3 nights & 4 days Driver Guide Tour (Aegean Region)(Gallipoli-Troy-Ephesus-Pamukkale)

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3 nights & 4 days Driver Guide Tour (Aegean Region Tour)

A short driver-guide tour on the Western Coast of Turkey departing from Istanbul and ending in Pamukkale. You may fly back to Istanbul from Denizli at the end of the 4th day. 

Day 1: Departure from Istanbul and Gallipolli Tour: You will be picked up from your hotel at around 07:00 and drive Eceabat which takes about 5 hours, stopping on the way for a small breakfast. Upon your arrival, you will have lunch at a restaurant and start the tour of Gallipoli. You will visit: Kabatepe War Museum, Beach Cemetery (John Simpson´s Grave), ANZAC Cove, Ari Burnu (First ANZAC landing place), Lone Pine Cemetery (Australian memorial), Johnston´s Jolly (Walk in the ANZAC trenches), View Shrapnel Valley, Turkish Memorial, The Nek and Walker´s Ridge, Chunuk Bair (Main New Zealand memorial). After the tour, you will cross the Dardanelles on the ferry and check into your hotel. Accommodation in Canakkale. (breakfast and lunch included) 

Day 2: Troy and Pergamon Tour: You will depart from your hotel at around 09:00 for the tour of Troy Ancient City. It is one of the most important ancient cities in the world and very popular by the book of Homer´s Iliad. A great mythological and historical background attracted many scientist, archeologists, adventurers and treasure hunters. You will be served a lunch pack and then drive to Pergamon, once the ancient world´s major power and center of learning and the arts. Visit the ancient Library, once held 200.000 books, Temple of Athena, Temple of Trajan, Altar of Zeus and the Gymnasium situated on terraces and the lower Agora. Afterwards, you will drive to Kusadasi, where you will stay overnight. Accommodation in Kusadasi. (Breakfast and lunch included) 

Day 3: Ephesus and Virgin Mary´s House Tour: Your guide will pick you up from your hotel at around 09:00 for full day Ephesus Ancient City and Virgin Mary´s House Tour. You will visit 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 the lunch, you will drive to Temple of Artemis (Diana), the site of one of the seven wonders of the ancient world; 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. After the tour, at around 17:00, you will drive back to your hotel. Accommodation in Kusadasi. (Breakfast and lunch included) 

Day 4: Aphrodisias & Pamukkale Tour, Flight to Istanbul: You will depart from your hotel at around 08:30 and drive to Aphrodisias Ancient City, the famous sculpture school and center of ancient Asia Minor. Aphrodisias Museum keeps some of the best examples of Greek and Roman sculpture works. Then, you will drive to Pamukkale, which is the center of natural thermal spring waters with healing properties. Due to the chemical properties in the water, pure white colored travertine and stepped water terraces have been created on the mountain slope. It is for its resemblance to cotton piles that it is called ´Cotton Castle´ in Turkish. Visit the travertines and the Ancient City of Hierapolis, which has the biggest Necropolis with 1200 gravestones in Anatolia. Also, The Sacred Pool is one of the highlights of the site (entrance is 55 TL per person extra self-payment - have your towels and swimsuits with you if you wish to swim in the pool). There shallow thermal waters ripple over a wonderful scattering of ancient roman ruins that lie beneath. After the tour, you will be transferred to Denizli Airport to take 19:00 flight to Istanbul. Upon landing at around 20:10, you will be greeted by one of our colleagues with a sign of your name, and transferred to your hotel. Accommodation in Istanbul. End of services. (Breakfast and lunch included)

The tour cost is 2000 EUR per person