1st day:
Istanbul / Ankara
Arrive Istanbul. Transfer to the domestic
lines for flight to Ankara. Arrive Ankara. Transfer to the hotel.
Dinner and overnight.
2nd day:
Ankara
After breakfast visit of
the Ataturk Memorial, Hittite Museum, Temple of Augustus,
Haci Bayram Mosque. After lunch, afternoon free at leisure. Dinner
and overnight.
3rd day:
Ankara
Breakfast, then a full day
excursion to Hittite sites (Alacahoyuk, Bogazkoy, Yazilikaya).
Picnic lunch. Return to the hotel. Dinner and overnight.
4th day:
Ankara / Cappadocia
After breakfast depart for
Cappadocia. Lunch on the way. Arrival. Diner and overnight.
5th day:
Cappadocia
After breakfast full day
visit of Goreme Valley, the Troglodytes Churches, which
are from the first centuries of Christianity, Uchisar, Avcilar,
Zelve and Ortahisar villages. Lunch. Dinner and overnight.
6th day:
Cappadocia
Breakfast. The excursion to subterranean
cities Kaymakli and Derinkuyu. After lunch, free at leisure.
Dinner and overnight.
7th day:
Cappadocia / Konya
After breakfast depart for Konya.
Lunch en route. Arrival. Dinner and overnight.
8th day:
Konya / Alanya
After breakfast depart for Alanya
(the Mediterranean coast) across the Taurus Mountains. En
route visit of several of the ruined caravan-serai. Arrival. Dinner
and overnight.
9th day:
Alanya / Antalya
Following an early breakfast depart for Antalya.
En route visit of Side, Aspendos and Perge. Picnic
lunch. Arrival. Dinner and overnight.
10th day:
Antalya / Pamukkale
After breakfast visit the Archeological
Museum, Hadrian's Arch and Termessus. After lunch continue
to Pamukkale/Hierapolis. Arrival. Dinner and overnight.
11th day:
Pamukkale / Kusadasi
After breakfast visit the ancient sites of
Lycum, Laodicela, thermals called Cotton Castle,
picnic lunch. Then continue to Kusadasi. Arrival. Dinner and overnight.
12th day:
Kusadasi
After breakfast depart for full-day excursion
to Ephesus, Basilica of St. John, the House of Virgin
Mary. Lunch at Selcuk. Return to Kusadasi. Dinner and
overnight.
13th day:
Kusadasi
After breakfast depart for full-day excursion
to Didyma, Miletus and Pirene. Lunch at Didyma. Return
to Kusadasi. Dinner and overnight.
14th day:
Kusadasi / Izmir
Following an early drive to Izmir.
Arrival. After lunch visit of the Archeological Museum and Agora.
Dinner and overnight.
15th day:
Izmir / Ayvalik
After breakfast depart for Ayvalik
via Pergamum. Visit of Asclepion and Acropolis. Lunch
at Pergamum. Arrival. Dinner and overnight.
16th day:
Ayvalik / Troy / Canakkale / Tekirdag
After an early breakfast depart for Tekirdag
via Troy. Visit of Troy. Lunch at Canakkale.
Leave Canakkale by ferry-boat to Eceabat. Then continue to Tekirdag.
Arrival. Dinner and overnight.
17th day:
Tekirdag / Istanbul
After an early breakfast depart for Istanbul.
Arrival. Then city-tour Mondial style. Hippodrome, Constantin
Column, Blue Mosque, St. Sophia, Topkapi Palace.
Lunch in one of the selected restaurants along the coast of the Marmara
Sea. The day will be concluded by a visit to the Grand Bazaar and
to the other shopping centres. Dinner and overnight.
18th
day: Departure from Istanbul
Breakfast. Transfer to the airport and assistance
for departure.
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