6 Nights / 7 Days
Highlights
Istanbul:
Bosphorus Dinner Cruise
St. Sofia Museum and Topkapi Palace
Blue Mosque and Hippodrome
Grand Bazaar & Spice Market
Dolmabahce Palace & Pierre Loti Hills with Cable Car
Cappadocia:
Devrent Valley
Cavusin – Ortahsir – Avanos Village
Goreme Open Air Museum
Kaymakli Underground City
Hunting Valley & Pigeon Valley
Hot Air Balloon – Optional
Cave Hotel Stay - Optional
Meals:
06 Breakfast at Hotels
06 Lunches at Indian Restaurant
05 Dinner at Indian Restaurant
01 Dinner in Bosphorus Cruise
Airlines
Indigo / Air Arabia / Turkish Airlines or Similar
Optional
Hot Air Balloon in Cappadocia
Upgrade to Cave Hotel in Cappadocia
Welcome to Turkey.
On arrival at Istanbul Airport, clear immigration and collect baggage.
We will proceed for lunch. Post lunch arrive at hotel and Check-in.
Later in the evening, we will start our first day with Bosphorus Dinner Cruise.
Enjoy a magical Istanbul Bosphorus Boat Cruise, a traditional excursion by boat along the waterway separating Europe and Asia.
During the excursion you will see the magnificent sights of the following attractions from your boat. See Dolmabahce Palace, and further along, the parks and imperial pavilions of Yildiz Palace.
After dinner cruise, back to hotel.
Overnight in Istanbul.
After breakfast, get ready for full day Istanbul City Tour.
Start your city tour with visit to the Hagia Sophia Mosque which was earlier in St. Sophia Church for people to witness excellent craftsmanship of architectural masterpiece and admire both Christian and Muslim art.
Visit to Topkapi Palace, the great palace of the Ottoman sultans from the 15th to the 19th centuries housing an exquisite collection of crystal, silver, and Chinese porcelain, robes worn by the sultans and their families, the famous jewels of the Imperial Treasury, miniatures, the Holy Mantle; enshrining relics of the Prophet Mohammed.
Then proceed to Sultanahmet Imperial Mosque Across from St. Sophia built in the 16th century by the architect Mehmet, is known as the Blue Mosque because of its magnificent interior decoration of blue Iznik tiles.
Ancient Hippodrome, the scene of chariot races, with the three monuments; the Obelisk of Theodosius, the bronze Serpentine Column and the Column of Constantine.
Continue tour with visit to Grand Bazaar.
In this labyrinth of streets and passages are more than 4,000 shops with each trade having its own area: the goldsmiths' street, the carpet sellers, Turkish arts and crafts, such as hand painted ceramic plates, hand-honed copperware, brassware and trays, water ewers, onyx-ware and meerschaum pipes
Lunch & Dinner at Indian Restaurant.
Post dinner back to hotel.
Overnight in Istanbul
After breakfast check out from the hotel and drive to Konya.
Arrive Konya and visit the imposing green - tiled Mausoleum of Mevlana, the mystic founder of the Sufi sect (Whirling Dervishes). After the Konya Mevlana tour drive to Cappadocia.
We will then drive to Cappadocia.
Arrive Cappadocia and Dinner at Indian Restaurant.
Arrive at Hotel and Check-in.
Overnight in Cappadocia.
After breakfast we will proceed to visit Goreme Open Air Museum, the Heart of Cappadocia.
Early morning you can do Hot Air Baloon Ride at Optional Cost.
If you want to do Hot Air Balloon Ride, please inform your tour manger atleast before 2 days to make necessary arrangements and booking for your hot air balloon.
After breakfast, we will proceed for local sightseeing of Cappadocia.
Goreme Open Air Museum is famous for frescoes dating to 10th century describing the life of Jesus Christ and monks.
Get ready to discover the widest underground cities- Kaymakli Underground City.
It is built under the hill known as the Citadel of Kaymakli and was opened to visitors in 1964. The people of Kaymakli (Enegup in Greek) village have constructed their houses around nearly one hundred tunnels of the underground city. The inhabitants of the region still use the most convenient places in the tunnels as cellars, storage areas and stables, which they access through their courtyards. The Kaymakli Underground City has low, narrow and sloping passages. While the underground city consists of 8 floors below ground, only 4 of them are open to the public today, in which the spaces are organized around ventilation shafts.
Lunch at Indian Restaurant.
Later proceed to visit Hunting Valley & Pigeon Valley.
Pigeon Valley is a lovely valley located near Uchisar town named after the thousands of pigeon houses carved into the soft tufa since ancient times and offers another spectacular panoramic view over Cappadocia together with the spectacular views of the dovecotes. The valley takes its name from pigeons and valley ranks first among the popular, most known, and impressive valleys of Cappadocia.
Dinner at Indian Restaurant.
After dinner, back to hotel.
Overnight in Cappadocia.
After breakfast at your hotel, checkout and proceed for sightseeing of Cappadocia.
We will proceed with visit to famous sights of Devrent Valley.
Devrent Valley, also called as “Imagination Valley” is one of the fantastic regions of Cappadocia. The valley is also one most popular places to see in Cappadocia that travelers may experience and enjoy the beautiful lunar landscape of Cappadocia, the most surreal landscape of the region.
Later visit, Cavusin (Greek Village), famous for rock cut churches. Our next stop is Ortahisar Castle, biggest mass fairy chimney of Cappadocia. Last we visit, Avanos.
Avanos, on the banks of the Kızılırmak River in Cappadocia is all about pottery-making. While the town is situated a bit outside of the fairy chimney centers of Cappadocia, it takes attention with its pottery, carpet making and winemaking.
We will then depart to Airport for flight to Istanbul.
Arrivel Istanbul airport, transfer to hotel. Arrive at Hotel and Check-in.
Dinner at Indian Restaurant.
Overnight in Istanbul.
After breakfast at hotel, we will proceed to visit the famous Dolmabahce Palace.
Dolmabahçe Palace was ordered by the Empire's 31st Sultan, Abdülmecid I, and built between the years 1843 and 1856. The construction cost five million Ottoman gold lira, or 35 tonnes of gold, the equivalent of ca. $1.9 billion in today's (2021) values.This sum corresponded to approximately a quarter of the yearly tax revenue.
Lunch at Indian Restaurant.
Later proceed to visit Pierre Loti Hill by Cable Car.
Pierre Loti Hill is one of the best and most famous viewing platforms in Istanbul.
On a hill with a height of 53 meters, in addition to the observation deck, there is a cafe of the same name "Pierre Loti" with panoramic views and several souvenir shops.
You can climb the hill by cable car or on foot.
The hill is located on the European side of Istanbul, in the Eyup area near the waters of the Golden Horn.
The most visited place on the hill is the observation deck located at the top station of the cable car. The observation deck offers some of the best panoramic views of the Golden Horn and the European part of the city in Istanbul.
Later proceed to visit the one of the biggest markets in Istanbul: Spice Market.
Vividly coloured spices are displayed alongside jewel-like lokum (Turkish Delight) at this Ottoman- era marketplace, providing eye candy for the thousands of tourists and locals who make their way here every day. Stalls also sell caviar, dried herbs, honey, nuts and dried fruits. The number of stalls selling tourist trinkets increases annually, yet this remains a great place to stock up on edible souvenirs, share a few jokes with vendors and marvel at the well-preserved building.
Dinner at Indian Restaurant.
Overnight in Istanbul.
Checkout and depart for Istanbul airport to board your flight back home collecting all memories from your Turkey Holidays.
After breakfast at your hotel, checkout and depart for Istanbul airport to board your flight back home collecting all memories from your Turkey Holidays.
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