8 DAY TURKEY TOURS  BY FLIGHT AND BUS

 Departure : Daily Departure / All Year Around
 Duration : 8 Days and 7 Nights
 Start City : Istanbul

 Transportation : Flight + Buses
 Group Size : 15 – 16 people
 End City : Istanbul

 Highlights :Istanbul, Gallipoli, Troy, Pergamum, Ephesus, Pamukkale

 

Brief Tour Itinerary

Day 1 – Arrive in Istanbul. Transfer to  hotel and stay overnight.
Day 2 – Sultanahmet Old City Tour and stay overnight.
Day 3 – Gallipoli Tour and stay overnight.
Day 4 – Troy Ancient City Tour  & Pergamum Tour. Overnight in Kusadasi
Day 5 – Ephesus Tour and stay overnight
Day 6 – Pamukkale Tour and flight back to Istanbul.  Overnight in Istanbul
Day 7 – Free day in Istanbul. Optional Turkish Night Show with belly dance
Day 8 – Transfer to airport before your flight. Take a flight back to home.End of your tour and services with us.

 

Full Detailed Tour Itinerary

Day 1  - Arrive in Istanbul
Upon your arrival in Istanbul Ataturk Airport our representative will meet you and transfer you to our hotel. Overnight in Istanbul

Day 2 - Sultanahmet Walking (Old City) Tour
Breakfast and Lunch Included

After breakfast around 08:10 - 08:20 pick from your hotel for full day regular walking old city tour. For out of Sultanahmet hotel accommodation will pick up/dropp with our car.

Visit the Hagia Sophia Museum; a fifth century church, once the greatest in all the world. The next stop is at the Blue Mosque renowned for its striking blue Iznik tiled interior and unique with six minarets. Afterwards, visit the ancient Roman Hippodrome to see Serpent Column, Obelisk of Thutmose III, Walled Obelisk and The German Fountain ("The Kaiser Wilhelm Fountain"), an octagonal domed fountain in neo-Byzantine style. Following a lunch break in the old town, visit Topkapi Palace from which Ottoman Sultans ruled their grand empire for over four hundred years. Finally visit the Grand Bazaar (Kapali Carsi) The oldest and the largest covered market place in the world with more than 3000 shops with its rich collection of handmade carpets, jewellery, leather and souvenirs. Tour finishes around 17:00, transfer back to hotel. Overnight in Istanbul

Day 3 – Gallipoli Battlefields  Tour
Breakfast and Lunch Included

Pick up at 06:30/07:00  from your hotel/hostel in Istanbul and departure for Gallipoli which is 5 hours drive from Istanbul. Half of the way we will stop for breakfast. After breakfast continue to Gallipoli . Upon your arrival in Eceabat you will have a little bit rest then have a lunch.  After lunch we will start to visit; Kabatepe Museum, which contains relics from the campaign including original diary extracts and letters, Brighton Beach, the intended landing place. Beach Cemetery on the southern tip of Anzac Cove, the landing place of the first wave of Australian and New Zealand troops and home to up to 30.000 troops during the campaign, Lone Pine Australian Memorial, site of the successful attack and capture of Turkish trenches by the Australians during the August offensive, Johnston’s Jolly where you will visit the original Allied and Turkish trenches and tunnels, The Nek, Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial, captured by the New Zealanders during the August offensive. Overnight in Canakkale .

Day 4 – Troy Ancient City  and Pergamum Tour
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Included

After breakfast around 08:30 pick up from your hotel for full day Troy and Pergamum Tour to Visit the ancient city of Troy, famous for the legendary Trojan horse from the times of Beautiful Helen, Queen of Sparta, and Paris, the Trojan Prince. The ancient town of Pergamon, enter the Red Court, a precinct of successive religious worship - evident in the various transformations of a formerly pagan temple to a Byzantine basilica, eventually to a mosque. Drive up to the Asclepion on the hilltop, once a world-renowned medical center of physicians and scholars. Afterwards, visit the impressive remains of the Acropolis. After tour drive to Kusadasi and stay overnight.

Day 5 - Ephesus Tour with Mother Mary House
Breakfast, Lunch  and Dinner Included

After breakfast about 09:00 pick up from your hotel and depart for  full day Regular Ephesus Tour visit the Shrine of Virgin Mary where she is believed to spend her last days.Proceed to ancient city of Ephesus , the wealthiest city of the ancient world and the best preserved one in the today’s world. Ruins include a theater , Gymnasium , Agora , Odeon , Bouleterion , Fountains and the Library of Celsus. After lunch visit the Temple of Artemis considered as one of the Seven Wonders of the world. The tour finishes around 17:00 transfer to Hotel Kusadasi. Dinner and overnight in Kusadasi

Day 6 - Denizli to Istanbul
Pamukkale (Cotton Castle ) Tour

Breakfast and Lunch Included
Please check out from your  hotel and take your luggage with you to tour bus. After breakfast around 08:00 pick up from your hotel for full day Regular Pamukkale & Hierapolis Tour to visit Pamukkale and the ancient city of Hierapolis with the Temple of Apollo, the breathtaking Theater, the fascinating Necropolis and the last the great baths of Hierapolis antique city, where St. Philip was martyred. St. Philip is connected with the early church in Hierapolis and played an important role in Pamukkale the history of the city. Finally we visit the calcium terraces and pools. The sacred pool also is one of the highlights of the site(if you want to swim in the sacred pool it is extra; Admission for a swim costs 32TL per person). Tour finishes around 16:00/16:30 . After tour transfer to Denizli airport .

Take flight to Istanbul with Turkish Airlines. Upon your arrival in Istanbul our driver will meet you at the airport and take you to your hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.

Day 7 – Free Day in Istanbul
Breakfast Included
Free day for leisure and shopping in Istanbul. Overnight in Istanbul.

Optional :  Turkish Night Show with Dinner on Bosphorus

Day 8 – Transfer to Airport
Breakfast Included

Please check out from hotel before noon. Our driver will transfer you from your Hotel to Airport 3 hours prior to your flight. End of your tour and services.

Tour Including

•  Arrival and Departure transfer in Istanbul
•  Denizli – Istanbul domestic flight tickets with relevant airport transfers
•  Transportation by a comfortable AC non smoking Luxurious car/Van with professional driver
•  Professional and experienced licensed guide during the tours
•  4 night BB accommodation in Istanbul
•  1 Night BB accommodation in Canakkale
•  2 Nights HB accommodation in Kusadasi
•  Entry fees to the sites and museums
•  7 Breakfast at the hotel, 5 Lunch on tours and 2 Dinner in Kusadasi Hotel
•  Tips to restaurant
•  Parking fees
•  Local taxes and service charges

Tour Not Including

•  Drinks
•  Meals not mentioned on the itinerary
•  Tips to guide, driver and hotel personnel