8 DAYS HISTORY AND CULTURAL TOUR

When you arrive İstanbul airport we will transfer you to your hotel. Half day free time and overnight Istanbul.

The tour start after breakfast. All day tour at old city Sultanahmet . We will visit Hagia Sophia Museum, Topkapi Palace, Blue Mosque, Hippodrome, Obelisk, Grand Bazaar. We will visit all these places with professional tour guide. After tour we transfer you to airport for flight to Cappadocia. Overnight hotel at Cappadocia.

We start the tour after we pick you up from your hotel at 9:30 in the morning. First we see a traditional rock-cut Cappadocian house, which is hallowed fairy chimney at Uçhisar. Then we go to Göreme Open Air Museum which is a UNESCO site. There are rock-cut churches and chapels decorated with frescoes from 11th – 12th and 13th centuries. After open air museum tour competed we set off to love valley to see unique rock formations. Then we go to restaurant to have traditional pottery kebab at lunch. After restaurant, first stop is Pottery workshop at Avanos. In the workshop, demonstration is performed to Show us how the master gives shape to mud with bare hands. If you want, you can try to make. After Avanos we go to Devrent which is called as imagination valley by visitors. There are lots of rocks and those look like different shapes and the shape depens on your own imagination. Lastly we go to Paşabağı to see mushroom heads fairy chimnesy,which is one of the symbols of Cappadocia. Finally we take you back to your hotel.

We meet at your hotel around 9:30 in the morning. First we take you to Göreme Panorama. In there, our Professional English speaking guide gives you detailed information about history, rock formations and traditional life of Cappadocia. After a photo break, we meet in the car and after 30 minutes driving, we arrive Derinkuyu Underground City which is the biggest one in the World. We can see until level 7 and 50 meters deep from surface. After underground city we go to see Ihlara Canyon. Which is the longest and the deepest canyon in the region. We walk about 4 km. at the bottom of the canyon beside Melendiz creek. In the end of walking we reach restaurant to have lunch. After lunch we go to Selime Monastery which is the highest rock-cut monastery in Cappadocia. We go upon terrace to take photo from the best panoramic view. Then we drive to Uçhisar Pigeon Valley panoramic view point. Across the pigeon valley is gemstone store. After take a look to the store, we take you back to your hotel with lovely memories about the whole day.

First you have a breakfast at your hotel in Cappadocia then we will pick you up from your hotel and drive to Konya. On the way to Konya we will have a break to see Sultanhani Caravanserai. After break we will keep going to Konya. In Konya, first we will see Mevlana Museum then city center. Afternoon we will set off to Pamukkale. Overnight in Pamukkale.

After you have your breakfast at your hotel, we will start a full day guided Pamukkale and Hieropolis tour. Pamukkale means Cotton Castle because of cotton looking stones all over a hill. And we will see ancient Roman health and spa center at Hieropolis. Also at Hieropolis, we will see thermal spring, Agora and Necropolis. In the end of the day we will set off to Kuşadasi and overnight at Kuşadasi.

After a breakfast at your hotel we will start a whole day tour with guide for Ephesus. In the great ruins of Ephesus Ancient City we will see Celcius Library, Temple of Artemis and Trojan Fountain. In the end of the tour we will take you to airport for flight to Istanbul. Overnight in Istanbul.

After you have your breakfast, you will be free to explore the old city of Istanbul. And then according to your flight time, you will be transfered to international airport.