Ankara – Cappadocia – Konya – Pamukkale – Kusadasi – Canakkale – Istanbul Tours in Turkey

DAY 1 – ANKARA – CAPPADOCIA Tour starts in the morning from the Hotel 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 Se1jukian 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 – KUSADASI 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 visits the Greco-Romen 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 5 – 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 visits the basilica of St. John, and return to Kusadasi. Free afternoon (B, L, D).

DAY 6 – KUŞADASI – ÇANAKKALE Early departure for Pergamum. After lunch visits to Asclepion and Acropolis. Continue for Troy. The legendary town in the Iliad of Homeros visits the Athena temple. Drive to Çanakkale, dinner and overnight (B, L, D)

DAY 7 – ÇANAKKALE – İSTANBUL 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: VAM601