10 Days Highlights of Turkey Tour

You will visit the most famous historical sights of Turkey with 10 days highlights of Turkey tour package. You will have historical sightseeing tours with the professional local tour guides and relax on this Turkey vacation. We start to the program from Istanbul and at the end of the tours, flight back to Istanbul.

Day 1: Drive Istanbul to Eceabat & Gallipoli Tour
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
06:30 am – You will be picked up right from your hotels in Istanbul.
07:00 am – We drive to Gallipoli via Tekirdag & Kesan. We will stop on the way for the breakfast and rest. We will continue to Eceabat in Gallipoli peninsula.
11:45 am – Arrival and Lunch stop in Eceabat town in Canakkale city, one of most emotionally and touching places in Turkey, the World War 1 Battlefields of Gallipoli. we will have lunch at the local restaurant in Eceabat and we start to the Guided Gallipoli Tour. We will visit the Anzac Cove, Lone Pine, Johnston’s Jolly, the Nek, Chunuk Bair, New Zealand Memorial, Australian Memorial, and Turkish Memorial.
Gallipoli Tour ends and we go to the hotel. Check into your hotel and Overnight at hotel in Canakkale.

Day 2: Fully Guided Troy Ancinet City Tour
Meal: Breakfast
After the breakfast, check out from the hotel. Pick up from the hotel at 08:30 am and we drive to the Legendary Troy. We will continue to Guided Troy tour with famous with legendary Trojan Horse from the times of Beautiful Helen, Paris, the Queen of Sparta, the Trojan Princess. After Troy tour, continue by bus transportation to Kusadasi / Selcuk via Izmir, where you will spend the night. Check into hotel. Overnight at hotel in Kusadasi (Ephesus).

Day 3: Leisure Day in Kusadasi
Meal: Breakfast
Breakfast at the hotel. You will have a free day in Kusadasi. Overnight in Kusadasi.
Kusadasi Free day at leisure to explore the city on your own. You can relax on the beaches in Kusadasi. If you like that you can join the boat tour or other optional tours (with extra fee) in Kusadasi. Overnight in Kusadasi.

Day 4: Ephesus Ancient City & House of Virgn Mary Tour
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast at the hotel. Pick up from the hotel in Kusadasi for Ephesus day tour and start to the tour from The ruins of the Temple of Artemis, one of the seven ancient wonders of the world. Then on, to visit Ephesus Ancient City, the best preserved Greco-Roman city in the world. Here you will explore the Agora, Curettes Street, Celsius Library, Odeon, public toilets, Roman Baths, Hadrian Temple, Grand Theatre, Marble Street. After the lunch break, depart for the House of Virgin Mary and visit the chapel where she is said to have spent her last day. Overnight at hotel in Kusadasi.

Day 5: Ancient Cities of Priene – Miletos & Didyma Tour
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast at hotel. Your guide will meet you at the hotel and depart for Priene ancient city which in its time was one of the most spectacular of all the Ancient Ionian Cities. After the visit here, you then travel on to Miletus ancient city with its magnificent theater and the Byzantine fortress on the acropolis above. Last, but not least, visit Didyma Ancient City. Here you will find the largest Ionic Temple in the world, that of Apollo. At the end of the tour, return transfer back to the hotel. Overnight at hotel in Kusadasi.

Day 6: Pamukkale & Hierapolis Tour / Drive to Antalya
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast & Check out from the hotel. Drive to Pamukkale town in Denizli city. You will see the Cotton Clifts. Pamukkale is an extraordinary natural wonder. The calceus waters rise from the ground at a temperature of 35 C and tumble down the mountain from a height of 100 meters, forming a myriad of pools. Cream-colored stalactites are formed as the water overflows from the pools, creating a breathtaking sight unequaled in the world. Also visit the ancient ruins of the old Hierapolis with its basilica, theater, Necropolis and Roman Bath. At the end of the tour, continue bus transportation to Antalya. Bus duration takes about 4 hours. Upon arrival to Antalya city and check into the hotel. Overnight at hotel in Antalya.

Day 7: Leisure Day in Antalya
Meal: Breakfast
Breakfast at hotel. You will have a free day in Antalya for to relax on the Antalya beaches. Overnight in Antalya.
Antalya Free day at leisure to explore the city on your own. You will have a free day to relax on the beach in Antalya. If you like that you can join the boat tour (extra charge) or other optional tours in Antalya. Overnight in Antalya.

Day 8: Ancient Cities of Perge – Aspendos & Side Tour – Cappadocia
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
Ealy morning have a breakfast at the hotel, depart from the hotel at 08:15 am for Perge ancient city lies 18 km East from Antalya with its colonnaded streets, bath, stadium, agora, and theater. The Hittites settled in this area in 1500 BC and St. Paul stopped here on one of his journeys during the time. Perge Ancient City was an important city of ancient Pamphylia. The stage of the theater has very nice marble relief work. Aspendos is one the best preserved theaters of the antique world seating 15,000. The galleries, stage decorations, and the acoustics all reflect the success of the architect. Close to the theater, the remains of an aqueduct can be seen, which was the largest in Anatolia. Aspendos ancient city is 49 km East of Antalya and is reached by crossing the Kopru River over a very old Seljuk bridge. Lunch will be taken at a local restaurant. The side is 70 km East of Antalya. It is one of the best-known classical sites in Turkey. The magnificent theater of the ancient city, built on colonnaded arches, is the largest in the whole area. Next to the theater is an agora. The creamy white columns of the Apollo Temple make a striking contrast against the blue sea. The extensive Roman bath, now a museum, houses one of Turkey’s finest archaeological collections. Transfer to the bus station in Antalya and continue to Cappadocia by overnight bus. The overnight bus takes 10 hours journey.

Note: Some days, there is direct flight connection from Antalya to Cappadocia. According to your travel date and on your interest we can change your program & provide you flight from Antalya to Cappadocia instead of the overnight bus. The flight takes 1 hours. If you do not like to use overnight bus please inform us while making your request.

Day 9: North Of Cappadocia Tour
Meal: Lunch
Upon arrival in the morning to Cappadocia. Start to fully guide Cappadocia tour. Our first real encounter with Cappadocia almost Martian landscape is in the Devrent valley. We stop to visit Pasabag’s “fairy chimneys”, where the voice of the wind harmonizes with songs of the fairies. From here we pause at Avanos center of terracotta art. After the lunch break, we visit the famous Goreme Open Air Museum to see the best examples of Byzantine art in Cappadocia. We finish the day tour with a visit to the Uchisar Rock-Castle, giving you a panoramic view of the valleys of Cappadocia. At the end of the first-day tour of Cappadocia, transfer to hotel. Overnight in Cappadocia.

Day 10: South Of Cappadocia Tour & Flight to Istanbul
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
We will have breakfast and check out from the hotel in Cappadocia. You will be picked up right from the hotel and depart from your hotel to visit Red valley and discover the famous rock-cut churches and hike 3,5 km through the Gulludere valley. Then continue to visit Cavusin village. Old Cavusin village was abandoned several decades ago due to avalanches. The current village of old Cavusin is located on the road. Old Cavusin, with its rock-cut dwellings and stone houses, had several hermitages. The 2 most important churches in Cavusin are the Great Basilica dedicated to St. John the Baptist (located on the cliff above the village) and Cavusin church or the “Great Pigeon House” commemorating a visit of the famous Cappadocian Emperor Nicephorus Phocas. After our lunch drive to the Pigeon Valley. In the afternoon visit the Underground City, where early Christians lived in fear and faith. The houses in the village are constructed around the nearly one hundred tunnels of the underground city, which is one of the most interesting underground settlements in Cappadocia. The underground city was originally carved out as eight floors, however, four floors are available to visit for local. In wartime, about 5000 people can be refuged in. The tunnels are still used today as storage areas, cellars, and stables. On the way back visit the natural castle in Ortahisar town.
At the end of the second day Cappadocia tour, transfer to Cappadocia airport and flight for back to Istanbul.
(Please note that flight departure times are changing according to the travel dates.)
Upon arrive in Istanbul. It is the end of the 10 Days Highlights of Turkey Tour.