AIRPORT TAXES, SECURITY FEES & FUEL SURCHARGES INCLUDED 13 nights accommodations in superior first class hotels: (or similar)
~2 nights: Grand Oztanik,
Istanbul
~1 nights: Hotel Kolin, Canakkale ~2 nights: Hotel Charisma, Kusadasi ~1 nights: Hotel Colossae, Pamukkale
~2 nights: Hotel Antalya Dedeman, Antalya
~2 nights: Hotel Nevsehir Dedeman, Cappadocia
~1 nights: Hotel Dedeman, Ankara
~1 nights: Hotel Kervansaray City, Bursa
~1 nights: Grand Oztanik,
Istanbul Service charges and hotel taxes Breakfast daily and 11 dinners Arrival and departure transfers Touring by modern air-conditioned
motor coach Professional Tour Director throughout Luggage handling Sightseeing and admissions fees as per itinerary
Not Included: Lunches, Beverages with dinners.
Travel Insurance optional at $99-$225. Tips to your guide & driver ($6 per day). Items of a personal nature. Add-on airfare from your hometown (see special rates at
Add-on Airfares)
Sample Day-by-Day Itinerary:
Day 1 - Depart USA
Depart from New York's JFK airport on your overnight flights to Turkey.
Day 2 - Arrive Istanbul
Upon arrival you will met at the airport and transfer you to your hotel where you will be introduced to your guide and fellow travelers. Afternoon is at leisure.
Day 3 - Istanbul Full day tour to include: Topkapi Palace (excluding harem), Hippodrome, Blue Mosque, St. Sophia and the Grand Bazaar. Optional: Dinner with belly dancing entertainment.
Day 4 - Istanbul - Gallipoli - Dardanelles -
Canakkale
Morning departure for Gallipoli and visit Anzac Cove and Lone pine cemetery then across the Dardanelles to Canakkale for overnight .
Day 5 - Cankkale - Troy - Pergamum - Kusadasi Visit Troy with its famous wooden horse, tour Pergamum and continue on to Kusadasi for overnight.
Day 6 - Excursion to Ephesus & Mary's House Tour the famous ruins of Ephesus and St. Mary’s cottage. Afternoon Optional : tour of Sardis or Sirince
Day 7 - Kusadasi - Aphoridisias - Pamukkale Drive through fertile valley’s to Aphrodisias city of Aphrodite, then continue to Pamukkale (white lime cascades).
Day 8 - Pamukkale - Antalya Morning visit Hierapolis and continue to Antalya, arrival at mid-noon, a relax afternoon by the Mediterranean cost .
Day 9 - Excurstion to Perge & Aspendos Half day tour to the ancient cities of Perge and Aspendos.
Day 10 - Antalya – Konya – Cappadocia
After breakfast depart for Konya. Visit Mevlana Mausoleum and Karatay Koran School, then overnight in Cappadocia. Tonight Optional: Whirling Dervishes performance in a 13th century Caravan inn.
Day 11 - Cappadocia Early Morning Optional: Balloon Tour. Experience of floating through volcanic valleys, fairy chimneys and caves with the sunrise of Cappadocia. After breakfast, visit Goreme, Avanos, Pasabagi, Red Valley, Ozkonak underground city.
Day 12 - Cappadocia – Ankara Morning departure for Ankara on the way visit 13th century Agzikarahan caravansary, afternoon tour of the Ataturk Mausoleum and Anatolian Civilizations Museum.
Day 13 - Ankara - Bursa Morning depart for Bursa and visit: Green Ottoman Complex, opportunity for Turkish bath in the hotel’s outstanding facilities.
Day 14 - Bursa - Istanbul After breakfast cross the Marmara sea to Istanbul. Afternoon Optional: half day Bosphorus Cruise, including last minute shopping in the Spice Market. Tonight farewell dinner.
Day 15 - Istanbul - USA
After breakfast transfer to the airport for your return flights home.