TOUR DETALS : Grand Turkey: 18-Day Turkey Tour
Itinerary
Day 01.: Arrival to Istanbul.: Transfer to hotel. Check in and Overnight in Istanbul. (Meals: No Meals)
Day 02.: Istanbul.: Bosphorus Boat Sightseing Tour. Overnight in Istanbul. (Meals: Breakfast)
Day 03.: Istanbul To Bursa.: Bursa Tour From Istanbul. Overnight In Istanbul. (Meals: Breakfast and Lunch)
Day 04.: Istanbul.: Byzantine and Ottoman Relics Tour. Overnight in Istanbul. (Meals: Breakfast and Lunch)
Day 05.: Istanbul to Canakkale.: Gallipoli Tour. Overnight in Canakkale. (Meals: Breakfast and Lunch)
Day 06.: Canakkale To Kusadasi: Troy and Pergamon Tour. Overnight in Kusadasi. (Meals: Breakfast)
Day 07.: Kusadasi.: Priene, Miletus, Didyma Tour. Overnight in Kusadasi. (Meals: Breakfast and Lunch)
Day 08.: Kusadasi.: Ephesus Tour. Overnight in Kusadasi. (Meals: Breakfast and Lunch)
Day 09.: Kusadasi To Antalya Via Pamukkale.: Pamukkale Tour. Day Bus to Antalya. Overnight in Antalya. (Meals: Breakfast and Lunch)
Day 10.: Antalya.: Antalya Old City Tour. Overnight in Antalya. (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
Day 11.: Antalya.: Relaxing in Antalya. Overnight Bus to Cappadocia. (Meals: Breakfast,)
Day 12.: Arrival To Cappadocia.: Cappadocia Tour I. Overnihgt in Cappadocia. (Meals: Breakfast and Lunch)
Day 13.: Cappadocia.: Cappadocia Tour II. Overnight in Cappadocia. (Meals: Breakfast and Lunch)
Day 14.: Cappadocia To Nemrut.: Nemrut Tour I. Overnight in Kahta. (Meals: Breakfast and Lunch)
Day 15.: Nemrut.: Nemrut Tour II. Overnight in Cappadocia. (Meals: Breakfast and Lunch)
Day 16.: Cappadocia to Istanbul.: Fly to Istanbul. Overnight in Istanbul. (Meals: Breakfast and Lunch)
Day 17.: Istanbul.: Relaxing in Istanbul. Overnight in Istanbul. (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
Day 18.: Depart From Istanbul.: Check out from hotel. Transfer to Airport. (Meals: Breakfast)
Description
Day 01.: Arrival To Istanbul.: Transfer To Hotel. Check In. Overnight in Istanbul. (Meals : No Meals)
Upon arrival to Istanbul, you will be picked up from Airport and transferred to your hotel. Arrival to hotel. Check into your room and Relax.
Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 02.: Istanbul To Bursa.: Bursa Tour From Istanbul. Overnight in Istanbul. (Meals : Breakfast and Lunch)
08:30 After breakfast, pick up for Istanbul Heritage Tour.
Visiting: Car Ferry to Yalova, Bus sightseeing to Bursa, Uluday Mountain, Cable Car, Green Mosque.
21:30 Arrival to hotel will be the end of the tour.
Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 03.: Istanbul.: Bosphorus Tour. Overnight in Istanbul. (Meals: Breakfast)
10:30 - 45 After breakfast, pick up for Istanbul Bosphorus Tour.
Visiting: Bosphorus Bridge, Galata Tower, Dolmabahçe Palace and Rumeli Fortress (Rumeli Hisari) from Bosphorus, Küçüksu Palace, Spice Bazaar.
14:30 At the end of the tour, drop off at Spice Bazaar.
Overnight in Istanbul.
Optional Tour that you may choose : Bosphorus and Two Continents Tour
( 8:30 After breakfast, pick up for Istanbul Bosphorus Tour.
Visit: Byzantine City Walls, Golden Horn, Spice Bazaar, Bosphorus Boat Cruise, Beylerbeyi Palace, Camlica Hill
17:00 PM At the end of the tour, return to hotel.
Day 04.: Istanbul.: Byzantine and Ottoman Relics Tour. Overnight in Istanbul. (Meals : Breakfast and Lunch)
08:30 After breakfast, pick up for Istanbul Heritage Tour.
Visiting: the St. Sophia, Blue Mosque, Hippodrome, Topkapi Palace, Grand Bazaar. Byzantine Hippodrome, German Fountain, Egyptian Obelisks.
17:30 Arrival to hotel will be the end of the tour.
Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 05.: Istanbul to Canakkale.: Gallipoli Tour. Overnight in Canakkale. (Meals: Breakfast and Lunch)
06:00 - 07:00 After breakfast, pick up for the tour of the day.
Visiting: Brighton Beach, Beach Cemetery, ANZAC Cove, Ariburnu Cemetery, ANZAC Commemorative Site, Respect to Mehmetcik Statue, Lone Pine Australian Memorial, Johnston's Jolly, (Turkish and Allied trenches and tunnels), Turkish 57. Infantry Regiment Cemetery, The Nek, Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial.
17:00 At the end of the tour, drive to hotel in Canakkale.
Overnight in Canakkale.
Day 06.: Canakkale To Kusadasi Via: Troy Tour. Overnight in Kusadasi. (Meals: Breakfast)
08:00 - 08:30 After breakfast, pick up for the tour of the day.
Visiting: the Trojan Horse (Did it really exist ?) in centre in Canakkale, The Trojan Wars, Battle between Achilles an Hector, The 3200 years old city walls of Troy VI and VII, The East gate of VI (VIP entrance of Troy VI), The Temple of Athena, Walls of Troy II and Megaron House, Walls of Troy I (The oldest ruins of Troy), he trench of Schliemann, The ramp of Troy II, The Scaean Gate, The Gate of Troy VI (Where possibly the tricky wooden horse was taken), Sanctuary (Sacrificing Altars), Roman Bath, Odeon (Music theatre), South gate of Troy VI, Bouleuterion, Ruins of agora (Market place). At the end of the troy tour, drive to bus to Kusadasi.
Note:
11:00 At the end of the tour, continue to bus station to take day bus to Kusadasi.
11:30 Day bus to Kusadasi from Canakkale.
19:00 Arrival to Kusadasi, transfer to Hotel.
Overnight in Kusadasi.
Day 07.: Kusadasi.: Lycian Cities Tour. Overnight in Kusadasi. (Meals: Breakfast)
08:00 - 08:30 After breakfast, pick up for the tour of Lycian Cities Tour.
Visiting: Priene, Miletus, Didyma Ancient Cities.
18:00 At the end of the tour, return to Hotel.
Overnight in Kusadasi.
Day 08.: Kusadasi.: Ephesus Tour. Overnight in Kusadasi. (Meals: Breakfast and Lunch)
08:00 - 08:30 After breakfast, pick up for the tour of the day.
Visiting: Ephesus Ancient City, Artemis Temple, Isabey Mosque, Virgin Mary House (Virgin Mary Church), Sirince Village (Old Greek Village)
11:30 Depart from after lunch Troy Tour.
Overnight in Kusadasi.
Day 09.: Kusadasi To Antalya Via Pamukkale.: Pamukkale tour. Day Bus to Antalya.. (Meals: Breakfast and Lunch)
08:00 - 08:30 After breakfast, pick up for the tour of the day.
Visiting: Necropolis, Roman Baths, Domitian Gate, Latrina, Frontinus Street, Agora, Byzantium Gate, Triton Fountain, Cathedral, Apollon Temple, Plutonium, Theater, Cleopatra Antique Pool which are all located in Hierapolis, Calcium Terraces.
16:00 - 16:30 At the end of the tour, relax in Pamukkale.
17:00 Day bus from Pamukkale to Antalya.
21:00 Arrival to Antalya. Transfer to Hotel.
Overnight in Antalya.
Day 10.: Antalya.: Antalya Old City Tour. Overnight in Antalya. (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch)
08:00 - 08:30 After breakfast, pick up for the tour of the day.
Visiting: Aspendos Antique Theatre, Perge and Side Ancient Cities, Waterfall.
16:00 - 16:30 At the end of the tour, return to hotel.
Overnight in Antalya.
Day 11.: Antalya.: Relaxing in Antalya. Overnight Bus to Cappadocia. (Meals: Breakfast,)
Today in Antalya is a relaxing day, that you may spend at the beach side, by night, there will be night bus journey from Antalya to Cappadocia.
20:00 Overnight bus from Antalya to cappadocia.
Note: Flight option is available from Antalya to Cappadocia, if you want to use instead of night bus.
Day 12.: Arrival To Cappadocia.: North Cappadocia Tour. Overnihgt in Cappadocia. (Meals: Lunch)
07:30 - 08:00 Arrival to Cappadocia, Transfer to Hotel.
09:30 After breakfast, pick from hotel for North Cappadocia Tour.
Visiting: the Dervent Valley, Pasabag’s “fairy chimneys, Avanos, Goreme Open Air Museum, Uchisar Rock-Castle.
16:00 - 16:30 At the end of the tour, return to hotel.
Overnihgt in Capadocia.
Day 13.: Cappadocia.: South Cappadocia Tour. Overnihgt in Cappadocia. (Meals: Breakfast and Lunch)
09:30 After breakfast, pick from hotel for South Cappadocia Tour.
Visiting: the Red Valley, Cavusin Village, Great Pigeon House, Kaymakli Underground City, Ortahisar Catle.
16:00 - 16:30 At the end of the tour, return to hotel.
Overnight in Capadocia.
Day 14.: Cappadocia To Nemrut.: Nemrut Tour I. Overnight in Kahta. (Meals: Breakfast and Lunch)
08:30 - 09:00 Depart from Hotel for the tour of the Day.
Nemrut Tour Day I. Let's explore Eastern Turkey.
Visiting: the 13 th centyry Seljukian Caravansarai "Karatayhan". The next stop will be in Pinarbasi for a short tea break than drive to Tekir for Lunch. Take a picture of the beautiful scenery of the Tekir Valley. And then drive to Kahta. Tea break, transfer to hotel.
18:00 - 19:00 Arrival to Kahta.
Overnight on Mt.Nemrut.
Day 15.: Nemrut.: Nemrut Tour II. Overnight in Cappadocia. (Meals: Breakfast and Lunch)
04:00 Depart from Hotel for the tour of the Day.
Nemrut Tour Day II. Let's explore Nemrut Mountain.
Visiting: Very early morning departure up to the ruins. After get off the minibus twenty five minutes climbing on foot to the top where we can watch the beautiful sun rise between the colossal size statues and heads of the kings and Gods. After sun rise we have time to walk to west tearrace and taking pictures. Then drive back to the hotel for breakfast. Drive to Kahta, on the way visit the ruins of the Arsemia, Roman bridge of Cendere and Royal tomb of Karakuş.. After the sighseing finish we departure to Cappadocia.The tour returns to Cappadocia by
16:00 - 17:00 Arrival to Hotel in Cappadocia.
Overnight in Cappadocia..
Day 16.: Cappadocia to Istanbul.: Leisure in Cappadocia. Fly to Istanbul. Overnight in Istanbul. (Meals: Breakfast )
08:00 After breakfast, relaxing in Cappadocia.
Today according to the available flight, you will fly back to Istanbul.
16:00 - 17:00 Arrival to Hotel.
Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 17.: Istanbul.: Relaxing Morning in Istanbul. Overnight in Istanbul. (Meals: Breakfast, )
Today, Relaxing Morning in Istanbul, after long time visiting, walking and discovering in Turkey, before you go home, you may relax.
Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 18.: Depart From Istanbul.: Check out from hotel. Transfer to Airport. (Meals: Breakfast).
According to your international flight, you will be transferred to international airport in Istanbul.
Last week i had finished the Grand Turkey, I was alone and enjoyed everyday in Turkey, from beginning to end of package, everyday was full with experience of the culture, history of amazing country and the ancient world. The service was excellent, everything was on time, guides in each region were knowledgeable, friendly and helpful, hotels were with great location and staff of hotel was nice. Plan to visit Turkey and if there is enough time, you should join.