Itinerary

1. Day 1: Istanbul - Arrival Day

   • Meet at the airport and transfer to the hotel. You will be given your room key; the rest of the day is yours to explore Istanbul. 

   Overnight in Istanbul.

2. Day 2: Istanbul City Tour

   • Eat breakfast and pick-ups from the hotel between 08:00 am and 09:30 am. The final time one day before will be given to you by your tour consultant. Today you will depart for the Istanbul City Tour.

   • Visit the"Topkapi Palace", the grand palace of the Ottoman sultans from the 15th to the 19th centuries. The palace houses an exquisite crystal, silver, and Chinese porcelain collection. The sultans and their families wear robes, the famous jewels of the Imperial Treasury, miniatures, and the Holy Mantle, enshrining relics of the Prophet Mohammed.

   • Next on the list is the "Sultanahmet Imperial Mosque". Across from St. Sophia, built in the 16th century by the architect Mehmet, it is known as the "Blue Mosque" because of its magnificent interior decoration of blue Iznik tiles.

   • Go outside the Blue Mosque and will find the "Hippodrome". The Ancient Hippodrome was the scene of chariot races and entertainment. The Hippodrome comprises three monuments: the Obelisk of Theodosius, the bronze Serpentine Column and the Column of Constantine.

   • Take a short enjoyable lunch break, and head to the Grand Spice Bazaar for shopping.

   • Come back to the hotel after the shopping tour. 

   Overnight in Istanbul.

   Breakfast and lunch are included.

3. Day 3: Gallipoli Tour

   • Depart for Gallipoli to visit the battlefields at 06:00 or 06:30 am.

   • Travel for two hours and have 20 minutes to relax in a restaurant.

   • Arrive in Gallipoli around midnight, have a lunch break, and relax.

   • Depart for the battlefields.

   • Visit Gabatepe Museum.

   • Start visiting the fields with Ariburnu Cemetery and Anzac Cove because these are the places where the war started.

   • Check out the Beach Cemetery, Shrapnel Valley and Plugges Plateau.

   • Drive to the hotel after the tour. 

   Overnight in Canakkale.

   Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included.

4. Day 4: Troy Tour - Pergamon – Kusadasi

   • Depart at 08:30 and drive for 30 minutes to Troy.

   • Visit Troy's famous archaeological and mythological site, home of the Trojan Horse and Helen of Troy.

   • Finish the Troy tour and go for a 3-hour drive to Pergamon.

   • Take a lunch break around 13:00 pm, and after lunch, depart for a tour of the magnificent acropolis of Pergamon. Its impressive temples and library made it a renowned cultural and political centre at those times. Pergamon is a famous city for its jewellery, stones and silver. So on the way, one can visit a jewellery center for 30 minutes.

   • Arrive in Kusadasi around 18:00 pm. 

   Overnight in Kusadasi.

   Packed breakfast, lunch and dinner included.

5. Day 5: Kusadasi - Ephesus Tour - Turkish Village Sirince

   • Eat breakfast and pick-ups from the hotel between 08:00 am and 09:30 am. The final time one day before will be given to you by your tour consultant.

   • Depart from the hotel fully guided tour of Ephesus, one of the best-preserved ancient sites in the world en-route, visiting the Temple of Artemis, Curetes Street, famous Roman baths, Celsus Library and Grand Theatre.

   • Take a lunch break around 13:00 pm.

   • Visit a place that continues performing one of Turkey's oldest arts: a carpet weaving centre.

   • Do a Turkish Village Tour. Sirince's construction style today belongs to Anatolian Greeks. The houses on the slope are all original with their white paint. Sirince Village also has a fantastic reputation for making some of the best wines in Turkey - especially fruit wines.

   • Visit the vineyards; it is time to learn how to make fruit wine with Turkish winemakers. You will be tested on your knowledge of making fruit wine in the evening.

   • Visit one of the famous leather production centres of the region, where one can have the opportunity to get a good factory rate on the way. On this guided tour, you will avoid the constant nagging and sometimes bullying well-known in the markets in Turkey—enabling you to enjoy the shopping experience whilst gaining knowledge of the ancient craftsmen.

   Overnight in Kusadasi.

   Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included.

6. Day 6: Kusadasi - Pamukkale Tour

   • Eat breakfast and pick-ups from the hotel between 08:00 am and 09:30 am. The final time one day before will be given to you by your tour consultant.

   • Depart for Pamukkale.

   • Check at the hotel around 12.00, and we have a lunch break until 13.30.

   • Visit the calcium terraces of Pamukkale (cotton castle) and the ruins of Hierapolis, then walk around this natural phenomenon and have the option of lying in the waters of the natural springs. 

   Overnight in Pamukkale

   Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included.

7. Day 7: Pamukkale- Denizli to Istanbul - End of Tour

   • Depart for Denizli airport for our domestic flight to Istanbul and then back home.

   Breakfast included.