Itinerary

1. Day 1: Istanbul - Arrival Day

   • Meet your tour guide at the airport and 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.

2. Day 2: Istanbul City Tour

   • After breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel between 08:00 am and 09:30 am. You will be told about the confirmed pick time by your tour consultant. Today you will depart for the Istanbul City Tour.
   • See 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.
   • We will find the "Hippodrome" outside the Blue Mosque. 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 to shop.
   • Return to the hotel after the shopping tour.

   Overnight in Istanbul.

   Breakfast and lunch are included

3. Day 3: Istanbul Bosphorus Cruise and Istanbul to Antalya

   • Savour breakfast and pick-ups from the hotel between 08:00 am and 09:30 am. The final timing one day before will be given to you by your tour consultant.
   • Enjoy the sites you can see from the boat, including Grand Spice Bazaar.
   • Travel on the Bosphorus by boat, the traditional excursion by boat along the waterway separating Europe and Asia.
   • Take a lunch break at the Turkish restaurant.
   • Depart after lunch for Istanbul Airport for a domestic flight t to Antalya.
   • Transfer from the airport and check in to your hotel in Antalya.

   Dinner and overnight in Antalya.

   Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included

4. Day 4: Antalya Old City Tour and Waterfalls

   • Savour 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.
   • Drive after breakfast to Antalya Old City (Kaleiç) Marina, Clock Tower, Hadrian's Gate, Broken Minaret, and Hıdırlık Tower. 
   • Kaleici is a small historic part of Antalya's modern city known as the Old City of Antalya. In the past, it was once the sprawling modern Roman town, then the Byzantine Empire, then Seljuks, and finally the Ottoman Turkish town. The Hadrian's Gate (or Hadrianus Gate or The Three Gates) is a triumphal arch built in the name of the Roman emperor Hadrian. Antalya's broken wonder is the Broken Minaret of the Korkut Mosque, which was built originally as a Roman temple in the 2nd century AD, and thus did not have a minaret. Hıdırlık Tower is a landmark tower of tawny stone in Antalya, Turkey, where Kaleiçi meets Karaalioglu Park. It is believed to be built in the Hellenistic era on a square plan and later turned into a circular tower in the 2nd century AD and was either used as a fortification or a lighthouse in the past.
   • Have lunch, then depart for Duden Waterfalls. All the streams of the region aim to find their way into the Mediterranean, and they pour down the slopes of the Taurus, sometimes overland, sometimes underground and reach their destination, resulting in lovely waterfalls, of which there are over twenty.
   • Return to the hotel after the tour; the rest of the day is yours.

   Overnight in Antalya.

   Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included

5. Day 5: Antalya - Konya – Cappadocia

   • Eat breakfast early in the morning, and at 08:00, drive to Konya.
   • Travel for 2.5 hours later, and we have a break for coffee and some rest.
   • Drive to Konya for lunch at 13:00 pm, and after lunch, visit the imposing green-tiled Mausoleum of Mevlana, the mystic founder of the Sufi sect (Whirling Dervishes).
   • Finish the Konya Mevlana tour and drive to Cappadocia.
   • Arrive in Cappadocia around 18:30 pm and check into your hotel. If you wish to join the optional activity of Ballooning tomorrow, please contact your guide and register because it will take place early the next morning. 

   Overnight in Cappadocia.

   Breakfast, lunch and dinner included

6. Day 6: Cappadocia Underground City- Goreme Open Air Museum

   • 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.
   • Drive to Ozkonak Underground City, one of the best-preserved Underground cities in Cappadocia.
   • Visit Uchisar Castle, the highest point of Cappadocia.
   • Visit Goreme Open Air Museum, the Heart of Cappadocia after Uchisar. Goreme Open Air Museum is famous for frescoes dating to the 10th century describing the life of Jesus Christ and monks.
   • The next stop is Cavusin, an abandoned village with old cave Greek houses.
   • Go to the restaurant in Avanos to have lunch after Cavusin.
   • Visit a pottery workshop to see how to make pottery after lunch.
   • Go to Love Valley. Love Valley Cappadocia is a hidden valley with scenic formations, to say the least. Despite the resemblance to manhood, these fantastic rock formations are far from man-made.
   • Visit another workshop to see Cappadocian handwoven carpets and kilims after Love Valley.
   • The next stop is Devrent Valley, also called Imagination Valley, where you can see natural rock formations looking like animals.
   • Head to a wine shop in Urgup for wine tasting.
   • Come to the last stop at Three Beauties, three beautiful fairy chimneys with their hats, which is the symbol of Cappadocia.
   • End this tour at approximately 18.00, and you will be returned to your hotel.

   Overnight in Cappadocia.

   Breakfast, lunch and dinner included

7. Day 7: Cappadocia to Istanbul - End of Tour

   • Eat breakfast, and you will have free time in Cappadocia.
   • Depart for Kayseri Airport for our domestic flight to Istanbul and then back home. We hope your tour was a memorable one, and we would like to see you in the future on one of our tours again. Have a nice trip back home.

   Breakfast included