1^st Day

ISTANBUL :

 Upon arrival meeting with your tour director at Istanbul Airport 

Transfer to hotel and check-in hotel

Dinner and overnight in Istanbul

2^nd Day

ISTANBUL – BURSA – ISTANBUL :

After breakfast we will commence with sightseeing, covering the following

English speaking tour guide & Coach is included

• 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 Istanbul

3^rd Day

CAPPADOCIA:

Pick up from hotel and take the morning flight from Istanbul to Cappadocia.

Arrival Cappadocia and transfer to Cappadocia.

After arrived Cappadocia we will commence with sightseeing, covering the following 

English speaking tour guide & Coach is included

• 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

4^th Day

CAPPADOCIA – KONYA – PAMUKKALE:

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)

• 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

5^th 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.
• 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   

Dinner and overnight in Kusadasi

6^th Day

KUSADASI – ISTANBUL:

After breakfast we will go to airport and take a flight to Istanbul

Arrival Istanbul

• 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. 

Dinner and overnight in Istanbuş

7^th Day

BURSA – ISTANBUL:

After breakfast we will commence with sightseeing, covering the following

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 Istanbul

8^th Day

ISTANBUL – DEPARTURE:

After breakfast we will commence with sightseeing, covering the following

English speaking tour guide & Coach is included

• Grand Bazaar (Admission is not requied – indoor shopping stop – 120min suggested time), which has more than 4000 shops selling local products handicrafts.
• Pierre Loti Hill with cable car (Admission of cable car ticket is included – outdoor walking orientation – 45min suggested time), the famous hill entittled with the name of Pierre Loti, a famous French writer, is reached on getting to this ridge on which the perfect view of Golden Horn can be watched. The real name of Pierre Loti, who lived in Istanbul for long years and was a real Istanbul lover
• Istiklal Street & Taksim Square (Admission is not required – outdoor walking orientation – 120min suggested time), it is the beating heart of the city, the three million people that pass it every day, can make it rather challenging to traverse. It serves as a microcosm of Istanbul itself and although chains and fast-food joints are starting to edge out more old-fashioned shops, there’s still traces of old Istanbul here. 

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