8 Days 7 Nights Istanbul-Cappadocia-Pamukkale-Ephesus tour
8 days
Day 1: Arrival in Istanbul
- Arrival at Ataturk airport — transfer to your hotel.
- Enjoy the rest of the time in the city.
Day 2: Istanbul Old City tour
- After breakfast enjoy Istanbul old city (Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace etc) on your own, or you can have a guided tour.
- At the end of the day take a flight to Cappadocia. Overnight in Cappadocia.
Day 3: Northern Cappadocia Tour
Optional Balloon Tour available for this morning
This tour includes:
- Open Air Museum, the biggest monastery complex of the region.
- Ortahisar, a typical village with its castle and cave food storages.
- Fairy Chimney valley, Pasabag, with its mushroom-like formed rocks.
- Imagination valley, Devrent, where you have the impression that animals are petrified in the rocks.
- Lunch in a restaurant with open buffet
- Transfer to your hotel and overnight stay.
Day 4: Southern Cappadocia Tour
Optional Balloon Tour available for this morning
Tour start with:
- Uchisar Castle, the biggest fairy chimney used as a fortress by many civilizations.
- Red Valley by passing through Rose valley discovering beautiful rock churches.
- Cavusin village, one of the ancient settlement of the region with its cave houses.
- Lunch in traditional Turkish Restaurant.
- Visit to amazing Underground City.
- Pigeon Valley with its lovely pigeons still living in pigeons houses.
- Three Beauties Valley with its beautiful view over Urgup town famous with its wine factories.
- Overnight stay.
Day 5: Cappadocia to Izmir
- After breakfast, transfer to the airport to take a flight to Izmir.
- Transfer to hotel in Kusadasi and overnight stay.
Day 6: Pamukkale and Hierapolis Tour
- Full day tour of Pamukkale that includes hot springs and travertines.
- Visit the ancient city Hierapolis (UNESCO World Heritage Site).
- Swim in Cleopatra Swimming Pool.
- Lunch in restaurant.
End of the tour. Transfer to your hotel in Kusadasi (3 hours).
Day 7: Ephesus Tour
- Visit Artemis Temple, city ruins of Ephesus as Hadrian Temple, Celsius library, theater, hamams, passing through old harbor path.
- Feel holy atmosphere of Isabey Mosque.
- Lunch in a traditional Turkish restaurant.
- Visit House of Virgin Mary where she spent her last 5 years (Recognized by Vatican as pilgrimage destination for Christians, visited by Pope Leo XII and Benedict XVI).
End of the tour. Transfer to Izmir Airport (60 minutes) to take the flight (1hour 10min) to Istanbul. Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 8: Istanbul – Departure
According to your flight time we will transfer you to Ataturk Airport.