11N / 12D

Turkey Special 11 Nights Tour

Istanbul(3N) → Kusudasi(1N) → Marmaris(1N) → Antalya(1N) → Nidge(1N) → Avanos(1N) → Konya(1N) → Pamukkale(1N) → Kusudasi(1N)

$ 1,290

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Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Arrival in Istanbul
  •  Arrival in Istanbul.
  • Transfer to the hotel.
  • Welcome to Europe!!! Transfer to your hotel upon arriving at the airport. You can enjoy your free time until your tour starts.
  • Please, check the informative posters placed at the hotel reception area, which have all the information about your upcoming services such as meeting place, time and the guide’s name.
  • Istanbul Sightseeing tour.
  • Cable car to Pierre Loti's viewpoint.
  • Topkapi Palace.
  • A sightseeing tour of the city.
  • On tour, a cable car rides up to the Pierre Loti viewpoint and entering the Mosque of Suleyman the Magnificent (the largest in Istanbul) are included.
  • See the walls, the Golden Horn, the fishing district, and we will admire the exterior of Hagia Sofia.
  • After the visit, collect the tickets from the tour manager and visit the Top Kapi Palace, the administrative centre of the Ottoman Empire, with its magnificent courtyards and pavilions.
  • At the end of the afternoon, transfer to the Taksim neighbourhood, the city's most commercialised and lively area.
  • There will be time to dine in one of its many restaurants, and you can also take the old tram that crosses the area or go to see the nearby Galata Tower.
  • The boat trip on the Bosphorus will last for about two hours. We will undertake the trip on a boat exclusively for Europamundo travellers. The Bosphorus is a strait that connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara, which separates Istanbul into two parts: the European part and the Asian one.
  • Enjoy seeing the liveliness of the strait with its multitude of boats. We will pass under the two bridges that unite Europe and Asia and admire the palaces of the sultans, the typical wooden houses and the Ottoman villas.
  • Free time.
  • Stay the night in the hotel
  • Leave early from Istanbul. Cross by fast ferry (variable schedules according to seasons and months) the Sea of Marmara; after about two hours of crossing, arrive at the port of BANDIRMA (or Yalova according to schedules). Continue route through the interior of Turkey.
  • Continue to Kusudasi, a popular coastal town with a lot of atmosphere, commercial life and a small castle.
  • Dinner and accommodation.
  • Leave for the beautiful Bodrum, a very beautiful fortified city of Greek origin. You can visit its castle, stroll through its streets full of life and tourism or go around its sports marina.
  •  After lunch, go to Marmaris, another beautiful coastal tourist enclave with its castle, marina and fountains.
  • Dinner and accommodation included.
  • Leave for DALYAN, an incredible place by a navigable river; includes a two-hour boat trip to see LYCIA’S ROYAL TOMBS, and still on the boat, go on to a large lake where you can stop at the thermal springs.
  • If you want, you can bathe in the warm waters or have a mud bath!
  • In time for lunch a stop at one of the numerous restaurants in Daylan by the river.
  • Continuation to Antalya, make a brief visit to this coastal city of more than a million inhabitants, the door of Adrian, the Ottoman district and its great waterfall that falls straight into the sea.
  • Dinner and accommodation included.
  • The contrast of the Anatolian region between the coast and the high mountains.
  • Leave Antalya for Aspendos, and visit the Roman theatre, which many believe to be the best-preserved world.
  • After this, admire the Greek temple of Apollo by the sea.
  • Stroll around the port and through its streets full of life. 
  • Amidst impressive countryside across the Taurus Mountains, their peaks of over 3,500 metres in height are snow-covered for a large part of the year.
  • A stop in Karaman where you will visit Tartan Evi, an ancient Ottoman mansion.
  • Continuation to the region of Cappadocia.
  • In Nidge, dinner and accommodation.
  • Note: Sometimes, the Tartan Evi may be closed, in which case another would replace the visit to a mansion of similar characteristics in Cappadocia.
  • Picturesque towns.
  • A full day in the fantastic region of Cappadocia, with its lunar landscapes, churches and troglodyte villages.
  • Start by visiting Gumusler, an incredible seventh-century underground monastery with maybe the best Byzantine frescoes in Turkey.
  • In Kaymakli, we will see the underground city that could house 30,000 people.
  • Visit the natural fortress of Uchisar.
  • After lunch, we will see the Goreme Valley with its open-air museum, and its churches dug out of the rocks, entrance included.
  • Hotel in Avanos.
  • Dinner included.
  • At the far end of Cappadocia, we will visit the Ihlara valley, known for the freshness of its waters, its churches and villages excavated in the rock.
  • Continue on the route, with a stop in an old Caravanserai from the 13th Century before arriving in Konya, where we visit the Mausoleum of Mevlana. Here we will learn about the sect of the Dervishes (entrance included).
  • Dinner included.
  • At night, attend the dance performance of the whirling dervishes in the cultural centre(optional).
  • Take a scenic road between the lakes, and get to know Egridir, a beautiful town with its walls and mosques next to a large lake.
  • There’s time to have lunch.
  • Fantastic Cotton Castle at the end of the day.
  • Then continue to Pamukkale - Hierapolis, whose calcareous waters have created the Cotton Castle (entrance included).
  • Dinner included.
  • Leave for Ephesus, the best preserved ancient city of Asia Minor; 2000 years ago, it had a quarter of a million inhabitants.
  • View the house of the Virgin Mary, the Basilica of Saint John and the impressive ruins of Ephesus (entrance included).
  • Then head to Kusudasi, a popular coastal town with a lot of atmospheres, commercial life and a small castle.
  • Dinner included.
  •  Interior of Anatolia. Hanging bridges crossing the Sea of Marmara and the Bosphorus Strait.
  • Leave for the city with the fourth largest population in Turkey: Izmir.
  • View the church of Saint Polycarp, the oldest in the city, reminding us of this area's importance in early Christianity (entrance included).
  • Then return to inland Turkey.
  • Stop enroute for lunch before reaching Bursa, the fourth largest city in Turkey, whose historic centre has been declared UNESCO World Heritage, with its traditional commercial districts, mosques, religious schools, and public baths. The green mosque stands out.
  • Arrive in Istanbul at the end of the day.
  • Please, check the time of your flight in case you might need an additional night.

Package Policies

  • Travel by bus with an English-speaking guide, basic travel insurance and a breakfast buffet.
  • Includes arrival transfer
  • City tour in ISTANBUL
  • Boat: On the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Lycian tombs and lake in Dalyan
  • Evening transfer: Taksim Square in Istanbul
  • Ticket admission: Suleiman the Great Mosque and Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, house of the Virgin Mary, Basilica of St. John, Ruins of Ephesus, Roman theatre in Aspendos, Greek Temple of Apollo in Side, Tartan Evi in Karaman, Gumusler Monastery; Underground city of Kainacli; Goreme Valley; Uchisar, Valley of Ihlara, Caravanserai; Mevlana Mausoleum in Konya, Pamukkale – Hierapolis, house of the Virgin Mary, Basilica of St. John, Ruins of Ephesus, Church of Saint Polycarp in Izmir
  • Ferry: Over the Marmara from Istanbul to Bandirma
  • Funicular: Cableway Viewpoint of Pierre Loti in Istanbul
  • 8 dinner included in: Kusadasi, Marmaris, Antalya, Nigde, Capadocia, Konya, PAMUKKALE, Kusadasi
  • Flight
  • Visa
  • Insurance
Set on a multi-city trip to Turkey with our 11-night tour package covering Istanbul, Kusadasi, Marmaris, Cappadocia, Konya, Pamukkale, and Antalya. The trip features stops to the major attractions sites like  thermal springs in Dalyan, Roman theatre in Aspendos, and Tartan Evi in Karaman, between the transfers.

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Turkey Special 11 Nights Tour

Istanbul(3N) → Kusudasi(1N) → Marmaris(1N) → Antalya(1N) → Nidge(1N) → Avanos(1N) → Konya(1N) → Pamukkale(1N) → Kusudasi(1N)

$ 1,290

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