11 Nights Istanbul - Cappadocia - Ephesus - Pamukkale - Bodrum Turkey Taste Tour

Arrival to Istanbul

Welcome to Turkey. Arrive in Istanbul Airport ( IST ) or to Sabiha Gokcen Airport ( SAW ) , Our representative will meet you at the airport with your name sign and private transfer to the hotel for overnight stay in Istanbul.

Overnight in Istanbul in a 4 star Boutique hotels located in Sultanahmet

Full Day Istanbul Tour (Breakfast)

Our tour starts with Hippodrome Square where used to take place for chariot races and the Byzantine riots during Roman and Byzantine period.

Only a short walk away, reaches Hagia Sophia built in 532 AD by Roman Emperor Justinian I.

Visit Blue Mosque, which has its fame from its beautiful blue Iznik tiles

We will continue walking to Topkapi Palace, was not only the residence of the Ottoman sultans, but also the administrative and educational center of the state. It was constructed between 1460 and 1478 by Sultan Mehmed II, the conqueror of Constantinople. We will visit the Topkapi Palace including weapons section.

We will visit Grand Bazaar where is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with more than 58 covered streets and over 1,200 shops which attract between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily. Opened in 1461, it is well known for its jewelry, pottery, spice, and carpet shops.

Drive back to our hotel

Overnight in Istanbul in a 4 star Boutique hotels located in Sultanahmet

Istanbul Tour with Bosphorus Cruise (Breakfast)

Our tour starts with the one of Istanbul's splendid historical buildings is the Basilica Cistern located in the southwest of Hagia Sophia. This large underground cistern built by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (527-565) was named as Yerebatan Palace ere among the people due to the marble columns rising from the water and countless seemingly like. It is also known as Basilica Cistern since there is a Basilica in the place where the cistern is located.

You will have time in Spice Bazaar. Than visit to the Spice Bazaar with its domed and vaulted shops selling spices and herbs, also known as Egyptian Bazaar.

Then to the pier for a Bosporus cruise on a public ferry. Starting the trip from the Golden Horn and sailing through the waterway separating the two continents, Asia and Europe- with a possibility to take pictures of the marble palaces, old wooden villas of Ottoman architecture besides modern residentials. We get on land in Sariyer district which has the old and modern taste together. Visit Ortakoy where mostly locals go. Ortakoy, once literally “the village in the middle” (orta) the European Bosphorus Shore, is now among Istanbul ‘ s coolest, chic-est, most artsy neighborhoods, with trendy boutiques, atmospheric cafes and bistrots, and crowds of young, sophisticated residents and visitors.

After the tour program drive to your hotel for overnight in Istanbul.

Overnight in Istanbul in a 4 star Boutique hotels located in Sultanahmet

Istanbul - Fly to Cappadocia & Tour (Breakfast)

Early morning Pick up from hotel and transfer to Istanbul airport for your flight to Kayseri.

Upon your arrival to Kayseri / Nevsehir airport, you will be welcomed and transfer to Cappadocia region.

First meeting with Cappadocia, visiting Three Sisters Fairy Chimneys in Urgup which are the most popular and seen on advertisements. That’s why people carved some pigeon houses to keep them in certain places. You will see that the houses for the pigeons are like the houses for the people.

Then we descend into the center of the earth in the Kaymakli Underground City one of the largest and the deepest of 200 others in Cappadocia.

End of the tour, drive to your hotel for overnight in Cappadocia.

Overnight in a selected Cave Hotel

Cappadocia Tour (Breakfast)

In the morning, first meeting with the lunar landscape of Cappadocia: rock formations beyond belief in Devrent valley; a journey in the past with its troglodyte houses, visit to Pasabag “fairy chimneys” where the voice of wind mixes with the “songs of fairies” near Zelve.

Lunch in Avanos, centre of terra cotta work of art since 3000 BC. and a demonstration in a traditional pottery workshop.

Afternoon, visit the famous Goreme Open Air Museum and see the best examples of Byzantine art in Cappadocia in rock-cut churches with frescoes and paintings (10th to 13th century).

Continue to Uchisar Rock-Castle to have a panoramic view of the valleys of Cappadocia. After the tour program transfer to your hotel. Stay overnight in Cappadocia.

Overnight in a selected Cave Hotel

Cappadocia - Fly to Izmir & Sirince Overnight (Breakfast)

After breakfast check out from the hotel and drive to Kayseri / Nevsehir airport for your flight to Izmir.

Upon your arrival to Izmir Airport, our representative will welcome you with your name sign and transfer you to Sirince Villiage for overnight.

Kusadasi Overnight - Upon your arrival to Kusadasi, check in to your hotel for evernight.

Kusadasi - Overnight in a boutique hotel in Kusadasi

Sirince – Ephesus (Breakfast)

Kusadasi - After breakfast, drive to Ephesus region around 20 minutes.

Continue to Ephesus, walk through history along marble streets lined with wonderful public buildings, among them The State Agora, Odeon, Memnius Monument, the Temple of Domitian, Polio Fountain, Curetes Street, The Trajan Fountain, The Baths of Scholastica, Hadrian Temple, Latrina, Celcus Library, the gate of Mihridates and Mazues, Commercial Agora and The Grand Theater are two of the most impressive buildings in Ephesus. Grand theatre was built in 3rd century B.C and it was later expanded to 24.000 spectators by the Romans in the 1st century A.D.

Then, we will visit the House of Virgin Mary. This house is located on the Aladag Mountains 5 miles from Ephesus. At the third Ecumenical Council of 431 in Ephesus, it was claimed that Mary came to Ephesus with St. John in 37 A.D. and lived there until her death in 48 A.D. After the discovery of the house, the Archbishop of Izmir declared it a place of pilgrimage in 1892. On July 26, 1967, Pope Paul VI visited this place and prayed here.

Kusadasi - End of the tour, drive back to your hotel for overnight in Kusadasi.

Kusadasi Overnight - Overnight in a boutique hotel in Kusadasi

Pamukkale drive - Kusadasi – Pamukkale ( Breakfast – Dinner )

Pamukkale - After breakfast, check out from your hotel and drive to Pamukkale around 3 hours.

Discovery of Travertine terraces and Hierapolis. The travertine terraces at Pamukkale are one of the most spectacular natural wonders we ever have seen from various mineral springs in a vast white cliff side, about 200 m overlooking the plain, calcite-laden waters have dripped down over a series of terraced levels and created a fairyland of bizarre solidified cascades and shell-shaped basins. It looks like creations from snow or like balls from cotton, which gave the scenery the Turkish name Pamukkale (cotton castle): Moreover the water in the basins is changing its color according to how the light enters.

After the tour, check in to your thermal hotel in Pamukkale. You can use the thermal pool until 22:00

Overnight in a 5 star Thermal hotel in Pamukkale.

Pamukkale - Bodrum ( Breakfast)

After breakfast check out from your hotel and drive to Bodrum around 3,5 hours.

Upon your arrival to Bodrum in the afternoon, you will check in to your hotel for overnight in Bodrum.

Overnight in a 4 star centrally located hotel in Bodrum.

Bodrum Tour ( Breakfast )

After breakfast your guide will pick you up from your hotel lobby for your Bodrum tour.

We will start visiting St. Peter’s Castle, including underwater archeology museum. Castle was built by the Knights of St John in 1402 to dominate the harbour and it is one of the last and finest examples of Crusader architecture in the east.

hen we will visit Halicarnassos Mausoleum which used to be one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient World. Next stop will be the ancient theater of Halicarnassos, dated back to the 4th century BC with 5.000 capacity.

End of your tour, drive back to your hotel for overnight in Bodrum.

Overnight in a 4 star centrally located hotel in Bodrum.

Bodrum – Istanbul by flight (Breakfast)

After breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel and transfer to Bodrum Airport for your flight back to Istanbul.

Upon your arrival to Istanbul, our representative will welcome you with your name sign. Then transfer you to your hotel in Istanbul, for overnight.

Overnight in Istanbul in a 4 star Boutique hotels located in Sultanahmet

Home (Breakfast)

Our driver will take you from your hotel upon your departure flight time, and transfer you to airport for your flight back home.

End of our services.