10 Days Turkey Package Tour

10 Days Turkey Package Tour

- Istanbul, Gallipoli, Troy, Pergamum, Pamukkale, Ephesus, Cappadocia

“10 Days Turkey Package Tour” starts from your arrival in Istanbul to visit historical attractions in addition to the magnificent natural landscape in Turkey.

Let's get in touch with Turkish history in Istanbul and Gallipoli. At Troy, Pergamum, and Ephesus, you are going to visit Turkish ancient cities to see valuable ruins. Furthermore, Pamukkale and Cappadocia will show you breathtaking beauties created by nature. All you need is just join our tour!! The professional guide takes you to all the hot spots there!!

This package includes Airport Transfer, Domestic transportation with Flight Tickets, 9 Nights Hotel with Breakfast, Sightseeing Tours with Group, a Professional Tour Guide, and Lunch during tours. All you need is in this package! Just book and enjoy a trip!!

If you would like to extend your stay, to add any optional tour, or to make a small change on this itinerary, please feel free to contact us. We are happy to help you anytime.

ITINERARY

Day 1: Arrival in Istanbul from Your Country
On your arrival at Istanbul Airport (IST) or Sabiha Gokcen Airport, our representative welcomes you with a sign M 55 at the exit gate after passport control inside of the international terminal. Then you are transferred to your hotel and enjoy the rest of the time in the city.

Day 2: Free Day in  Istanbul (*B)
After breakfast enjoys Istanbul's old city on your own, your hotel will be within walking distance from Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, and other tourist attractions. If you wish to have a guide for Istanbul's old city, you can reserve the Daily Istanbul old city tour or Private Istanbul City Tour as your option. Overnight stay in Istanbul.

Day 3: Gallipoli Tour(*L)
Your guide pick you up from your hotel at 06:30-07:00 am, and we depart for Gallipoli by driving. On our way, a small breakfast packet is served for you in the car. After driving for 5 hours you arrive at Gallipoli and start your visits to different memorials of Dardanelles; Brighton Beach, Beach Cemetery, ANZAC Cove, Ariburnu Cemetery, ANZAC Commemorative Site, Respect to Mehmetcik Statue, Lone Pine Australian Memorial, Johnstons Jolly (Turkish and Allied trenches and tunnels), and Turkish 57. Infantry Regiment Cemetery, The Nek, Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial. You are going to have your lunch at a traditional Turkish restaurant.
After the tour, you take a ferry to Canakkale and overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 4: Drive to Kusadasi by Private Car (B*)
We pick you up around 08:30 am from your hotel and drive to Kusadasi via Troy and Pergamon. If you would like to visit these ancient cities, the entrance fee is your own expense. Lunch is also not included. Upon your arrival to Kusadasi, we transfer you to the hotel.

Day 5: Pamukkale and Hierapolis Tour(*B *L)
After breakfast, you depart from your hotel around 08:00-08:30 am and join the Pamukkale tour. Pamukkale means “cotton castle” in Turkish and it is a natural site that contains hot springs and travertine, terraces of carbonate minerals created by the flowing water with its temperate climate throughout the year. The hot springs there have been used as a spa since the 2nd century BC, and people came to soothe their ailments. We also visit the ancient city Hierapolis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The large Necropolis is filled with sarcophagi, including the Sarcophagus of Marcus Aurelius. You have a chance to swim in Cleopatra Swimming Pool. For your lunch, we are going to a local restaurant. After the tour, you are going back to your hotel in Kusadasi.

Day 6 : Ephesus Tour(*B*L)
After breakfast, you are picked up from your hotel around 09:00-09:30 and joined for the full-day Ephesus tour. Your visit starts with Artemis Temple which is one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world, city ruins of Ephesus including the Hadrian Temple, Celcius Library, theater, and hammams, passing through the old harbor path. Then you will feel the holy atmosphere of Isabey Mosque. You have your lunch in a traditional Turkish restaurant. In the afternoon you visit the House of the Virgin Mary where she spent her last 5 years. This is recognized by the Vatican as a pilgrimage destination for Christians, visited by Pope Leo XII and Benedict XVI. After the tour, we take you to the hotel and overnight stay in Kusadasi.

Day 7: Flight to Cappadocia ( *B )
After breakfast enjoy your day in Kusadasi. According to your flight time, your driver send you to the airport to take a flight to Cappadocia (Kayseri or Nevsehir airport by direct flight or via Istanbul). On your arrival, you meet with our agent who holds a board with your names at the exit gate of the domestic terminal. Then we transfer you to your hotel in Cappadocia and overnight stay.

Day 8: Northern Cappadocia(*B *L)
Note: Hot Air Balloon Flight is available as an option for this morning.

Your guide picks you up from the hotel around 10:00-10:15 am to join your tour. Your tour starts with visiting Goreme Panorama, a beautiful scenic site with its splendid view over Goreme village, land of fairy chimneys. Next, you are fascinated by the Open Air Museum, the biggest monastery complex in the region. After your visit to Ortahisar, a typical village with its castle and cave food storage, you are going to one of the interesting places, Fairy Chimney Valley, Pasabag. You can observe the formations of fairy chimneys and also some different types, like three-headed fairy chimneys and the thinnest-neck fairy chimney. Passing through Imagination Valley, Devrent, you have the impression that animals are petrified in the rocks. Please enjoy your lunch at a restaurant with an open buffet variety. Then you walk along Red River flourishing Avanos town which is famous for pottery cave workshops dating thousand years back to Hittites, the first civilization of Cappadocia. You are going to have fun trying to make pottery after you see a small demonstration. On the way to your hotel, you get into Love Valley which offers a magnificent view.

Day 9: Southern Cappadocia Tour(*B *L)
Note: Hot Air Balloon Flight is available as an option for this morning.
Your guide takes you from your hotel around 10:00-10:15 am and you join the tour. Your visit starts with Uchisar castle, the biggest fairy chimney used as a fortress by many civilizations. Then be ready to hike about 4km in beautiful Red Valley passing through Rose Valley. You discover beautiful rock churches while hiking, and arrive at Cavusin village, one of the ancient settlements of the region with its cave houses. For lunch, you are going to a traditional Turkish restaurant. In the afternoon you will be amazed by Kaymakli Underground City. This is the widest underground city in the region served for many centuries as a refuge for the local people and saved early Christians from Roman persecution.  Then, you visit Pigeon Valley where lovely pigeons are still living in pigeon houses carved in rocks and has a wonderful view over Uchisar castle. At last, you are going to Three Beauties Valley with its beautiful view over Urgup town which is famous for local wine factories.

After the tour, your driver takes you to the airport to fly back to Istanbul. On your arrival, you meet with our agent holding a board with your name at the exit gate of the domestic terminal. Then we transfer you to your hotel.

Day 10: Departure from Istanbul to Your Country (B*)
According to your flight time, we take you to Istanbul Airport (IST) or Sabiha Gokcen Airport. Please check in for your flight by yourself. End of our service.

*B Breakfast
*L Lunch

Important notice

• If your domestic flight is fully booked on your travel date after you pay the deposit, we will get in contact with you within a few hours. You will be offered an available different itinerary with the same destinations and tour details within your travel period, or your deposit will be refunded accordingly.
• A hot air balloon tour is not included in the package. If you are interested in it, please ask cost and details.
• Dear guests who are traveling with us, we would like to inform you that we do not take any responsibility in case of loss and forgetting of any valuable belongings in buses, any kind of transfer vehicles, at airports or bus stations. Please keep your belongings with you.