5 DAY TURKEY TOURS TO ISTANBUL EPHESUS AND PAMUKKALE

Upon your arrival to Istanbul meeting at the airport just outside the arrival gate/exit  with a paper sign bearing your name and transfer to hotel. Overnight in Istanbul

Option : Dinner cruise on Bosphorus with Turkish night

Breakfast and Lunch Included

After breakfast our tour guide will meet you at the lobby and start oldy city walking tour

Hagia Sophia : The Church of Holy Wisdom, undoubtedly one of the greatest architectural creations in the world used as a mosque during Ottomans and serving as a museum today.

Byzantine Hippodrome : The center for entertainment, amusement and sports in the city during the Roman and Byzantine Empires. The Egyptian Obelisk , the Serpentine Coloumn and the German fountain of Willhelm II are visited.

Blue Mosque : The Sultan Ahmed Mosque ,one of the most respected masterpieces of the Islamic world. Famous with its blue ceramic tiles which gives the mosque the well known name;"Blue Mosque" with its six minarets.

Caferaga Medresesi, of foundation for   serving Turkish Culture organizes various workshop on handicrafts and music.

Lunch at the Special Turkish Restaurant

Topkapi Palace : The former Imperial residence of Ottoman Sultans , one of the oldest and the largest remaining palaces in the world. Today it is used as a museum to exhibit works of Art and many priceless artifacts.

Grand Bazaar (Kapali Carsi): The oldest and the largest covered market place in the world with more than 3000 shops with its rich collection of handmade carpets, jewellery, leather and souvenirs.

Overnight in istanbul

Lunch Included

Pick you up from your hotel early morning and transfer to airport to get flight  to izmir (Ephesus) and start your full day Ephesus Tour 

Arrival to Izmir and meeting at the airport just outside the arrival gate/exit  with a paper sign bearing your name and transfer to Ephesus 

Start Ephesus & Virgin Mary’s House Tour and visit ;

• Isabey Mosque
• Ancient city of Ephesus. Ruins include a theater , Gymnasium , Agora , Odeon , Bouleterion , Fountains and the Library of Celsus.
• Lunch in a local restuarant(drinks are extra)
• Temple of Artemis considered as one of the Seven Wonders of the world.
• The Shrine of Virgin Mary where she is believed to spend her last days.

17:00 Tour ends, transfer back to your hotel. Overnight in Kusadasi

Breakfast and Lunch Included

Please check out from hotel before tour and take your luggage with you on tour vehicle.

Wewill be picked up from your hotel for Pamukkale & Hierapolis Tour and drive for 3 hours to Pamukkale(one stop enroute).

Pamukkale is the center of natural thermal spring waters with healing properties.

Due to the chemical properties in the water, pure white colored travertines and stepped water terraces have been created on the mountain slope.

It is for its resemblence to cotton piles that it is called 'Cotton Castle' in Turkish.

• Arrive Pamukkale and Lunch at a local restaurant(drinks are extra)
• Visit the ancient city of Hierapolis which has the biggest Nekropol with 1200 gravestones in Anatolia.
• The Antique(Cleopatra’s) pool also is one of the highlights of the site (if you want to swim in the Antique Pool entrance is extra)
• Finally we visit the calcium terraces and pools; walk through the travertine without shoes and socks

After tour transfer Denizli airport to take flight back to Istanbul. Upon your arrival to Istanbul meeting at the airport just outside the arrival gate/exit  with a paper sign bearing your name and transfer to your hotel.

Overnight in Istanbul

Breakfast Included
Please check out from hotel before noon. Our driver will transfer you from our Hotel to Airport 3 hours prior to your flight. End of your tour and services.