Anatolian Trilogy

Arrival in Istanbul and transfer to your hotel

Overnight: Istanbul Meals: N/A

Stroll through Sogukcesme Street with typical wooden house which are now landmark buildings of ottoman architecture. Arrive to Topkapi Palace (HAREM section included), the largest and oldest of the remaining palaces where Ottoman Sultans used to live; admire the gardens, kitchens, the treasury section as well as  terraces overlooking the Bosphorus and the Golden Horn.  Photo stop at the Fountain of Sultan Ahmet the 3rd  and explore Saint Sophia, the masterpiece of Byzantine architecture dating back to the VIth century (from outside). Lunch. Visit the Blue Mosque covered by more than 20.000 Iznik tiles and continue with the Roman Hippodrome where the char races used to take place. Discover the handcrafts of Anatolia and shop in the labyrinth tunnels of the Grand Bazaar.

(** No transfer back to hotels**)

Overnight: Istanbul Meals: Breakfast – Lunch

Walk along the Golden Horn, the estuary that divides the European part of Istanbul. Free time in the Egyptian Bazaar, a lively market full of aromas and bustle, whose streets give off all the flavor of the East. Then boat trip along the Bosphorus, which connects the Black Sea with the Marmara Sea. During the crossing you will be able to admire the beautiful European and Asian shores of Istanbul with its palaces, fortresses, beautiful wooden residences.

(** No transfer back to hotels**)

In the afternoon, you will be transferred to the airport for a flight (included) to Cappadocia. Upon arrival, transfer to your hotel and overnight.

Overnight : Cappadocia Meals: Breakfast – Dinner

Optional Tour Before sunrise: Early in the morning there is an optional Hot Air Balloon tour. Cappadocia is the best place in whole world to enjoy the balloon ride experience. Return to the hotel at 08:30AM

­After the breakfast we will begin to discover this nature wonder.The day will begin with the visit of Göreme Open Air Museum(UNESCO).This place includes a lot of churches with unique frescos which were made during the christian period of Cappadocia.Here you will receive information about that period.

Later we will visit a local original cave House where the people are living. In the afternoon we will have photo-breaks to take some pictures at the views of Pigeon Valley,Ortahisar Castle,The Red Valley and the Fairy Chimneys. After the tour we will drive towards our hotel.

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Overnight : Cappadocia Meals: Breakfast – Dinner

Transfer to airport for your onward flight (included) to Izmir. Upon arrival, continue to Kusadasi and free time at leisure.

Overnight : Kusadasi Meals: Breakfast – Dinner

Explore the antique city of Ephesus by wandering along its 2,000 year old marble streets to such famous sites as the theatre and the Celsus Library. In the afternoon, visit the home of the Virgin Mary and a photo stop nearby the Temple of Artemis where only a column remains to indicate where one of the Seven Wonders of the World was.

Overnight : Kusadasi Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner

Continue to Pergamon, the city where parchment was invented and discover the Acropolis with hellenistic theater, Trajan Temple and remains of the library. Drive to Canakkale, dinner  and overnight.

Overnight : Kusadasi Meals: Breakfast –  Dinner

In the morning, depart for Troy and visit the Trojan Horse, Sacrificial Altars, 3700 years old city walls and houses, Senate Building, Odeon. Cross Dardanelles Strait by car ferry and continue to Gallipoli Peninsula. Visit Brighton Beach, Beach Cemetery, ANZAC Cove, Ariburnu Cemetery, ANZAC Commemorative Site, Respect to Mehmetcik Statue, Lone Pine Australian Memorial, Johnston’s Jolly, Turkish and Allied trenches and tunnels, 57. Regiment Turkish Memorial,The Nek,Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial, After lunch, drive to Istanbul. Transfer back to Istanbul , late arrival and overnight.

(**ATTENTION : This tour finishes in Istanbul very late in the evening, around 11:00pm/23:00 !!)

Overnight : Istanbul Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast, transfer to Istanbul Airport for your onward flight.

Possibility to add pre or post accommodation to this package.

Overnight : Not available Meals: Breakfast (if your flight schedule permits)

After breakfast, transfer to Istanbul Ataturk Airport for your onward flight or an extention night in Istanbul.