Ankara – Cappadocia – Konya – Antalya – Ephesus – Canakkale – Istanbul Tours in Turkey

DAY 1 – ANKARA – CAPPADOCIA Tour starts in the morning from the Hote1 or from the airport. Visit the Hittite Museum and Mausoleum of Atatürk. After lunch drive to Cappadocia. Dinner & overnight (L, D ).

DAY 2 – CAPPADOCIA Breakfast at the hotel, morning visit to the underground city of Kaymakli & Citadel of Uçhisar. After lunch continues with the valley of ”Göreme” & open-air museum. The last sites will be Pasabag valley and Avanos. Return to hotel for dinner & overnight (B, L, D).

DAY 3 – CAPPADOCIA – KONYA – PAMUKKALE Early departure for Konya. On the way visit the 13th-century Seljukian caravanserai ”Sultanhan”. The next stop will be Konya, which is famous for the Mevlana Museum and the Theological School of Whirling Dervishes. Lunch en route, drive to Pamukkale (B, L, D).

DAY 4 – PAMUKKALE – ANTALYA Breakfast and visit the ancient city of Hierapolis. The ruins of the biggest Necropolis Graveyard of the ancient world, Roman Baths, Basilica and calcium cliffs. After lunch drive to Antalya through the panoramic Taurus mountains (B, L, D).

DAY 5 – ANTALYA Departure for a full-day tour of ancient cities Side, Perge and Aspendos. Lunch will be served during the visits. Dinner and overnight will be at the hotel in Antalya (B, L, D).

DAY 6 – ANTALYA – KUSADASI Early departure for Aphrodisias. After lunch visits the Greco-Roman settlement which is remarkably well preserved. The ancient city is Dedicated to the Goddess of Love, Aphrodite. Drive to Kusadasi, dinner and overnight (B, L, D).

DAY 7 – KUŞADASI After breakfast at the hotel drive to Meryemana and visit the house of the Virgin Mary. Continue to Ephesus the roman capital of Asia minor. Visit the ruins of the Odeon, Hercules Gate, the temple of Hadrian, the magnificent library, Agora and the fantastic Greco-roman theatre. After lunch visit, the basilica of St.John, and return to Kusadasi, free afternoon (B, L, D).

DAY 8 – KUSADASI – ÇANAKKALE Early departure for Pergamum. After lunch visits to Asclepion and Acropolis continue for Troy. The Legendary town in the Iliad of Homeros. Drive to Çanakkale, dinner and overnight (B, L, D).

DAY 9 – ÇANAKKALE – ISTANBUL After breakfast cross the strait by ferry and drive to Istanbul along the shores of the Marmara sea. (Gallipoli can be added to this program) (B, L).

Tour Code: VAM702