1st day: Istanbul
Arrive Istanbul. Transfer to the
hotel. Dinner and overnight.
2nd day: Istanbul
After breakfast city-tour Mondial Style. Hippodrome,
Constantin Column, Blue Mosque, St. Sophia and Topkapi Palace. Lunch in one
of the well-known 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.
3rd day: Istanbul / Ankara
Following an early brekfast depart for
Ankara by Mondial Coach. Arrival. Dinner and overnight.
4th day: Ankara / Cappadocia
After breakfast visit of the Memorial
of Ataturk and the Hittite Museum. After lunch in
Ankara depart for Cappadocia. Arrive at Urgup
in late afternoon. Dinner and overnight.
5th day: Urgup / Cappadocia
After breakfast full day visit of the Goreme
Valley, the Troglodytes Churches, which are from
the first centuries of Christianity and visit of Uchisar with
it's houses clustered around a rock pinnacle. Picnic lunch. Dinner and overnight.
6th day: Cappadocia / Konya
After an early breakfast visit of the ancient underground
city of Kaymakli and the village of Ortahisar.
Lunch on the way and continue for Konya. Arrival. Dinner and
overnight.
7th day: Cappadocia / Konya
After breakfast visit of the Mausoleum of
Mevlana (the Founder of the sect of the Whirling Dervishes), the Ince
Minare Medrese and the Karatay Medrese. Lunch on
the way. Then continue to Pamukkale. Arrival. Dinner and
overnight.
8th day: Pamukkale
/ Kusadasi
Following an early breakfast visit of the ruins of Hierapolis
and thermals called "Cotton Castle". Free time for
bath. After lunch continue to Kusadasi. Arrival. Dinner and
overnight.
9th day: Kusadasi
Breakfast. Then depart for half day excursion to Ephesus,
Basilica of St.John, the House of Virgin Mary. Lunch in Selcuk.
Afternoon at leisure. Dinner and overnight at Kusadasi.
10th day: Kusadasi /
Izmir
After breakfast depart to Izmir.
Arrival. Lunch in Izmir. After lunch visit of Archeological Museum
and Agora. Dinner and overnight.
11th day: Izmir /
Pergamum / Bursa
Following an early breakfast depart to Pergamum.
Visit of Asclepion (one of the medical centers of
antiquity) and Acropolis (hellenistic theatre).
Lunch in Pergamum After lunch continue to Bursa. Arrival. Dinner
and overnight.
12th day: Bursa /
Istanbul
Breakfast. Then visit of Yesil Mosque
and Mausoleum, Ulu Mosque and Covered
Bazaar of Bursa. Lunch at Bursa. After the lunch depart for
Istanbul via Izmit across the Bosphorus Suspension Bridge. On the way visit of Panorama
hill Camlica with a magnificent view. Arrival. Dinner and overnight.
13th day: Departure
from Istanbul
After breakfast transfer to the airport and assistance for
departure.
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