Discover Turkey in 9 days
Departure: 20.09.2024
- 9 days - 8 nights
- Groups of 8 -12 people
Price per person from:
1995€
Your Detailed Itinerary
Day 1
Cappadocia
- Check-in at the airport at the indicated time to fly to Cappadocia via Istanbul. Arrival, assistance and transfer to the hotel. Cold dinner and overnight.
Day 2
Cappadocia
- Breakfast.
- We will begin today with the visit to the underground city of Ozkonak, which has grain deposits and ventilation wells and was used as a refuge by the Christians of the time.
- Then we will walk along the hill of Üçhisar, one of the most fascinating places in Cappadocia. Visit of the Valley of the Doves and the Valley of Avcilar, where you can see the so-called chimneys of the fairies, conical formations of solidified ash crowned by a basalt rock.
- After lunch we will continue our tour to the valley of Göreme, open-air museum. In the valley of Paşabağı we find the most curious volcanic rock formations, rock chapels excavated inside these rocks (fairy chimneys) and can still be visited. We end in Avanos arising on the banks of kızılırmak (red river).
- Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 3
Cappadocia - Konya - Pamukkale
- Breakfast.
- Departure to Pamukkale, visiting en route a Kervansaray.
- We continue until we reach Konya, capital of the Seljuk empire, where we will visit the mausoleum of Mevlana, founder of the Islamic sect of the dancing dervishes.
- Lunch.
- In the afternoon, continue to Pamukkale (if weather and conditions allow, you can enjoy a wonderful sunset).
- Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 4
Pamukkale - Ephesus - Smyrna
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Visit of Pamukkale, called "cotton castle", where the Roman city of hierapolis coexist and the fantastic petrified calcareous waterfalls that served as a thermal bath to the ancient Romans. Visit of hierapolis, with its theater and necropolis.
- Lunch.
- Departure to Ephesus, visit of one of the most prestigious cities of antiquity. The theatre adjoining Mount Pion in Roman times is one of the most spectacular buildings in the city.
- After the visit we will continue until Smyrna.
- Arrival at the hotel. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 5
Pergamon - Canakkale
- Breakfast, departure to Pérgano.
- Full-day visit to Pergamon, the main center along with Alexandria of the Hellenic civilization in the east and capital of the Roman province of Asia.
- Lunch and continuation towards Canakkale. Canakkale which means fortress of the vessels, has a large production of ceramics.
- Arrival at the hotel. Dinner and accommodation.
Day 6
Canakkale - Transfer by ferry through the Dardanelles Strait - Istanbul
- Breakfast, visit of Troy, first you see the ancient bastions and a part of the walls of Troy. and a part of the walls of Troy. Inside you can see the house, the most interesting is in the southwest corner, the remains of the kitchen.
- We will follow the trail to the top of the Acropolis from where you can enjoy a spectacular view over the plain of the escamandro, scene of the Homeric battles, the Dardanelles and the peninsula of Gallipoli.
- After crossing the Acropolis, we reach the remains of the temple of Athena rebuilt by the Romans. Departure by bus to Istanbul we can enjoy the landscape, fertile valleys.
- Arriving at the Dardanelles Strait. We cross the Dardanelles Strait by ferry (40 min.) Lunch en route.
- Arrival at the hotel. Dinner and accommodation.
Day 7
Istanbul (Sultanahmet Mosque - The Hippodrome - Topkapi Palace - Church of Saint Irene - The Grand Bazaar)
- Breakfast.
- In the morning we will begin our visit in front of Hagia Sophia which rises the supreme elegance of the imperial mosque of Sultanahmet, the only one with 6 minarets, and better known as the blue mosque.
- We continue with the visit of the Topkapi Palace, the Hippodrome and the church of Saint Irene, is one of the first churches built in Istanbul, since, it is believed that it was ordered to build by the emperor Constantine in the fourth century on the ruins of an ancient temple paleochristian.
- Lunch.
- In the afternoon, visit the Grand Bazaar or Kapalıçarşı, in the ancient city. After the visit return to the hotel.
- Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 8
Istanbul (Rustem Pasha Mosque - Egyptian Bazaar) - Bosphorus Cruise
- Breakfast.
- In the morning visit the mosque of Rustem Pasha one of the most beautiful mosques in Istanbul.
- We will continue the visit in the Egyptian Bazaar or Mısır Çarşısı or spice bazaar that will transport us to the fantasies of the mystical East. At the agreed time, transfer for a Bosphorus Cruise.
- A stay in Istanbul is not complete without the traditional and unforgettable boat tour of the Bosphorus, the tortuous strait that separates Europe from Asia. During the tour you pass in front of the magnificent palace Dolmabahce.
- Lunch at the restaurant.
- Free afternoon and dinner and hotel accommodation
Day 9
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- At the indicated time, transfer to the airport to catch the flight back to our place of origin.
Price includes:
- Flight from Madrid or Barcelona to Cappadocia and return to Istanbul.
- Airport fees and checked bag.
- Escort guide from origin.
- 8 nights in hotels indicated on half board.
- 7 lunches in restaurants.
- Private coach for the group.
- Spanish speaking guide throughout the trip.
- Inclusion insurance.
- SIM card for mobile phone per room.
Visit and tickets included:
- Underground city of Zkonak
- Göreme Valley & Open Air Museum
- Konya
- Pamukkale
- Meryemana
- Efeso
- Pergamon
- Canakkale
- Troya
- Ferry in the Dardanelles Strait
- Istanbul: Topkapi Palace, the Hippodrome and the Church of St. Irene. Rustem Pasha Mosque, Egyptian Bazaar and Bosphorus Cruise
Not included:
- Any item not specified in the price includes.
- Compulsory tuition fees to be paid in 40€ per person.
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