10 Days Elegance Turkey Tour

You will start to the tour package from Istanbul and first, visit the Troy Ancient City and continue to Kusadasi via Izmir city. You will explore Ephesus & House of Virgin Mary, Pamukkale & Hierapolis Ruins and continue to Antalya. After resting and visit the Antalya continue to Cappadocia. After the visiting Cappadocia flight back to Istanbul.

Day 1: Drive From Istanbul to Canakkale – Troy Tour – Kusadasi
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 town.
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 take you to the ferry station and use ferry on the Dardanelles to Canakkale. Arrival to Canakkale and 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 via Izmir, where you will spend the night. Upon arrival to Izmir. Met on arrival and transfer to Kusadasi. Check into the hotel late night. Overnight at hotel in Kusadasi (Ephesus).

Day 2: Free 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 3: Ephesus Ancient City 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 4: Pamukkale Calcium Terraces & Hierapolis Ancient City Tour
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 o the tour, check into the hotel in Pamukkale. Overnight in Pamukkale.

Day 5: Bus From Pamukkale to Antalya
Meal: Breakfast
Breakfast & Check out from the hotel. Transfer to bus station & 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 6: Perge – Aspendos & Side Tour
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.
At the end of the tour, return back to the hotel. Overnight in Antalya.

Day 7: Night Bus From Antalya  to Cappadocia
Meal: Breakfast
Breakfast at hotel and check out. You will have a free day in Antalya for to relax on the Antalya beaches.
If you like that you can join the boat tour (extra charge) or other optional tours in Antalya.
Pick up from the hotel and Transfer to the bus station in Antalya. 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 8: Free Day in Cappadocia
Meal: No Meal
Upon arrival in the morning to Cappadocia. Check into hotel. Rest of the day. You can rest and explore the hotel town on your own. As you know that there are many towns in Cappadocia and you will explore the others with the local tour guides on the tours.
Overnight in Cappadocia.

Day 9: North Of Cappadocia Tour
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
You will be picked up right from the hotel. 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 Elegance Turkey Tour.