Day1-

Arrival in Istanbul

Arrival at Istanbul airport and transfer to the hotel. The rest of the day/evening is free for you to relax or start exploring the surroundings. Overnight in Istanbul.

Day 2 –

Bosphorus Tour
This morning enjoy a cruise on the Bosphorus during which you will have a view from the ship of several historical sights lining its shores. The guided tour also includes a visit to the famous Spice Bazaar & Rustempasha Mosque. transfer to the hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.

Day 3-

Guided tour of Sultanahmet
After breakfast, meet at the hotel lobby to start exploring some of the most amazing views the historic area has to offer. The guided tour includes the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, the Hippodrome and the Obelisk, the Grand Bazaar and the Topkapi Palace (excluding the optional additional entrance to the Harem hall). Free afternoon to stroll and enjoy dinner at a local restaurant. Overnight in Istanbul.

Day 4–

Free day
After breakfast, free day. Overnight in Istanbul.

Day5 –

Istanbul to Troy
06:40 am. Pick up at the hotel. Tour to Eceabat. 12:00 Arrival to Eceabat. Lunch before the tour of Troy. On the tour you will visit:

Houses of Troy I, 3000 BC – 2500 BC, known as one of the oldest megaron-type houses. Trojan Horse is a tale from the Trojan War about the pretext the Greeks used to enter the independent city of Troy and win the war. The Bouleuterion (Senate building) was a place for political meetings. The Odeon (Concert Hall), which was used to enjoy musical performances. It was a small theater with marble blocks. Sacrificial altar, next to the theater. 3700-year-old city walls, in Troy I, the walls were built in a herringbone pattern, which is peculiar to this period. Remains of the various cities from Troy I to Troy IX, a total of 9 periods of settlement that were established 5 thousand years ago. End of the tour. Transfer to the hotel We will spend the night in Canakkale.

Day6 –

Bus to Kusadasi
After breakfast, bus to Kusadasi (takes 5 hours). Check in at the hotel. We will spend the night in Kusadasi.

Day 7 –
After breakfast, pick up at the hotel for the full day tour in Ephesus.
The ancient city of Ephesus is a prominent example of a Roman port city, with a sea channel and a port basin. It was the Hellenic capital of Greece and was the capital of the province of Asia of the Roman Empire. Ephesus was a very important city economically, geographically, politically and culturally. Many classical philosophers read today, such as Heraclitus, lived in the scientific, cultural and artistic field of the city of Ephesus.
After entering the Magnesia Gate we start a slow descent down the hill with our guide. The route takes us to The Odeon (concert venue), the baths of Varius (used as a gymnasium), Prytaneion (administrative offices where religious ceremonies, official receptions and banquets were also held), Agora (Ephesus commercial market), the temple of Hadrian (dedicated to Emperor Hadrian, Artemis and the people of Ephesus), the Trajan’s fountain (built in honor of Emperor Trajan) and the Grand Theater. The theater had seating for 24,000 people and was the site where St. Paul is believed to have preached to the Ephesians and is used today for a local spring festival.
Library of Celsus, is the most distinctive building and one of the most photographed structures that is commonly associated with Ephesus. It was erected by Tiberius Julius Eagle Polemeanus (son of Tiberius Julius Celsopolemeanus). It is estimated that the construction was completed in 117 A.D. It is made in a very good marble with figures of Eros, Nike and garlands in relief.
House of the Virgin Mary. It is near the top of Bülbül Mountain, one of the hills overlooking Selçuk. After the death of Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary went to Ephesus with John, where she lived until her death, at the age of 101. This church is an important pilgrimage center for Christians and is declared sacred. There is also a spring that is believed to be healing. Popes Paul VI and John Paul II visited this house.
The Temple of Artemis: at one time it was the largest in the world, eclipsing even the Parthenon in Athens, and thus gaining a place in the list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Only one of its original 127 columns remains to this day, often surmounted by a stork’s nest; a poignant testament to nature’s transition and human achievement. It is still a charming and quiet place where the huge pillar gives an idea of the vast size of the temple.
End of the tour, transfer to the hotel. Overnight in Kusadasi.

Day 8: After breakfast, free day. Overnight in Kusadasi.

Day 9 – Pamukkale Tour
We will pick you up from your hotel in Kusadasi at 07:30-08:00am to start the full day tour in Pamukkale. During the tour, we will visit the Cotton Castle of Pamukkale, the ancient city of Hierapolis, the Northern and Southern necropolises, the Roman baths, the basilica, the theater, the temple of Apollo, the Roman baths, the tomb of St. Philip the Apostle and other parts of the ancient city. You will also have the opportunity to swim in the historic Roman pool of Hierapolis. In addition to visiting these historical treasures, you will have the opportunity to walk barefoot on the typical Pamukkale travertine terraces. After the tour, transfer to bus and bus to Antalya. Overnight in Antalya.

Day 10 – Free day
After breakfast, free day. Overnight in Antalya.

Day 11 – Flight to Cappadocia

Transfer to the airport. Flight to Cappadocia. After arrival, transfer to the hotel. Overnight in Cappadocia.

Day 12 – North Cappadocia
Pick up from the hotel for hot air balloon flight over the volcanic area. End of the flight back to the hotel. After breakfast, we pick you up at your hotel for a full day tour ;
First of all, we will visit the Goreme Open-Air Museum, which is recognized by UNESCO as a medieval monastic complex of cave churches and dwellings excavated in the tufa rock by Orthodox monks, in the fourth century. Now we continue to the Ortahisar Panorama which offers a wonderful view with its natural castle in the center, stone houses and beautiful mosques.
From here, a short drive will take us to the Pasabagi (valley of the monks), where we will see the conical columns as fairy chimneys that were also used for the dwellings and the Orthodox churches of the hermits.
After lunch at a local restaurant in the town of Avanos, on the banks of the Kizilirmak (red river), we will see some of the most famous Turkish handicrafts. Before returning to the hotel, we will have a stop in the Devrent Valley, famous with its strange formations.
Tres Bellas Valley, has a beautiful view over the city Urgup,
famous with wine, and vineyards with apricot gardens where you can always take memorable photos. At the end the visitors will be transferred to their hotel after visiting Goreme Panaroma, a panoramic stop south Goreme.
End of the tour. transfer to the hotel. Overnight in Cappadocia

Day 13: South Cappadocia

After breakfast we pick you up at your hotel for a full day tour of southern Cappadocia.

First of all, we will walk 4 km through the Valley of Red and Pink. During this beautiful journey we will observe the fauna and flora of Cappadocia, rich in minarets and full of vineyards.

After lunch at a local restaurant, near the Valley of the Pigeons, the trip will continue to see the amazing the underground city. It is one of the best preserved and deep underground cities in the region, carved out already in the second millennium BC. The city extends in eight levels on the earth and is carved on the soft volcanic stone.

Before lunch we will enter the Valle de Amor, originally called Valle Blanco, which offers a beautiful view with its graceful shaped chimneys.

Finally, the excursion will end in an ancient Christian village of Cavusin that offers spectacular views, as it has been eroded to a great extent and partially collapsed.

After this visit, we will go to the village of Uchisar, where a natural stone castle offers a great photograph of all its angles, one of the landmarks of the region that offers a great photograph of all its angles.

End of the tour. transfer to the hotel. Overnight in Cappadocia

Day 14 – Cappadocia to Istanbul

Transportation to the airport. Flight to Istanbul. After arrival transfer to the hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.

Day 15 – Free day
After breakfast, free day. Overnight in Istanbul.

Day 16 – Free day
After breakfast, free day. Overnight in Istanbul.

Day 17 – Transfer to the airport
Transfer to the airport

The price of this tour is from 1499 euros per person in double room occupancy.

Price includes ;
– Transfer from the airport to the hotel
– 7 nights special class boutique hotel in double room with breakfast in Istanbul
– Private guide for the Old City walking tour (lunch and museum entrance extra)
– Transfer from the hotel to Troy
– Small group Troy tour with lunch (audio guide in Spanish)
– 1 night in special class boutique hotel double room with breakfast in Canakkale
– Transfer from Canakkale to Kusadasi by bus
– 2 nights special class boutique hotel in double room with breakfast in Kusadasi
– Ephesus small group tour with lunch
– Pamukkale small group tour with lunch
– Bus from Pamukkale to Antalya
– 2 nights special class boutique hotel in double room with breakfast in Antalya
– Transfer to Antalya Airport
– Flight to Cappadocia
– Transfer from Cappadocia airport to the hotel.

– 3 nights special class boutique hotel in double room with breakfast in Cappadocia
– Cappadocia small group tour with lunch
– Hot air balloon flight
– Transfer to Cappadocia Airport
– Flight to Istanbul
– Transfer from the airport to the hotel
– Regular half-day group tour of the Bosphorus Cruise
– Transfer to the airport