socio-health situation, for reasons of prevention or de-escalation, some services may be affected (breakfasts in hotels, opening of places, visits with stipulated times, etc.). Europamundo, as guarantor of passenger safety, will always respect current regulations and in these cases will coordinate in order to perform the services in the best possible way.
- The selected hotels in rural areas are in many cases small in size or even rural houses. Although the hotels planned will be overnight stays, in some cases due to lack of availability or different from the contracting conditions, similar hotels will be confirmed in the same or nearby town. - Includes arrival transfer
- Includes departure transfer
- City tour in: ISTANBUL
- Boat: Tour of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Lycian tombs and lake in Dalyan
- Evening transfer: Taksim Square in Istanbul
- Transfer: Transfer in, Transfer out
- Ticket admission: Suleiman the Great Mosque in Istanbul, Mausoleum of Ataturk in Ankara , Goreme Valley; Valley of Uchisar; Underground city of Kaimakli; Pasabag Valley , Valley of Ihlara , Caravanserai; Mevlana Mausoleum in Konya , Pamukkale - Hierapolis , house of the Virgin Mary, Basilica of St. John, Ruins of Ephesus , St. Policarpo Church in Izmir
- Funicular: Cableway Viewpoint of Pierre Loti in Istanbul
- High speed train: Istanbul - Ankara
- 7 dinner included in: CAPADOCIA, CAPADOCIA, KONYA, PAMUKKALE, Kusadasi, MARMARIS, Antalya
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