TURKEY

Upon arrival at Istanbul Ataturk Apt meet & greet by our assistant and transfer to the hotel (early check-in subject to availability). Around 13:00hrs hotel pick-up for Bosporus Cruise along the shores of Bosporus which separates Europe & Asia. Then, visit of Spice Market. Afterwards, transfer back to the hotel. Dinner and overnight stay.

 

Breakfast at hotel. Hotel pick-up at 09:00am for full day city tour. In the morning, visit the Topkapi Palace Museum with Treasury Section and Byzantine Hippodrome, in which stands the obelisk brought from Egypt by Theodosius and the Serpent Column taken from Delphi by Constantine. After lunch at Indian restaurant visits of St.Sophia, Blue Mosque and Underground Cistern. Dinner and overnight stay.

 

Breakfast. Later leave for a private tour of the Dolma Blancha Palace. In the afternoon, visit the Grand Covered Bazaar, with over 4,000 shops under one roof, for some bargain shopping. Dinner and overnight stay Optional: Belly Dance Dinner at a well-known Night Club.

 

Transfer to the airport (with packed breakfast) for the morning flight to Kayseri airport. On arrival, leave for a full day tour of Cappodacia including the Pasabagi Fairy Chimneys, Pigeon Valley and the natural citadel of Uchisar, followed by Goreme Open-Air Museum, full of pink, rose and white tapering columns. Also, visit some caves on the cliffs to see Byzantine frescoes decorating early Christian churches. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

 

Breakfast. Later, visit the Kayamkali Underground City, carved out of rock and completely self contained where over 200 people lived on each of seven floors with the last one 250 feet underground. Dinner and overnight stay.

 

Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to Kayseri Airport for the morning flight to Izmir. Upon arrival at Izmir Airport, meet with our representative and transfer to the selected hotel in Kusadasi. Spend the evening walking around this resort town on the Aegean coast. Dinner and overnight stay.

 

Breakfast. Leave for a full day tour to visit the ancient Roman city of Ephesus. Drive to Selcuk to visit House of Virgin Mary, where she is believed to have spent the last years of her life. Continue to Ephesus and visit the ruins of Odeon, Hercules Gate, the temple of Hadrian, the magnificent library, Agora and fantastic Greco-Roman theatre. After lunch at local restaurant visit the Basilica of St. John. Later, return to Kusadasi. Evening free on your own. Dinner and overnight stay.

 

Breakfast at hotel. Leave in a private coach for a full day trip to Pamukkale. Upon arrival, visit Pamukkale Cotton Fortress and Hierapolis Ancient Site. Later, transfer to the Denzili airport for the evening flight to Istanbul. On arrival, transfer to the hotel. Overnight at hotel.

 

Breakfast at hotel. Morning free for shopping at the Grand Bazaar. Later, transfer to the airport in time to check-in for the flight to Mumbai around 1930 hrs. Tour ends.