8 Days Istanbul, Cappadocia, Pamukkale, Ephesus, Troy and Gallipoli Tour SIC SMALL GROUP TOUR

You will get at the Istanbul airport in Istanbul. You will be meet with our company representative in the airport arrival meeting hall. After meet up, you will be transferred from the airport to your hotel in Istanbul. Rest of the day at leisure. Overnight in Istanbul. Arena Hotel
Meals: No | Optional Activities: Istanbul Bosphorus Dinner Cruise

After having breakfast at the hotel, 08:00am you will be met at your hotel lobby by your tour guide to begin your full day Bosphorus and Asia Tour.
Spots: Shopping streets, selling fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish etc.
Spice Market: mystical smells of different aromas of various spices.
Bosphorus Cruise: see Dolmabahce Palace, Ortakoy, etc. while navigating the waterway separating the two continents, Europe and Asia, via Bosphorus.
Lunch: at a local restaurant.
Beylerbeyi Palace: The last residence and luxurious apartments.
Then one stop from one of the hills of Istanbul for a panoramic view.
Leander Tower or Ottoman Sultans Bridge: unique combination of Europe and Asia.
After 2 hours free time at leisure, you will be transferred back to your hotel.
Overnight in Istanbul.
Optional Activity (night): Dervish Show (transfer included)
Arena Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch | Optional Activities: Dervish Show
(Two Continents Tour)

Start with a visit to the Devrent Valley to see the unique fairy chimneys. Next, you will visit the Pasabag Valley (Monks Valley) to see the mushroom-shaped pinnacles.
Your tour will continue to the Goreme Open Air Museum in Cappadocia.
The museum features a series of carved caves and ancient churches, providing a glimpse into the region’s monastic history.
Finally, towards the end of the day tour, you will have the opportunity to visit the natural castles of Uchisar. Please note that the interior of the Uchisar castles is not accessible for visits. After the tour, you will be transferred to your hotel in Cappadocia for check-in.
Overnight in Cappadocia | Included Meal(s): Breakfast and Lunch

After breakfast at the hotel around 09:30 am, you will be picked up and met by your tour guide to begin your full-day tour of South Cappadocia. Your tour guide will brief you on the day’s activities.
Your tour will begin with a visit to the Red Valley where you will be able to explore the famous rock-cut churches and hike approximately 5 km through the Rose Valley (Gulludere Vadisi).
Next, you will visit Cavusin Village which is famous for its houses and churches of Christian Clergymen.
We will take a break for lunch around noon. After lunch, you will drive to the Pigeon Valley (Guvercinlik Vadisi).
In the afternoon you will visit the Ozkonak Underground City where early Christians lived.
This will be the end of your full-day tour.
After the tour, you will be transferred to Kayseri or Nevsehir airport for your flight to Izmir through Istanbul.
Upon your arrival at the Izmir airport, a representative will be present holding your name sign to pick you up and transfer you to your hotel.
Overnight in Kusadasi
KARAASLAN INN HOTEL
Included Meal(s): Breakfast and Lunch

Optional Activities: Hot Air Balloon Ride
Early morning hot air balloon ride and enjoy breathtaking aerial views of the valleys. Please be aware that this activity comes at an extra cost.

After breakfast around 07:15 you will be picked up from your Kusadasi hotel and taken to the meeting point in Selcuk where the full group will first meet. You will then begin the Pamukkale tour with a drive from Selcuk starting at 8:30 am to Pamukkale which will be around 3 hours. En route to Pamukkale after 1.5 hours, there will be a 10 minutes stop for a restroom break. Upon arrival around 11:45, the group will be first taken to have lunch and after lunch at around 13:00 you will begin your guided tour of the Pamukkale and Hierapolis area with a professional licensed tour guide. In Pamukkale, you will see the Cotton Cliffs, one of the natural wonders of the world formed by deposits of calcareous salts. Also, you will visit the ancient ruins of the City of Hierapolis with its basilica, theatre and Roman Baths. At the end of the guided tour, you will have some free time to explore the area on your own. As an option, you may choose to swim in the Pamukkale antique pools (at own expense) during this free time. The tour guide will inform you about the exact meeting point and time. At the end of the tour approximately 04:00 pm, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Kusadasi.
Overnight in Kusadasi
KARAASLAN INN HOTEL
| Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After breakfast at the hotel around 08:30 am, you will be picked up and met by your tour guide to begin your full-day tour of Ephesus. You will visit the ruins of Ephesus, the ancient Greek city that later became an important Roman city. Visit the Temple of Hadrian, Great Theater, and Trajan Fountain. After lunch, let’s visit the House of the Virgin Mary, where it is believed that she spent her last years. We will visit the Temple of Artemis. There will be little to see of it now as this was one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world. Afterwards, you will visit the Isa Bey Mosque.
Next, you will be taken to the Sirince Village; which is an old Greek village with narrow streets and vineyards. There, you will walk around the streets of the village and see the local handcrafts and traditional village shops. After the tour, you will drive north to Canakkale. The drive will take around 6 hours and you will arrive at your hotel at approximately 18:00 pm. You will arrive in Canakkale late evening around 00:30 (12:30 am) and there will be 2 hours free time to rest for personal needs. After arrival at the Canakkale bus station, you will be picked up and transferred to your hotel.
Overnight in Canakkale
GRAND ANZAC HOTEL
| Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After breakfast, you will check out of the hotel in Canakkale and will be picked up from your hotel in Canakkale at around 08:30 am. Today in the morning, we will begin with the Troy Tour where you will visit the Trojan Horse, Sacrificial Altars, 3700-year-old city walls, Houses of Troy I, 3000 BC – 2500 BC, Bouleuterion (Senate Building), Odeon (Concert Hall), and the Remains of the various cities from Troy I through to Troy IX.
At the end of the Troy Tour at around 11:30 am, you will have free time to relax and will have free time to have lunch until 1:00 pm. Lunch will be at a local restaurant in Eceabat.
After lunch, we will begin the Gallipoli Tour. You will visit Brighton Beach; the intended landing place, Beach Cemetery on the southern tip of ANZAC Cove; the landing place of the first wave of Australian and New Zealand troops with up to 30,000 troops during the campaign, Ari Burnu Cemetery, Anzac Commemoration Site, Lone Pine Australian Memorial; site of the successful attack and capture of Turkish trenches by the Australians during the August offensive, Johnston’s Jolly where you will visit the original Allied and Turkish trenches and the tunnels, 57th Regiment Turkish Memorial, The Nek, and the Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial. At the end of the Gallipoli Tour at around 18:00 pm, you will depart for Istanbul with arrival into Istanbul around 23:00 pm. You will be dropped back at your hotel in Istanbul.
Overnight in Istanbul – Arena Hotel
| Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After breakfast, you will check out from your hotel in Istanbul (hotel check-out is before 12:00 noon) and will then be transferred to the Istanbul Airport or Sabiha Gokcen Airport according to your flight details. This will be the end of our tour and services.
| Included Meal(s): Breakfast