MAGICAL TURKEY

Tour Highlights

Visit To The Blue Mosque & Topkapi Palace
Diversity of Devrent Valley, Monks Valley, & Avanos,
Unique Goreme Open Air Museum
Experince Of Underground City in Cappadocia
Experince the Hot Air Ballooning
Vsit to Turkish Village Sirince

DAY WISE TOUR ITINERARY

ISTANBUL - ARRIVAL DAY
Welcome to Turkey Istanbul airport. Meet with Our Turkey staff, transfer from airport & check in to your hotel. Tonight we have an Indian dinner at an Indian restaurant. Overnight in Istanbul. There are two airports in Istanbul. Istanbul Atatuk Airport is 20 km away from city center and Sabiha Gokcen airport is 55 km away from city center. Transfer from Ataturk airport to your hotel is included, if you arrive to Sabiha Gokcen airport please contact us for transfer rates
ISTANBUL CITY TOUR
Breakfast at the Hotel. Proceed for the a day tour of old Istanbul city. Visit to ST. SOPHIA This ancient basilica, built by Constantine the Great in the 4th century and reconstructed by Justinian in the 6th century, is one of the architectural marvels of all time. TOPKAPI PALACE The great palace of the Ottoman sultans from the 15th to the 19th centuries housing an exquisite collection of cyrstal, silver, and Chinese porcelain, robes worn by the sultans and their families, the famous jewels of the Imperial Treasury, miniatures, the Holy Mantle; enshrining relics of the Prophet Mohammed. SULTANAHMET IMPERIAL MOSQUE Across from St. Sophia built in the 16th century by the architect Mehmet, is known as the BLUE MOSQUE because of its magnificent interior decoration of blue Iznik tiles. HIPPODROME Ancient Hippodrome, the scene of chariot races, with the three monuments; the Obelisk of Theodosius, the bronze Serpentine Column and the Column of Constantine. Lunch break at 13:00pm after the lunch Murtis Tour will then take you to the GRAND COVERED BAZAAR In this labyrinth of streets and passages are more then 4,000 shops with each trade having its own area: the goldsmiths street, the carpet sellers, Turkish arts and crafts, such as handpainted ceramic plates, hand-honed copperware, brassware and trays, water ewers, onyx-ware and meerschaum pipes. After the tour, transfer back to your hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.
ISTANBUL - CAPPADOCIA
Breakfast at the Hotel. Proceed for Bosphorus Cruise tour. Enjoy a magical Istanbul Bosphorus Boat Cruise and Spice Market Tour starting at 08:30. Enjoy the array of sites you can see from the boat including: SPICE BAZAAR (Egyptian Bazaar). BOSPHORUS BY BOAT a traditional excursion by boat along the waterway separating Europe and Asia.. Lunh break at the Turkish restaurant. After the lunch depart for Istanbul Ataturk Airport for domestic flight to Cappadocia. Transfer from airport & check in to your hotel in cappadocia,. Dinner and overnight in Cappadocia.
FULL DAY / SOUTH CAPPADOCIA TOUR
Breakfast at the Hotel. Proceed for a full day city tour. (Red Valley, Cavusin Village, Derinkuyu Underground City, Lunch at local restaurant, Avanos Valley) After the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel. Overnight in Cappadocia.
FLY FROM CAPPADOCIA-KUSADASI
Breakfast at the Hotel. Check out and Private transfer to the airport for the flight to Kusadasi. Upon Arrival transfer to the hotel in Kusadasi. Check in & Frehen up. Rest of the day is free at leisure. Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Kusadasi.
KUSADASI
Breakfast at the Hotel . Proceed for the day tour and visit Virgin Mary House. This place is discovered by Lazarist priests after a German nun described the house and the mountain as the last residence of Virgin Mary after she had some visions about the place. Today this place is a Muslim and Catholic, being cared by Lazarist Fathers. Lazarist Fathers still celebrating the mass every day. Then we will drive to Ephesus. Ephesus was one of the most important harbor cities in antique world and also it is mentioned in the book of Revelations as one of the seven churches. Also Celsus Library and theater in Ephesus are the other highlights. In Ephesus we will see, Celcus Library, Temple of Hadrian, the fountain of Trajan and the Theater. We will have lunch in a local Turkish restaurant. After lunch we will visit Isa Bey Mosque which is built in 1375 by Anatolian Seljuks. The last stop of the tour will be the Artemis Temple, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, standing today next to Ephesus antique city. After tour back to your Hotel. Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Kusadasi.
FLY FROM KUSADASI TO ISTANBUL
Breakfast at the airport. Check out and private transfer to the kusadasi airport for the flight to Istanbul to take the international flight.

Inclusions Exclusions

2 nights in Istanbul with daily breakfast
2 nights in Cappadocia with daily breafkast & dinner
2 nights in Kusadasi with daily breafkast & dinner
Return transfers in Istanbul (IST airport), Cappadocia and Kusadasi on Private basis
Full Day Istanbul Old City Tour with local lunch on SIC basis
Half Day Bosphorus Cruise on SIC basis
Full Day Cappadocia North Tour with local lunch on SIC basis (Full day South tour can be selected instead)
Full Day Ephesus & Virgin Mary Tour with local lunch on SIC basis (Full day Pamukkale & Hierapolis Tour can be selected instead)
Entrance fees
English Speaking Guide during tours