THURSDAY : ISTANBUL
Upon your arrival you will be met and transferred to your selected hotel. Balance of the day at leisure.(B)
FRIDAY : ISTANBUL
Half day Bosphorus tour including Egyptian Bazaar and Bosphorus cruise.(B)
SATURDAY : ISTANBUL
Full day Istanbul old city tour with lunch, including St Sophia, Topkapi Palace, Blue Mosque, Hippodrome, Sultan tombs and Grand Bazaar.(B,L)
SUNDAY : ISTANBUL/ANKARA/CAPPADOCIA
Morning transfer to the airport for the flight to Ankara, arrival and transfer to the city to visit the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations and the Mausoleum of Kemal Atatürk. Lunch at noon. Continue to Cappadocia, dinner and overnight.(B,L,D)
MONDAY : CAPPADOCIA
Full day tour of Cappadocia, visiting the natural Citadel of Uchisar and the underground city of Kaymakli. After lunch, continue to the valley of Goreme open air museum. The last sites will be the Pasabag valley and Avanos. Return to the hotel, dinner and overnight.(B,L,D)
TUESDAY : CAPPADOCIA/KONYA/PAMUKKALE
Early departure for Konya. On the way, visit the 13th century Seljukian Caravanseria ‘Sultanhan’. Then on to Konya, which is famous for the Mevlana museum and the Theological School of Whirling Dervishes. Lunch en route & drive on to Pamukkale. Dinner and overnight.(B,L,D)
WEDNESDAY : PAMUKKALE/KUSADASI
Morning visit to the ancient city of Hierapolis, the ruins of the Necropolis graveyard, Roman baths, basilica and calcium cliffs. Drive on to Aphrodisias. After lunch, visit the Greco-Roman settlement, an ancient city dedicated to the Goddess of love, Aphrodite. Drive on to Kusadasi, dinner and overnight.(B,L,D)
THURSDAY : KUSADASI/ISTANBUL
Drive to Meryemana and visit the House of Virgin Mary. Continue to Ephesus, the Roman capital of Asia Minor. After lunch visit the basilica of St. John and then continue to Izmir airport for the flight to Istanbul. Arrival to Istanbul and transfer to the hotel.(B,L)
FRIDAY : ISTANBUL/AIRPORT
At the appropriate time you will be trans-ferred to the airport.(B)