12 Days Turkey Tour; Istanbul, Cappadocia, Konya, Antalya, Pamukkale, Ephesus and Kusadasi

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Max group size 15 people

Day 1: Arrival to Istanbul

As Daily Istanbul Tours team, we are ready to give you our warmest welcome! Welcome to one of world’s most vibrant and fascinating cultural capitals; Istanbul! After arrival, meeting and assistance by our representative waiting for you by baring a sign with your name on it. We are going to pick you up and escort you to your hotel. Have a nice rest before your Turkey experience starts next day!

Overnight in Istanbul.
Comfort hotel option Dosso Dossi Old City Hotel (Standard Room) or Uyan Hotel (Deluxe Room) or Double Tree By Hilton Sirkeci (Standard Room)
Economic hotel option Uyan Hotel (Standard Room) or Hotellino (Standard Room) or Orka Royal Hotel (Standard Room)

Day 2: Free day in Istanbul (Breakfast included)

After enjoying your open buffet breakfast at the hotel, enjoy Istanbul old city on your own. Or if you like we can arrange Istanbul Old City Small Group Tour by walk (max with 6-8 people).

ps. Optional Istanbul Old City Small Group Tour by walk costs 59 Usd per person. The price includes English speaking guidance, entrance fees and lunch in local restaurant. (operates minimum with 2 people)

Overnight in Istanbul.
Comfort hotel option Dosso Dossi Old City Hotel (Standard Room) or Uyan Hotel (Deluxe Room) or Double Tree By Hilton Sirkeci (Standard Room)
Economic hotel option Uyan Hotel (Standard Room) or Hotellino (Standard Room) or Orka Royal Hotel (Standard Room)

Day 3: Northern Cappadocia Tour (Lunch included)

This morning, we will pick you up from your hotel and escort you to the airport (Ataturk or Sabiha Gokcen) to take Cappadocia flight.Once you arrive to Istanbul airport, please proceed to counter to do self check-in and take your boarding pass by presenting your passport. Upon the boarding pass information, please go to boarding gate and embark. After arrival, meeting and assistance by our representatives who bares a board with your names on it. Then driving to Nevsehir and meeting your guide to start the Northern Cappadocia Tour. The Cappadocia region preserved and sustained its cultural heritage; during the tour you witness traditional dwelling places, castles, cave food storages, and villages. Goreme Panorama offers a magnificent view with its fairy chimney landscape.  As the biggest monastery complex, we also go to see Open Air Museum. Ortahisar provides a nice example of using natural rock formations -fairy chimneys- as castle and food storages. Fairy Chimney Valley (Pasabag), Imagination Valley (Devrent) are between the highlights of our tour. This afternoon you will make a lunch break. 
Then, walk along the Red River which is longest river of the country and we will be treated with a demonstration of centuries-old tradition; pottery. If you like, you may try to shape clay on potters’ wheel.
Following the passing though Love Valley, we get back to hotel.

Overnight in Cappadocia.
Comfort hotel option Historical Goreme House (Suite Room) or Holiday Cave Hotel (Suite Room) or Hera Cave Hotel (Standard Room)
Economic hotel option Dervish Cave House (Standard Room) or Historical Goreme House (Standard Room) or Holiday Cave Hotel (Standard Room) or Roca Cappadocia Hotel (Standard Room) 

Day 4: Southern Cappadocia Tour (Breakfast and Lunch included)

Optional hot air balloon is available for this morning.

After enjoying your open buffet breakfast at the hotel, your guide will come to pick you up around 09:30-10:00am and depart for Southern Cappadocia Tour. First visit will be to the tallest fairy chimney Uchisar Castle from where all Cappadocia is laid at your feet. Because of its location, it was used as a castle by many civilizations and many sections carved out into rock are connected each other with stairs, tunnels and passages. Then, be ready to have a scenic walk though the Rose Valley by observing cave-like churches and monasteries and arriving to Cavusin Village which used to have inhabitants lived in carved houses in massive rocks.  Also we will visit underground city of Kaymaklı where you will have a chance to see ruins of churches, kitchens, metal shops and stables. This afternoon you will make a lunch break.

Pigeon Valley will be our next stop, as a great place for hiking also gives visitors opportunity to see pigeons living in the dovecots carved into cliffs. Finally we will drive to Three Beauties Valley which offers us a stunning view of Cappadocia countryside and grape gardens as the region is famous with its local wine producers. End of the day, transfer back to hotel.

ps. At the end of the tour our guests are treated with a traditional hand-made carpet demonstration, the ones that are not interested are kindly requested to inform the tour guide.

Overnight in Cappadocia.
Comfort hotel option Historical Goreme House (Suite Room) or Holiday Cave Hotel (Suite Room) or Hera Cave Hotel (Standard Room)
Economic hotel option Dervish Cave House (Standard Room) or Historical Goreme House (Standard Room) or Holiday Cave Hotel (Standard Room) or Roca Cappadocia Hotel (Standard Room) 

Day 5: From Cappadocia to Antalya via Konya by car or semiprivate van (Breakfast included)

This morning our driver will come to pick you up at around 08:30-08:45am and you will depart for Antalya via Konya. Konya was the capital of Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate and Karamanids, also Sufi Mevlevi Order was born in this city. So we will go to visit School of Whirling Dervishes; Konya Mevlana Museum. This afternoon we will have a lunch break in a local restaurant. Leaving behind dervishes, we drive 3 hours more to reach Antalya. After arrival check in our hotel.(Lunch is on your own expense)

Overnight in Antalya.
Comfort hotel option Mediterra Art Hotel (Standard Room) or Alp Pasha Hotel (Standard Room)
Economic hotel option Antalya Inn Hotel (Standard Room)

Day 6: Aspendos Perge and Waterfall Tour* (Breakfast and Lunch included)

After enjoying your open buffet breakfast, your guide will pick you up around 08:00-08:15 and depart for Aspendos, Perge and Waterfall Tour. Aspendos still hosting international opera and ballet festivals, one of the best preserved roman theater in Asia Minor. Then we will have a chance to see Perge Ancient City with its agora, public baths, gymnasiums. After leaving Perge, we are going to see one natural beauty as Waterfall. A great spot to make good pictures. This afternoon you will have lunch break. End of the tour, transfer back to hotel.

Overnight in Antalya.
Comfort hotel option Mediterra Art Hotel (Standard Room) or Alp Pasha Hotel (Standard Room)
Economic hotel option Antalya Inn Hotel (Standard Room)

Day 7: From Antalya to Pamukkale by bus (Breakfast included)

Morning is at leisure for independent activities. At the end of the day, we will escort you to local bus station to take Pamukkale bus. After arrival, meeting and assistance by our representative waiting for you by baring a sign with your name on it. Transfer to hotel.

Overnight in Pamukkale.
Comfort hotel option Venus Suite Hotel (Standard room) or Colossae Thermal Hotel (Standard room)
Economic hotel option Tripolis Hotel (Standard room) or Haltur Hotel (Standard room)

Day 8: Pamukkale Tour (Breakfast and Lunch included)

After enjoying your open buffet breakfast at the hotel, your guide will come to pick you up around 09:30-10:00am  and depart for Pamukkale Tour. First visit will be to the Pamukkale travertines, a massive calcified cliff which is called as ‘cotton castle’ by Turks. For centuries, underground calcite-laden waters have been pouring out and created terraces of carbonate. Pamukkale is one of the most extraordinary natural sites of Turkey. Afterwards, we go to visit Hellenistic Spa Town; Hierapolis Ancient City which was founded by the Attalid kings of Pergamom at the end of the 2nd century B.C. The therapeutic virtues of water were widely used, people used to come here to soothe their ailments and many of them retired and died here. The city ruins include baths, temple ruins, a monumental arch, a nymphaeum, a necropolis and a theatre. The swimming suits should not be forgotten to swim in Cleopatra Pool. In the afternoon you will make a lunch break.
End of the tour, we will drive to Kusadasi (3-4 hours) and drop to hotel. 

Overnight stay in Kusadasi.

ps. At the end of the tour our guests are treated with a fashion leather show, the ones that are not interested are kindly requested to inform the tour guide.

Overnight in Kusadasi.
Comfort hotel option Charisma Deluxe Hotel (Standard Room) or Double Tree by Hilton (Standard Room) or La Vista Boutique Hotel (Standard Room) 
Economic hotel option Ilayda Avantgarde Hotel (Standard Room) or Efe Boutique Hotel (Standard Room) or Hotel by Karaaslan Inn (Standard room) or Celsus Boutique Hotel (Standard Room) 

Day 9: Ephesus Tour (Breakfast and Lunch included)

After enjoying your open buffet breakfast at the hotel, your guide will come to pick you up around 09:00-09:30 and start Ephesus Tour. We will start our tour with the ruins of world famous Artemis Temple which used to be one of the richest cities of ancient Greek world and declared as one of the 7 wonders of ancient world.  After Artemis Temple, we head to Ephesus Ancient city, walking though this marble city with a great atmosphere will leave you speechless. Especially façade of Celsus Library dramatically impress the visitors. Cameras should not be forgotten. In the afternoon you will make a lunch break. Our next visit will be to a pilgrimage place recognized by Vatican; House of Virgin Mary.  End of the tour transfer to hotel.

Overnight in Kusadasi.
Comfort hotel option Charisma Deluxe Hotel (Standard Room) or Double Tree by Hilton (Standard Room) or La Vista Boutique Hotel (Standard Room)
Economic hotel option Ilayda Avantgarde Hotel (Standard Room) or Efe Boutique Hotel (Standard Room) or Hotel by Karaaslan Inn (Standard room) or Celsus Boutique Hotel (Standard Room) 

Day 10: Free day in Kusadasi (Breakfast included)

This day, after breakfast you will have free time to explore Kusadasi on your own. End of the day transfer to airport to take Istanbul flight. On your arrival, meeting and assistance by our agents and escort you to your hotel.

Overnight in Istanbul.
Comfort hotel option Dosso Dossi Old City Hotel (Standard Room) or Uyan Hotel (Deluxe Room) or Double Tree By Hilton Sirkeci (Standard Room)
Economic hotel option Uyan Hotel (Standard Room) or Hotellino (Standard Room) or Orka Royal Hotel (Standard Room)

Day 11: Free day in Istanbul (Breakfast included)

This day you will have free time to discover Istanbul on your own. We may also organize Bosphorus, Hamam or city tours if requested.

Overnight in Istanbul.
Comfort hotel option Dosso Dossi Old City Hotel (Standard Room) or Uyan Hotel (Deluxe Room) or Double Tree By Hilton Sirkeci (Standard Room)
Economic hotel option Uyan Hotel (Standard Room) or Hotellino (Standard Room) or Orka Royal Hotel (Standard Room)

Day 12: Departure from Istanbul

According to your flight time, we will escort you to airport. (Considering flight time you may have morning at leisure for independent activities.)

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Price Details:

Comfort hotel option Per person 1775 USD with credit card or 1685 USD with cash payment
Economic hotel option Per person 1390 USD with credit card or 1320 USD with cash payment

Hot Air Balloon Tour is optional with this itinerary in Cappadocia. Kindly ask for price to your tour consultant. 

Please Note:
The prices for double or triple room, single supplement is 60% on this trip.
Flights might be from Istanbul (IST) or Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW).
Due to weather conditions if  your balloon tour is cancelled you will be totally reimbursed.
* Aspendos, Perge, Waterfall Tour might not be operating during the off season. Please ask your tour consultant for availability if you are travelling between the months from November to May. Full refund for the tour will be provided.

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Included

• Domestic flights (15kg check-in baggage included pp)
• All transfers from and to the hotel
• Hotels with breakfast
• Transportation
• Lunch on tours (Besides standard Turkish meal, special meals as vegetarian, vegan, halal options are also available)
• English speaking guide
• Entrance fees for sights and museums mentioned on the itinerary
• Taxes

Excluded

• Personal expenses
• Cleopatra swimming pool entrance
• Beverages during lunch
• Dinner
• Medical insurance
• Tip to guide and driver