Grand Bout Turkey
Day 1: Istanbul
After allowance community and clearing our adumbrative will accommodated you at the airport and accompany you during the alteration to your hotel. You accept the antithesis of the day at leisure to achieve in and relax afterwards your flight. Brief in Istanbul.
Day 2: Istanbul Sightseeing Tour
After breakfast at your hotel, accompany us on a Splendors of Empires bout and curiosity at a brace of the a lot of amazing museums. Aboriginal appointment Aya Sofia or the Museum of St. Sophia, it is the individual a lot of acclaimed Byzantine structure. Afterwards we appointment the chiefly affected Sultan Ahmet Mosque, with its adorable six minarets. The architectonics is added familiarly accepted as the Dejected Mosque because its autogenous gleams with a arresting bank of dejected and white Iznik tiles. We will abide the sightseeing with Topkapi Palace, the bewilderment of abundant barrio that was the centermost of the Ottoman Empire amid the 15th and 19th centuries. The Topkapi was a city-palace with a citizenry of about 4,000 people. It housed all the Ottoman sultans from Sultan Mehmet II to Abdulmecit—nearly 400 years and 25 sultans. The day will accomplishment with the appointment to the Mosque of Suleymaniye the Magnificent. End of the bout you will be transferred to your auberge and the black will be at leisure. Brief in Istanbul. (B,L)
Day 3: Istanbul - Izmir - Kusadasi
Breakfast at your hotel, and in the afternoon, you will be transferred to Istanbul Ataturk Airport for the flight to Izmir. Upon accession to Izmir you will be met at the airport for your alteration to your auberge in Kusadasi. Blow of the day will be at leisure. Dinner and brief in Kusadasi. (B,L)
Day 4: Sirince - Kusadasi ( Ephesus Bout )
Breakfast and abandon for a abounding day bout to appointment the charcoal of Artemis Temple, one of the seven wonders of the age-old world. Again on to appointment Ephesus Age-old City, the best preserved Greco-Roman city-limits in the world. Actuality you will analyze the Agora, Odeon, Curetes Street, accessible toilets, Celsius Library, Roman baths, Grand Theatre, Marble Street. Afterwards a cafeteria breach abandon for the House of Virgin Mary and appointment the abbey area she is said to accept spent her endure days. End the day with alteration to your auberge and the black at leisure. Dinner and brief in Kusadasi. (B,L)
Day 5: Kusadasi ( Didyma - Miletos - Priene Bout )
After breakfast at the hotel, we will abandon from your auberge in the morning for Priene which in its time was one of the a lot of amazing of all the age-old Ionians cities. Again biking on to Miletus with its arresting theatre and the Byzantine breastwork on the acropolis above. Last, but not least, appointment Didyma. Actuality you will acquisition the better Ionic Temple in the world, that of Apollo. Also in Didyma lies the huge, absurd arch of Medusa which continued ago fell from the frieze. Cafeteria is included in the bout as able-bodied as alteration aback to your hotel. Dinner and brief in Kusadasi. (B,L)
Day 6: Kusadasi ( Pergamum Bout )
After breakfast at the hotel, we will abandon from your auberge in the morning and biking to the age-old website of Pergamum. Actuality you will be captivated to appointment the Asclepion and the worlds oldest bloom centre. As you accomplish your way to the Acropolis, the Red Basilica, originally a temple of Serapes, can be viewed. The a lot of amazing anatomy is absolutely the theatre, a arresting section of engineering congenital into the abrupt hillside. Cafeteria is included in the bout as able-bodied as alteration aback to you hotel. Dinner and brief in Kusadasi. (B,L)
Day 7: Kusadasi ( Pamukkale Bout ) - Antalya
After breakfast at the auberge you will be best up for a abounding day bout to appointment the age-old website of Hierapolis (Pamukkale). Actuality you will see a absolute Roman theatre, colonnaded streets, Hadrian's Aboideau and the Necropolis. Pamukkale or "Cotton Castle", is acclaimed for its white adhesive cascades acceleration over 300 anxiety aloft the ground, with hot, mineral-enriched amnion abounding down through the pools and bedrock formations. Nearby is the age-old Roman bloom spa of Hierapolis, acclaimed for its hot baths, theater, agora, and arresting necropolis. Opportunity to bathe in the accustomed hot springs ameliorative pools. Afterwards the tour, you will be transferred to Denizli Central Bus Station for your day drive to Antalya which will yield 4 hours with intercity midi bus. Upon accession to Antalya, you will be met for your alteration to your auberge in Antalya. Afternoon and black will be at leisure. Dinner and Brief in Antalya (B,L,D)
Day 8: Antalya
After the breakfast at the auberge the day will be at leisure. Dinner and Brief in Antalya (B,D)
Day 9: Antalya - Perge - Aspendos - Kursunlu
After the breakfast at the hotel, abandon from your auberge to appointment Perge. An important city-limits of age-old Pamphylian, Perge was originally acclimatized by the Hittites about 1500 BC. St. Paul preached some of his aboriginal sermons here. The amphitheater date has cautiously carved marble relief's; added carvings from about the city-limits are displayed in the stadium. Amateur archaeologists will wish to see the handsome city-limits aboideau belted by two aerial towers, a continued colonnaded alley already paved with mosaics and lined with shops, a ample agora, the accessible baths and a gymnasium. Afterwards lunch, advance to Aspendos one of the best preserved theatres in the apple with basement for 15,000. Still acclimated today, the amphitheater galleries, date decorations and acoustics all affirm to the architect’s success. Nearby angle the charcoal of a basilica, agora and one of the better aqueducts in Anatolia. It is frequently believed that Aspendos was founded by alien from Argos. We with again advance to Kursunlu Waterfalls for a auspicious break. Return to hotel. Black at leisure. Dinner and Brief in Antalya (B,L,D)
Day 10: Antalya - Cappadocia
After the breakfast at the hotel, the day will be at leisure by your own to absorb some time on the admirable beaches of Antalya. At the end of the day at 19:00 you will be met at your auberge for your alteration to Central Bus Station for your brief intercity bus to Cappadocia. Brief onboard bus. (B)
Day 11: Cappadocia
Arrival aboriginal morning and alteration to auberge for abbreviate blow afore starting the bout to appointment Devrent Valley, Monk's basin (Pasabagi) area you will acquisition the apple accepted bogie chimneys. Breach for cafeteria in Avanos and again abide on to the Goreme Open - Air Museum area you will appointment the abundant bedrock carved churches and monasteries. Abandon for a across-the-board appearance of Esentepe and again on to Uchisar, a accustomed bedrock castle. Dinner and Brief in Cappadocia. (L,D)
Day 12: Cappadocia
Another abounding day bout this time to appointment the acclaimed Derinkuyu Underground City. Afterwards a abbreviate backpack through the blooming Ihlara Basin forth the beck visiting some of the churches forth the way. Stop in Belisirma for cafeteria and again on to Selime for a across-the-board view. Stop at the Agzikarahan Caravanserai is included. Dinner and brief in Cappadocia. (B,L,D)
Day 13: Cappadocia - Istanbul
Early in the morning, airship flight (group advantage not clandestine base unless you would adopt it to be so, amuse advise) over the Cappadocia region. The airship flight lasts for about 45-minutes starting at 5AM in the morning. Afterwards the airship tour, you will be transferred to Kayseri Airport for the flight to Istanbul. On accession to Istanbul, you will be met for the alteration to your hotel. The blow of the day will be at leisure. Brief in Istanbul (B)
Day 14: Istanbul ( Bosphorus Bout )
First affair in the morning we will appointment Spice Bazaar with mystical smells of altered aromas of assorted spices. Shops affairs fruits, vegetables, fish, flowers, etc. We will abide to appointment the amazing Dolmabahce Palace, congenital in the mid-19th aeon by adjustment of Sultan Abdul Mecit I. The Sultan’s artist was accustomed the adjustment that this architectonics should "surpass the alcazar of any potentate anywhere in the world". The artist absolutely accomplished the order! The bluff of the alcazar stretches for added than 1,200 anxiety on the European shores of the Bosporus. Its all-inclusive accession salon, with 56 columns and a huge clear chandelier (weighing four and a bisected bags and lit by 750 lights) never fails to amaze visitors. Next you’ll lath a baiter for a cruise on the Bosphorus. Through the canal amid the two continents, Europe and Asia, with a achievability to yield photographs of marble palaces, age-old board villas of Ottoman architectonics besides avant-garde residentials and comfortable apartments. Afterwards the cafeteria we will drive via Bosphorus Bridge, different adventitious to footfall from one abstemious (Europe) to addition (Asia) in 2 minutes. We will accomplishment the day with a stop at Camlica Hill, advertisement a across-the-board appearance of Istanbul and Bosphorus from the best point of view. End of the bout you will be transferred to your auberge and the black will be at leisure. Brief in Istanbul (B,L)
Day 15: Istanbul
After the breakfast at your hotel, according to your flight details, you will be met for your alteration to Istanbul International Airport or you may extend your stay. (B)
