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15 Days Turkey Group Tours
14 Nights / 15 Days Istanbul & Canakkale / Gallipoli & Kusadasi & Pamukkale & Antalya & Konya & Cappadocia Itinerary:
Day 01 – Arrive IST/SAW Airport than Transfer to Hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 02 – After breakfast, Full Day Ottoman Relics & Byzantium Tour with Lunch. Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 03 – After Breakfast, transfer to Canakkale. On the way, Full Day Gallipoli & Anzac Tour with Lunch. Overnight in Canakkale.
Day 04 – Breakfast at Hotel, Troy, Acropolis of Pergamon. Overnight and Dinner in Kusadasi.
Day 05 – After breakfast, Full Day Ephesus Tour with Lunch. Overnight and Dinner in Kusadasi.
Day 06 – After Breakfast, Full Day Aphrodisias & Pamukkale Tour with Lunch. Overnight in Pamukkale.
Day 07 – After breakfast, Hierapolis, Salda Lake. Transfer to hotel. Overnight in Fethiye.
Day 08 – Breakfast at Hotel, free Day For Shopping and Leisure. Overnight in Fethiye.
Day 09 – After breakfast, Kayakoy, Antalya. Afterwards we drive to the resort town of Antalya and Overnight in Antalya.
Day 10 – After breakfast, Perge, Aspendos. Overnight in Antalya.
Day 11 – After breakfast, Konya, Silk Road, Sille Tour. Transfer to Cappadocia. Overnight and Dinner in Cappadocia.
Day 12 – After breakfast, Full Day Cappadocia, Sultanhani Caravansary, Underground City. Overnight and Dinner in Cappadocia.
Day 13 – After Breakfast, Full Day Goreme open-air museum & Pigeon and Red Valley. Overnight and Dinner in Cappadocia
Day 14 – After Breakfast, Ankara – mausoleum of the famed Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Overnight in Ankara.
Day 15 – After Breakfast, transfer to airport to catch suitable flight to Istanbul. Arrive & catch home-bound flight.
Ankara – Atatürk’s Mausoleum Antalya – Archaeology Museum
Aphrodisias – UNESCO Heritage site Cappadocia – Avanos – Pottery Village
Cappadocia – Cooking Course Cappadocia – Pigeon Valley
Ephesus – UNESCO Heritage site Gallipoli – ANZAC Cove
Gallipoli – Chunuk Bair – New Zealand Memorial Gallipoli – Lone Pine – Australian Memorial
Göreme – Open Air Museum (Dark Church) Istanbul – Dolmabahce Palace
Istanbul – Old City – UNESCO Heritage site Istanbul – Topkapi Palace (Hagia Irene and Harem)
Konya – Mevlana Museum Konya – Sille Village
Pamukkale – Hierapolis Salda Lake
Sirince – Wine Tasting Sultanhani Caravansary
Meet at IST/SAW airport & transfer to your hotel. You will be given your room key and the rest of the day is yours to explore Istanbul. Overnight in Istanbul
After breakfast, you enjoy a fully guided tour of the only city to span two continents, visiting the Blue Mosque, St Sophia Museum, Topkapi Palace (including Hagia Irene and the Harem) and the Hippodrome.
Cruise between two continents on the stretch of water that separates Europe from Asia in the afternoon with a 1 hour Bosphorus cruise by public ferry where your guide will explain the historical sites along the way.
Today we visit the WW1 battlefields of Gallipoli including Lone Pine and Chunuk Bair Memorials, ANZAC Cove, The Nek, Johnston’s Jolly, original trenches and tunnels.
Step back in time today as we visit Troy where we will explore the ancient city, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the new, award winning, Troy Museum. We continue on to Bergama and up to the magnificent acropolis of Pergamon. Its impressive temples and library made it a renowned cultural and political centre in its time.
Absorb yourself in history today with a guided tour of Ephesus a once a bustling trade hub and religious center, Ephesus today whispers of ancient marvels, from site of the Temple of Artemis to the Library of Celsus’s grand facade and the grand amphitheatre.
Carpet weaving has long traditions in Turkey and at the carpet village we learn how the carpets are made by hand and what determines their value.
We continue on to the former Greek village of Sirince, famous for its fruit wines. Here we will visit a local vineyard and learn about local production techniques. You will taste 3 local wines from the region at the garden of the vineyard before returning to our hotel.
After a leather shop visit, we will head to Aphrodisias the ancient city dedicated to Aphrodite, the goddess of Beauty, Love and Fertility, also famous for its school of sculpture, we visit the stadium, which is the best preserved in Anatolia, the Temple of Aphrodite, the Tetrapylon, theatre and the Museum. Then, we continue to Pamukkale.
This morning we will explore the magnificent white calcium terraces, known as Travertines, in Pamukkale where we also tour the ancient city of Hierapolis. Take a dip, amongst ancient columns, in the hot springs that were used in Roman times for their therapeutic powers. Then we will head to Salda Lake, is known as Turkish Maldives. It is a mountain lake and located in the mountains before we travel down south to Fethiye.
Today, you are free to explore the town at your own pace and there is also optional tours and activities.
Optional tours and activities; 12 island boat trip and Saklikent Gorge tour
This morning we head to Kayakoy. The morning light provides excellent photos of this deserted Greek village. Afterwards we drive to the resort town of Antalya. We will visit the Antalya Museum with its wealthy collection from the ancient cities around the Antalya Province. Overnight in Antalya.
We will visit Perge a famous antique site, early in the morning. After Perge we drive to Aspendos which has the best preserved 2nd Century Amphitheatre in Turkey. We return back to Antalya city in the afternoon and the remainder of your day is free. Free day for shopping and explore the city.
We will visit the mausoleum of Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi with its accompanying Mevlana museum. We continue along the ancient Silk Road visiting the former Greek village Sille.
Today we head to Cappadocia, visiting Sultanhani Caravansary, an ancient Silk Road stop off for merchants and traders. Later we explore the many levels of an underground city.
After checking into our hotel we visit a traditional Turkish home for dinner. Here you can do a course and help cook if you wish.
Marvel at the lunar landscape of Cappadocia today as we visit the Goreme Valley Open Air Museum and the fairy chimneys. We then visit Pigeon and Red Valley, followed by Cavusin village and lastly Avanos town where we will learn about hand-made pottery.
Early morning departure to the nation’s capital, Ankara, where we visit Anitkabir, mausoleum of the famed Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, before returning to Istanbul.
After breakfast you will have free time until we depart to airport for our domestic flight to Istanbul and then switch to international terminal to catch home-bound flight. End of 15 days Turkey Group Tours . We hope your tour was a memorable one and we would like to see you in the future in one of our tours again. Have a nice trip back home and thanks for choosing us.
(B – Breakfast, L – Lunch, D – Dinner)
Inbound – Istanbul – from one of these points :-
– Istanbul Airport (IST)
– Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW)
Outbound – Istanbul – from one of these points :-
– Istanbul Airport (IST)
– Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW)
Professional English-speaking tour guide for the duration of the tour
Transportation in a fully air-conditioned, non-smoking vehicle
Tips except Driver and Guide
Istanbul – Bosphorus Cruise
Wine Tasting
Cooking Course
Entrance fees
14 nights accommodation
2 nights Boutique Istanbul Point Hotel Taksim
1 night 5 star Çanakkale Hilton Double Tree Canakkale
2 nights Boutique Kusadasi Ilayda Avantgarde Hotel
1 night 4 star Pamukkale Adem Pira Hotel
2 nights Boutique Fethiye Marina Boutique Hotel
2 nights Boutique Antalya RuinAdalia Hotel
1 night 4 star Konya Novotel Konya
2 nights Boutique Cave Cappadocia Gamirasu Hotel
1 night Boutique Istanbul Point Hotel Taksim
14 Breakfasts, 7 Dinners
Suggested optional activities
Tips – Driver and Guide
Compulsory Travel Insurance
| 1 traveler | 3215 Euro person / Single Room |
| 2 travelers | 2775 Euro per person / Double Room |
| 3 travelers | 2535 Euro per person / 1 Triple Room |
| 4 travelers | 2455 Euro per person / 2 Double Room |
| 5/10 travelers | Please Ask |
Guaranteed Departured Seat-In-Coach Tour
*This tour can be operated as private tour on request.