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This great tour starts by visiting Gallipoli and Troy from Istanbul, then Pergamum. Following days you will see Ephesus ancient city and Pamukkale Hierapolis. Next there will be North Cappadocia tour which shows major places to visit in Cappadocia and then South Cappadocia tour. In the morning you may experience hot air balloon ride in Cappadocia. The tour ends back in Istanbul.
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Duration: 6 days
Starts: Istanbul, Turkey
Trip Category: Air, Helicopter & Balloon Tours >> Air Tours
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Experience Turkey with one top the TOP RATED agencies on TripAdvisor. Book your 6 Days Turkey
tour package to experience the unique opportunity to visit all major destinations after Istanbul.
This great tour starts by visiting Gallipoli and Troy from Istanbul, then Pergamum. Following days you will see Ephesus ancient city and Pamukkale Hierapolis. Next there will be North Cappadocia tour which shows major places to visit in Cappadocia and then South Cappadocia tour. In the morning you may experience hot air balloon ride in Cappadocia. The tour ends back in Istanbul.
Itinerary
Day 1: Full Day Gallipoli Tour
Stop At: Gallipoli Battlefield, Eceabat Turkey
Around 6:30 in the morning, you will be picked up from the hotel by your guide for about 5-hour bus ride to Gallipoli. We will stop to have breakfast on the way optionally.
As soon as you arrive, following your lunch in a traditional restaurant, the highlights will be: Brighton Beach, Beach Cemetery (John Simpson’s Grave), ANZAC Cove, Ari Burnu (First ANZAC landing place), Lone Pine Cemetery (Australian memorial), Johnston’s Jolly (walk in the ANZAC trenches), View of Shrapnel Valley, Turkish Memorial, The Nek and Walker´s Ridge, Chunuk Bair (main New Zealand memorial).
In the end of your day, you will be taken to the ferry for Canakkale where you will spend your night.
Duration: 5 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch: You may have complimentary lunch during the tour.
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3* Hotel
Day 2: Full Day Troy and Pergamum Tour
Stop At: Troy (Truva), Tevfikiye Koyu, Intepe, Canakkale Turkey
After your breakfast and check out from your hotel, around 8:30 in the morning, you will be picked up from the hotel by your guide to visit ancient Troy city.
You will be amazed with cheerfully influenced Trojan Horse and you to will find more than 10 antiquated urban areas constructed one on another, from 3500 BC, passing through Apollo Temple believed to be the place where Anthony met Cleopatra.
We will visit Roman Theatre, Greco-Roman Senate building once hosted democracy deputies with its round shape.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Ruins of Pergamum, 8 km (5 mi) from Bergama, Bergama Turkey
Following Troy, we will drive to Pergamum where you will have your lunch. After that, we will visit Pergamum ancient city, a home for many important libraries in the old times.
In the end of the tour, we will drive to Kusadasi to transfer you to your hotel for check in.
You will spend the night in Kusadasi.
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast will be included in your package.
• Lunch: You may have complimentary lunch during the tour.
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3* Hotel
Day 3: Full Day Pamukkale Hierapolis Tour
Stop At: Pamukkale Natural Park, Pamukkale orenyeri kocacukur alani pamukkale kasabasi, Pamukkale Turkey
Following your breakfast around 8AM, we will pick you up from your hotel to start your full day Pamukkale Hierapolis Tour.
Deriving from springs in a cliff almost 200 m high overlooking the plain, calcite-laden waters have created at Pamukkale (Cotton Palace) an unreal landscape, made up of mineral forests, petrified waterfalls and a series of terraced basins.
We will also visit a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hierapolis which is one of the sacred sites of Turkey, dates back thousands of years and also admire the white limestone terraces, known as travertine’s of Pamukkale.
We will see Necropolis – a large burial site generally it was located outside the settlement including Sarcophagus of a general of Marcus Aurelius. You will a chance to swim in famous Cleopatra Swimming Pool.
During your tour you will have lunch.
You will spend the night in Kusadasi.
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast will be included in your package.
• Lunch: You may have complimentary lunch during the tour.
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3* Hotel
Day 4: Full Day Ephesus Tour – Flight from Izmir to Cappadocia
Stop At: Ancient City of Ephesus, Selcuk 35920 Turkey
Right after your breakfast and check out from your hotel around 9AM, the full day Ephesus Tourwill start.
Highlights we will visit: Temple of Artemis -considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Celcius Library – while most libraries serve only the function of archiving books and documents, this one served as the final resting place of Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, in whose honor the library was built. Ephesus Ancient City with its marvelous highlights. House of Virgin Mary – is believed to be where she lived and died.
Also, we will see old theatres, hammams, passing through harbour.
In the end, you will be transferred to airplane terminal for an 80- min flight to Cappadocia. Upon your arrival to Cappadocia, Our Travel Tips Turkey reprsentative will welcome and transfer you to hotel in Cappadocia.
You will spend the night in Goreme, Cappadocia.
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast will be included in your package.
• Lunch: You may have complimentary lunch during the tour.
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3* Hotel
Day 5: Full Day North Cappadocia (Red) Tour
Stop At: Goreme National Park, Goreme 50180 Turkey
Following your breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel around 9:30 in the morning for a full day North Cappadocia Tour.
Highlights you will visit: Goreme Open Air Museum consisting of five Byzantine Orthodox churches, Uchisar Castle, Devrent Valley and Pasabag where you will see animal and fairy-tale like rock formations, the ancient towns of Urgup and Avanosfamous for its red clay pottery. You will have fun trying to make potteries after a small demonstration.
In the end, you will be accompanied back to your hotel.
You will spend the night in Goreme, Cappadocia.
Duration: 5 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast will be included in your package.
• Lunch: You may have complimentary lunch during the tour.
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3* Hotel
Day 6: Full Day South Cappadocia (Green) Tour – Flight From Cappadocia to Istanbul
Stop At: Goreme National Park, Goreme 50180 Turkey
Optional Hot Air Balloon Balloon Ride in Cappadocia is available this day.
Following your breakfast and check-out from your hotel, your Full Day South Cappadocia Tour will start.
Highlights: Hiking in Red & Rose Valley, Cavusin Village, one of the oldest settlement in the region with its cave houses, Love Valley, Kaymaklı Underground City, Pigeon Valley and Uchisar Castle.
In the end, you will be accompanied transferred back to your hotel to wait for your transfer.
We will transfer you to airport for your flight to Istanbul.
Upon your arrive, you’ll be welcomed and accompanied for your hotel in Istanbul, our service will end here with good memories and new friends.
Duration: 5 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast will be included in your package.
• Lunch: You may have complimentary lunch during the tour.
No accommodation included on this day.
