Fall in Love with Türkiye and Troya

Arrival and reception by our representative at Istanbul airport. Transfer to the hotel.

IMPORTANT: Upon arrival at Istanbul Airport, EXIT THROUGH GATE No. 8

Your transfer driver will be waiting for you with a name sign.

Breakfast at the hotel. Day off

OPTIONAL: Ottoman and Byzantine Tour: Visiting the old part where the most outstanding Ottoman and Byzantine monuments are concentrated. We will begin with a visit to the ancient Roman Hippodrome where the Obelisk of Theodosius, the Egyptian Obelisk, the Serpentine Column and the German Fountain stand out. Then visit the famous Blue Mosque, the most important in Istanbul and, until 2016, the only one in the world with 6 minarets. We continue to visit the famous Hagia Sophia, symbol of Istanbul. One of the masterpieces of Byzantine art. Declared a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1985. We will also visit Topkapi Palace, the famous and gigantic enclosure from where the Ottoman Empire was led for almost 400 years. Finally, your guide will take you to the Grand Bazaar. Free time for shopping.

Breakfast. Departure to Ankara, the capital of modern Turkey, passing through the Bolu Mountains. Arrival and visit to the Mausoleum of Ataturk, founder of the Turkish Republic. Completed in 1953, it is a stunning fusion of ancient and modern architectural styles. Visit the Independence Museum, which houses a wax statue of Ataturk, his writings, letters, and personal objects, as well as an exhibition of photographs and recordings of important moments in his life and the continuation of the new Turkish Republic. Lunch. Continuation to Cappadocia. Upon arriving in Cappadocia, we visited a pottery shop and continued to the hotel for dinner and accommodation.

At dawn you will have the opportunity to participate in an optional hot air balloon excursion.

Breakfast, after breakfast visit this fantastic region for its fascinating and original landscape formed by the lava thrown by the Erciyes and Hasan volcanoes 3 million years ago, then we will make a stop in Esentepe to photograph the beautiful Goreme Valley where we will then visit its numerous monasteries, churches and chapels carved into the rocks. Visit the valleys of Love, Devrent, Avcilar and Guvercinlik, which have a spectacular landscape of the “Fairy Chimneys”. Then we will visit one of the onyx and turquoise jewelry workshops. Lunch. Visit to a troglodyte city, Uchisar or Cavusin. Stop in Avanos, famous for its clay works which have been the lifeline of the city. We finish in one of the typical carpet workshops to learn the manufacture of this centuries-old Turkish tradition. Dinner at the hotel.

OPTIONAL : Possibility of attending the famous ''Turkish Night'', a folk dance show in a typical cave with unlimited regional alcoholic drinks.

Breakfast. Early departure via Konya. Stop at an old “caravansaray” from the 13th century that was part of the old silk route. Lunch and continuation to Pamukkale, a spectacular and unique place in the world for its dazzling white waterfalls and natural pools. Its Turkish translation is “cotton castle.” Next to it is the Ancient Hierapolis with one of the largest necropolises of antiquity. Dinner and accommodation.

Breakfast. Continuation to Ephesus, an ancient Greco-Roman city and one of the best preserved today, where we will visit the Temple of Hadrian, Temple of Trajan, the Theatre, the fabulous Library of Celsus, etc. Lunch at the restaurant of the train museum that could be visited. Continuation to the House of Virgin Mary, where he spent the last years of his life. Opportunity to visit one of the typical leather factories. Arrival in Kusadasi or Izmir. Dinner and accommodation.

OPTIONAL: opportunity to take a balloon flight over Pamukkale.

Breakfast. Panoramic visit to Izmir, third largest city in Türkiye. The icons of the city are the clock tower and the promenade called “kordon”. Lunch. In the afternoon visit to Troy. The legendary town in the Iliad of Homer and the Wooden Horse. Accommodation and Dinner in Çanakkale, on the Dardanelles coast.

Breakfast. Departure and arrival in Istanbul. Lunch in a typical restaurant on the banks of the Bosphorus. Visit to the colorful and aromatic Spice Bazaar. At the port of Eminonu we will take the boat to cruise through the Bosphorus, a strait that divides Istanbul between Asia and Europe. Transfer to the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel. Airport transfer

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