1st Day

ISTANBUL – BOLU:

Upon arrival meeting with your tour director at Istanbul Airport

After breakfast we will commence with sightseeing, covering the following

English speaking tour guide & Coach is included

• Istanbul City Walls (Admission is not required – passing by coach view only), it boasts several impressive castles a fortification. Massive walls of ancient Constantinople, built by the Emperor Theodosius II over 1500 years ago, are in many places still standing.
• Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmet Mosque) (Admission is not required – indoor walking oriantation – 30min suggested time), a 16th century’s religious center and the only mosque in Istanbul with 6 minarets.
• Hippodrome square (Admission is not required – outdoor walking oriantation – 20min suggested time), where horse carriage and gladiator fights took place during the Byzantian Empire. It is decorated today with an Egyptian Column, Serpentane Column.
• Hagia Sophia Mosque (Admission is not required – indoor walking orientation – 60min suggested time), a unique combination of Christianity and Islam religion in the same holding place.
• Topkapi Palace Museum (Admission is included – indoor&outdoor walking orientation – 90min suggested time) – a museum palace with a wide collection of Porcelains, Treasuries, religious collect peace. It is the first Great Imperial Palace of Ottoman Dynasty.

Dinner and overnight in Bolu

2nd Day

BOLU – ANKARA – CAPPADOCIA:

After breakfast we will commence with sightseeing, covering the following

English speaking tour guide & coach is included

• Ankara – capital of Turkey, it is second largest city of Turkey.
• Ataturk Mausoleum (Admission is not required – indoor&outdoor walking oriantation – 45min suggested time), final resting place of founder of modern Turkey.
• Salt Lake (Admission is not required – outdoor walking oriantation – 30min suggested time) , called Tatta in antiquity, is a closed-end lake surrunded by plateaus. He sources that feed the lake are insufficient, the river Melendiz and River Pecenekozu.

Dinner and overnight in Cappadocia

3rd Day

CAPPADOCIA:

After breakfast we will commence with sightseeing, covering the following

English speaking tour guide & Coach is included

Hot air ballooning over the charming landscape during sun rise time (Optional)

• Turkey’s handmade crafts through a turkish carpet weaving course (shopping stop – 60min suggested time)
• Pigeon Valley (Admission is not required – outdoor walking orientation – 20min suggested time), great photo spot where we will see the valley of Goreme with bird eye view
• Goreme Valley (Admission is not required – outdoor walking orientation – 30min suggested time) fascinating rock formations and fairy chimneys at Goreme, Cappadocia.
• Uchisar “castle” village (Admission is not required – outdoor walking orientation – 20min suggested time), a fantasy-land of strange and wonderful works of man and nature
• Esentepe Hill and Fairy Chimneys Valley (Admission is not required – outdoor walking orientation – 20min suggested time), moon landscape of Cappadocia, where you will be able to see fairy chimneys valley.
• Avanos Pottery Village (Admission is not required – indoor shopping stop – 60min suggested time), set on the banks of the Kizilirmak (Red River). Local people made their hand made potteries.
• Underground City (Admission is included – indoor walking oriantation – 45min suggested time), once a place of refuge for 15000 Christians. Witness the ancient bedrooms, church, meeting hall and food storage rooms in this eight-storey city connected by 30km of corridors and passageways.
• Turquoise & Onyx handmade store (Shopping stop), name given by Marco Polo which means color of Turks. We will see handmade onyx and turquoise arts.   

Dinner and overnight in Cappadocia

4th Day

CAPPADOCIA – KONYA – PAMUKKALE:

After breakfast we will commence with sightseeing, covering the following

English speaking tour guide & Coach is included

• Ancient Caravanserai (Tepesi Delikhan) (Admission is not required – indoor walking oriantation – 20min suggested time), it is an 700 years old ancient caravanserai.
• Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi (Admission is not required – indoor walking oriantation – 45min suggested time), which used to be the cloister for Mevlevi Dervishes. Mevlana was a philosopher and mystic of Islam, but not a Muslim of the orthodox type. His doctrine advocates unlimited tolerance, positive reasoning, goodness, charity and awareness through love.  

Dinner and overnight in Pamukkale

5th Day

PAMUKKALE – SELCUK – KUSADASI:

After breakfast we will commence with sightseeing, covering the following

English speaking tour guide & Coach is included

• Pamukkale (Cotton Castle) & Hierapolis Ancient City (Admission is included – outdoor walking orientation – 90min suggested time) , visit the extensive ruins of Hierapolis- known for its thermal baths and health centre. Thereafter, see “Cotton Castle” or Pamukkale’s magical and unique terraces & castles created by deposits of white limestone from thermal springs.
• Ephesus ancient city (Admission is included – outdoor walking oriantation – 120min suggested time), one of the world’s most outstanding archaeological sites. Walk in its well-preserved marble streets to the Library of Celsius, the Odeon, Grand Theatre, Temple of Hadrian, Roman Bath etc.
• Isa Bey Mosque (Admission is not required – indoor walking orientation – 40min suggested time), it is constructed in 1374-75, is one of the oldest and most impressive works of architectural art remaining from the Anatolian beyliks.              

Dinner and overnight in Kusadasi

6th Day

KUSADASI – BURSA:

After breakfast we will commence with sightseeing, covering the following

English speaking tour guide & Coach is included

• Leather outlet shopping center & fashion show (indoor shopping stop – 60min suggested time), we start our day with an upbeat fashion show showcasing high quality leather products made in Turkey
• Bursa Grand Mosque “Ulu Camii” (Admission is not required – indoor walking oriantation – 30min suggested time), it is a prominent landmark in Bursa’s downtown. With its two towering minarets and 20domes, the building is one of themost imperissive and important in Bursa. Grand Mosque is considered the fitfth most important mosque in Islam after those in Mecca, Medina, Jerussalem and Damascus.
• Silk Market “Koza Han” (Admission is not required – outdoor walking oriantation – 30min suggested time), Ottoman turks spun the local silk industry to international fame, and by the 16th and 17th centuries Bursa silk had become a highly desirable luxury throught Europe, North Africa and parts of Asia.
• Pay respect to Osman Gazi & Orhan Gazi (Admission is not required – outdoor walking oriantation – 30min suggested time), find the toms of Osman Gazi and Orhan Gazi (founders of the Ottoman Empire) in Tophane Park in Bursa. Built in an Ottoman baroque style by Sultan Abdulaziz in 1863 after the original tombs were destroyed by an earthquake in 1855, the lavishly decorated tombs pay homage to the first sultan of the Ottoman Empire, his son and their family.
• Turkish Delight & Apple Tea (indoor shopping stop – 45min suggested time), you will have a free time to enjoy Turkish made local products.  

Dinner and overnight in Bursa

7th Day

BURSA – ISTANBUL – DEPARTURE:

After breakfast we will commence with sightseeing, covering the following

English speaking tour guide & Coach is included

• Bosphorous Cruise Tour (Admission is included – private charter boat – 70min suggested time), here, you will be able to soak in the sights and sounds of Turkey’s Asia and Europe sector as you cruise through this water channel that is the very beat of life in Istanbul.
• Spice Bazaar (Admission is not requied – indoor shopping stop – 90min suggested time), no visit to Istanbul is complete without stopping by the atmospheric Spice Bazaar. It is built in 1664, as a part of Yeni Camii complex, it is known in Turkish as Mısır Çarşısı and sometimes translated to Egyptian Bazaar.
• Grand Bazaar (Admission is not requied – indoor shopping stop – 120min suggested time), which has more than 4000 shops selling local products handicrafts.  

Transfer to the airport for your flight back home, bringing back wonderful memories and superb souvenirs from your Turkish vacation