Day 1.
Check-in at your hotel and free time.
Day 2.
Full day Istanbul Old City Tour
Your driver will pick you up from hotel and you will meet your guide then visit Hagia Sophia - Blue Mosque – Hippodrome - Obelisk of Theodosius - Serpentine Column German Fountain of Wilhelm II - Lunch, Topkapi Palace. after the tour your driver will drop you off to your hotel.
Overnight in İstanbul
Day 3.
Bosphorus & Two Continents Tour
Your driver will pick you up from your hotel, then you will meet with your guide. You will visit: City Walls (by ferry), Golden Horn(by ferry), Spice Bazaar (Egyptian Bazaar), Bosphorus Cruise, After cruise lunch. After lunch visit Balat, Fener, Golden Horn by car and Ayyub area climb Pierre Loti hills with cable car. End of the tour your driver will take you to your hotel.
Overnight in İstanbul
Day 4.
Flight to Cappadocia – Cappadocia Tour
Transfer to Istanbul Airport to fly Cappadocia
Arrival to Kayseri Airport - Our representative will be waiting for you at the airport and start to our tour.
Our first stop will be visiting the Pigeon Valley that hosting countless pigeons in natural pigeon houses. These pigeons contribute to live of locals with their manure to fertilize the vineyards. Uçhisar Castle and you have a time for taking a photos. Our tour will continue with Goreme Panorama which is shape of unique for Cappadocia. And then visiting the Goreme Open Air Museum. You will visit the churches, chapels and monasteries carved into the fairy chimneys from the 10th to 13th centuries A.D. with frescos painted on the walls. After lunch we will drive to Avanos, which is known for its world-renowned pottery, a craft dating back to the Hittite period. and then Jewellery work shop.
Overnight in Cappadocia
Day 5.
Full Day Cappadocia Tour
Hot Air Balloon Ride (OPTIONAL):
Get ready for a wonderful experience unique to Cappadocia! We will pick you up from your hotel in-between at 04:30 and 05:00 am (depending on the location of your hotel) and transfer you to the balloon site where you will have the opportunity to watch the balloon being prepared for your flight as you enjoy a light breakfast snack; preparation time is generally 15-20 minutes.
Your flight will begin at sunrise, where your pilot will climb to a comfortable altitude of about 700 to 1000 meters above ground level. It is from this elevation that you will marvel at the beauty of Cappadocia below you. During certain segments of the flight our pilots are also capable of flying as low as 1 meter above the rock formations which will allow you perfect photo taking opportunities.
The Standard Flight is a total of 60 fascinating minutes. There will be a champagne celebration at end of the flight, and you will be presented with a Flight Certificate, signed by your pilot, as a souvenir reminder of this magnificent experience. You will be returned to your hotel at the end of your tour where you can rest, have breakfast, and then you may continue to your full-day Cappadocia tour
We will pick you up from your hotel in-between 09:00 and 09:15 and drive to Ortahisar Castle. After Ortahisar Castle we will go on Özkonak Underground City. And we will drive to Devrent Valley which reveals many different rock formations and small fairy chimneys that form a lunar landscape or moonscape by their strange look. Our tour will continue Pasabagi (Monk's Valley) which contains some of the most striking fairy chimneys in Cappadocia with twin and triple rock caps. After lunch we will go to the Carpet weaving scholl . And then we will drive to Çavuşin which is one of the villages with the oldest historical past in the Cappadocia Region. We are going to our tour last stop is Love Valley and then drive to hotel to rest.
Overnight in Cappadocia
Day 6.
Cappadocia to Kuşadası via Konya
We pick you up from your hotel early and set off to go to Kuşadası. You can stop in Konya and visit Mevlana Rumi. (approximately 11-12 hours )
Overnight in Kuşadası
Day 7.
Full Day Ephesus Tour
We depart from the hotel for a tour of Ephesus Antique City and the House of Virgin Mary in Kusadasi.
You will visit Temple of Artemis (Diana), the site of one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, Ephesus which is known to be the Commercial, the Religious and the Social Center of Antiquity, and one of the Highlights of any Visit in Turkey. After a short leather shop and shopping tour in Kuşadası move to lunch.
After lunch leader show,we will visit House of Virgin Mary, probably where She spent recent years of Her life; Isa Bey Mosque, this impressive mosque from XIV. Century A.D. is unlike any other you will see in this country.
Overnight in Kusadasi
Day 8.
Going Back to Home
Transfer to Airport to fly Istanbul. We hope your tour was a memorable one and we would like to see you in the future in one of our tours again. Have nice trip back home and thanks for choosing Latias Travel Turkey.
