Istanbul Trip Overview
A great chance to discover most of Turkey with 9 Days Turkey Tour including Istanbul, Gallipoli, Troy, Pergamon, Ephesus, Pamukkale and Cappadocia by plane.
You will start your tour arriving in Istanbul and having a rest to get ready for the adventure. The day after you will discover all the important attractions in Istanbul by a full day Sultanahmet Old City tour. You will continue by visiting Gallipoli and Troy, then Pergamon. Next you will see Ephesus ancient city and Pamukkale Hierapolis. On the 7th day there will be North Cappadocia tour which shows major places to visit in Cappadocia with South Cappadocia tour afterwards. In the morning you may experience hot air balloon ride in Cappadocia on Day 8. The tour ends with a flight back and an overnight stay in Istanbul before your flight.
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Duration: 9 days
Starts: Istanbul, Turkey
Trip Category: Air, Helicopter & Balloon Tours >> Air Tours
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A great chance to discover most of Turkey with 9 Days Turkey Tour including Istanbul, Gallipoli, Troy, Pergamon, Ephesus, Pamukkale and Cappadocia by plane.
You will start your tour arriving in Istanbul and having a rest to get ready for the adventure. The day after you will discover all the important attractions in Istanbul by a full day Sultanahmet Old City tour. You will continue by visiting Gallipoli and Troy, then Pergamon. Next you will see Ephesus ancient city and Pamukkale Hierapolis. On the 7th day there will be North Cappadocia tour which shows major places to visit in Cappadocia with South Cappadocia tour afterwards. In the morning you may experience hot air balloon ride in Cappadocia on Day 8. The tour ends with a flight back and an overnight stay in Istanbul before your flight.
Itinerary
Day 1: Istanbul: Arrival
Pass By: Sultanahmet District, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
Upon your arrival to Istanbul, we will welcome and transfer you to your hotel.
You may spend the rest of your day freely to relax.
You will spend the night in Istanbul.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star Hotel in Istanbul
Day 2: Istanbul: Full Day Sultanahmet Old City Walking Tour
Stop At: Sultanahmet Square, Istanbul Turkey
Following your breakfast, your guide will pick you from your hotel for a full day Old City Tour in Sultanahmet. This tour covers most the major/well-known attractions in Istanbul.
Highlights you will visit: Sultanahmet (Blue) Mosque, Hagia Sophia, The Hippodrome, The Obelisk of Theodosius, Serpent Column, German Fountain, Grand Bazaar, Topkapi Palace.
In the end, you will be accompanied back to your hotel.
You will spend the night in Istanbul.
Duration: 7 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star Hotel in Istanbul
Day 3: Canakkale: Full Day Gallipoli Tour
Stop At: Gallipoli Battlefield, Eceabat Turkey
Around 6:30 AM 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: 9 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star Hotel in Canakkale
Day 4: Canakkale: 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.
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: 7 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star Hotel in Kusadasi
Day 5: Pamukkale: Full Day Pamukkale Hierapolis Tour
Stop At: Pamukkale Natural Park, Pamukkale orenyeri kocacukur alani pamukkale kasabasi, Pamukkale Turkey
Following your breakfast around 7:30AM, 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
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star Hotel in Kusadasi
Day 6: Ephesus: 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 Tour will 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, we will welcome and transfer you to hotel in Cappadocia.
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star Hotel in Cappadocia
Day 7: Cappadocia: 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, Devrent Valley and Pasabag where you will see animal and fairy-tale like rock formations, the ancient towns of Urgup and Avanos famous for its red clay pottery.
You will also have fun trying to make potteries after a small demonstration.
In the end, you will be accompanied back to your hotel.
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star Hotel in Cappadocia
Day 8: Cappadocia: Full Day South Cappadocia (Green) Tour – Flight from Cappadocia to Istanbul
Stop At: Uchisar Castle, Uchisar Turkey
(Pre-sunrise you can enjoy the Hot Air Balloon Ride in Cappadocia today.)
Following your breakfast, your Full Day South Cappadocia Tour will start.
Highlights: Hiking in Red & Rose Valley, Cavusin Village, one of the oldest settlements in the region with its cave houses, Love Valley, Kaymakli Underground City, Pigeon Valley and Uchisar Castle.
In the end, we will transfer you to Cappadocia Airport for your 60-min. flight for Istanbul.
You will be welcomed and transferred to your hotel, upon your arrival.
You will stay in Istanbul.
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star Hotel in Istanbul
Day 9: Istanbul: Departure
Pass By: Sultanahmet District, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
We will lead you to the airport depending on your flight time for checking in after your breakfast and check-out from your hotel.
Your memorable journey ends here.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
